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From high flying to burnout, pot industry faces downturn five years post-legalization

From high flying to burnout, pot industry faces downturn five years post-legalization

When Abi Roach thinks about the 20 years she spent fighting for Canada to legalize cannabis, she says pot legislation is like a clenched fist.
Air Canada halts flights to Israel until end of October

Air Canada halts flights to Israel until end of October

MONTREAL — Air Canada says it's cancelling all direct flights to and from Tel Aviv through the end of the month. The suspension, which extends one in place since Oct.
Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike

Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike

Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company.
Small-cap companies not ready for climate disclosure rules: TMX Group CEO

Small-cap companies not ready for climate disclosure rules: TMX Group CEO

CALGARY — Most of Canada's small and mid-sized publicly traded companies are not at all prepared for potentially forthcoming new requirements that could force them to disclose their climate impacts, the CEO of the company that operates the Toronto St
Ford says it's at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers

Ford says it's at the limit on how much it can spend to get new contract with striking autoworkers

DETROIT (AP) — A top Ford executive says the company has reached the limit of how much money it will spend to get a contract agreement with the striking United Auto Workers union.
Insurer Intact Financial reports $611 million in catastrophe losses in third quarter

Insurer Intact Financial reports $611 million in catastrophe losses in third quarter

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. estimates its catastrophe losses for the second quarter were approximately $611 million on a pre-tax basis. The property and casualty insurer says in a news release that the losses amounted to $2.
'Shock and grief' now part of the job for tour companies amid Israel-Hamas war

'Shock and grief' now part of the job for tour companies amid Israel-Hamas war

MONTREAL — For Artzi Korostelev, the professional is now tragically personal.
Pharmacare would cost public sector billions more a year, but save economy money: PBO

Pharmacare would cost public sector billions more a year, but save economy money: PBO

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says a single-payer universal drug plan would cost federal and provincial governments an additional$11.2 billion in the first year of the program, and $13.4 billion in the fourth year.
News media lobby group says it agrees with Google's concerns about Online News Act

News media lobby group says it agrees with Google's concerns about Online News Act

TORONTO — A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines says it agrees with many of the issues raised by Google about a law that will force the tech giant to compensate those same publishers for use of their work.
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,500.24, down 163.60 points): Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Energy. Up 91 cents, or 1.03 per cent, to $89.48 on 8.