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Employers must use caution amid workplace power dynamics, experts say

Employers must use caution amid workplace power dynamics, experts say

TORONTO — NHL coach Mike Babcock thought he was just trying to get to know his players better, but experts say he may have crossed a line that's sometimes hard to see.
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Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

TORONTO — An organization representing more than 150 Canadian tech companies is calling on the country to take a sensitive but speedy approach to artificial intelligence.
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Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower but is still on track for weekly gains

Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower but is still on track for weekly gains

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping in early trading on Wall Street but not enough to erase the market’s gains for the week. The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in the first few minutes of trading Friday.
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.6% in July after falling in June

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.6% in July after falling in June

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.6 per cent to $71.9 billion in July, boosted by higher sales of food products, petroleum and coal products and transportation equipment. The increase followed at 2.0 per cent decline in June.
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TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules

TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules

LONDON (AP) — European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children's privacy , the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe's strict data privacy rules
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UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri

UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers.
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Trudeau calls on major grocers to stabilize food prices, drawing industry pushback

Trudeau calls on major grocers to stabilize food prices, drawing industry pushback

TORONTO — The federal government is demanding major Canadian grocers come up with a plan to stabilize prices, drawing pushback from the food industry.
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Canfor to build new manufacturing facility after closure of Houston, B.C., sawmill

Canfor to build new manufacturing facility after closure of Houston, B.C., sawmill

Vancouver-based Canfor has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Houston, B.C., about eight months after the forestry firm shut down its sawmill in the same community of about 3,000 residents.
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Canopy Growth lands creditor protection for BioSteel business, intends to sell brand

Canopy Growth lands creditor protection for BioSteel business, intends to sell brand

Tired of its sports drink business weighing on its books, Canopy Growth Corp. is making moves to shed the division. The Smiths Falls, Ont.
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Consumers still hungry for leisure travel, despite inflation, rate hikes: Transat CEO

Consumers still hungry for leisure travel, despite inflation, rate hikes: Transat CEO

MONTREAL — Canadians are still gung-ho for travel to sun-splashed resorts and European getaways, in spite of higher inflation and interest rates, says Transat AT Inc. chief executive Annick Guérard.
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