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Border agency detained dozens of 'forced labour' cargo shipments. Now it's being sued
Border agency detained dozens of 'forced labour' cargo shipments. Now it's being sued

VANCOUVER — Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 — but only one was eventually...

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McCain, Cavendish Farms named in U.S. class-actions alleging 'potato cartel'
McCain, Cavendish Farms named in U.S. class-actions alleging 'potato cartel'

Two Canadian companies have been named in separate frozen-potato price-fixing lawsuits south of the border. McCain Foods Ltd. and Cavendish Farms are among those accused of being part of a "potato cartel,"...

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Competition Bureau investigating Leon's, The Brick for alleged deceptive marketing
Competition Bureau investigating Leon's, The Brick for alleged deceptive marketing

The Competition Bureau says it's obtained a court order to advance an ongoing investigation into marketing practises by Leon's Furniture Ltd. and its subsidiary The Brick. The bureau says the court...

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Canadians favour government intervention in Canada Post, port labour disputes: poll
Canadians favour government intervention in Canada Post, port labour disputes: poll

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians are supportive of government intervention in the labour disputes at ports and at Canada Post. Polling firm Leger found 63 per cent of respondents to a new survey...
With Trump headed to White House, Canada has its eyes on Chinese investment in Mexico
With Trump headed to White House, Canada has its eyes on Chinese investment in Mexico

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday she shares the "legitimate" concerns of U.S. officials about Mexico becoming a back door for China to wedge its way into the North American...
Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions...
Sex abuse case: Judge orders seizure of homes belonging to billionaire Robert Miller
Sex abuse case: Judge orders seizure of homes belonging to billionaire Robert Miller

A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the pretrial seizure of two Montreal-area houses belonging to billionaire Robert Miller, at the request of four women who have filed civil lawsuits alleging...
A ‘lot of ground’ remains between Canada Post, workers as strike talks progress
A ‘lot of ground’ remains between Canada Post, workers as strike talks progress

MONTREAL — Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but "a lot of ground" remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide...
A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist
A 'bomb cyclone' sounds scary but meteorologist says it's not alarmist

VANCOUVER — The use of terms including "atmospheric rivers" and "bomb cyclones" to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorologist...
Canada's inflation rate ticks back up to 2% in October, StatCan says
Canada's inflation rate ticks back up to 2% in October, StatCan says

Canada’s inflation rate rose to two per cent last month, up from 1.6 per cent in September, as gasoline prices exerted less downward pressure on annual price growth. The report from Statistics Canada...