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Investor seeks to replace three directors on Algonquin Power & Utilities board

Investor seeks to replace three directors on Algonquin Power & Utilities board

OAKVILLE, Ont. — A U.S. investor is seeking to replace three directors on the board of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., saying new leadership is needed as the company looks to sell its renewable power business and find a new permanent CEO.
Food waste is out, 'scrappy cooking' is in as grocery prices rise and budgets tighten

Food waste is out, 'scrappy cooking' is in as grocery prices rise and budgets tighten

In 2021, Carleigh Bodrug posted a video online of herself using leftover orange peels, sugar and water to make candy that — in her words — "literally tastes like gummy worms.
Statistics Canada reports retail sales down in January as new car sales fell

Statistics Canada reports retail sales down in January as new car sales fell

A retreat in new car purchases helped push the country's retail sales down 0.3 per cent to $67 billion in January, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations

Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations

A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry's biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot producers.
Transat CEO lost out on half-million-dollar bonus due to federal loans

Transat CEO lost out on half-million-dollar bonus due to federal loans

MONTREAL — Federal loans to Transat A.T. Inc. cost the tour operator's CEO nearly half a million dollars in compensation last year, thanks to conditions on the pandemic funding.
White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi

White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi

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Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

OTTAWA — More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act.
Lululemon earnings rise to US$669.5 million in the fourth quarter

Lululemon earnings rise to US$669.5 million in the fourth quarter

VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it earned US$669.5 million in its fourth quarter, up from US$119.8 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based clothing company's revenues for the fourth quarter were US$3.2 billion, up from US$2.
Pathways Alliance to file for regulator approval on carbon capture project

Pathways Alliance to file for regulator approval on carbon capture project

CALGARY — A consortium of Canada's largest oilsands companies will submit an application before the end of the week for approval of its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture pipeline project.
Rogers to deploy 5G cameras, sensors to manage traffic at five Toronto intersections

Rogers to deploy 5G cameras, sensors to manage traffic at five Toronto intersections

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set up cameras and sensors at five downtown intersections that will track the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists with the aim of alleviating gridlock.