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BC Ferries CEO floats prospect that fares may rise 30% or more in 2028

BC Ferries CEO floats prospect that fares may rise 30% or more in 2028

The CEO of BC Ferries is warning the company may need to increase fares by 30 per cent or more in 2028, when the current fare structure expires.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Big balloons, wet weather and 21 protesters arrested

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Big balloons, wet weather and 21 protesters arrested

NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade marched, soared and roared into its second century on Thursday despite a drenching rain and a brief disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Shoppers strategize how to score the best deals as tax holiday looms

Shoppers strategize how to score the best deals as tax holiday looms

TORONTO — A tax holiday introduced by the federal government is throwing a bit of a wrench in Andy Thompson's Christmas shopping plans.
Montreal shopping mall playing ‘Baby Shark’ song to prevent unhoused from loitering

Montreal shopping mall playing ‘Baby Shark’ song to prevent unhoused from loitering

MONTREAL — A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children's song "Baby Shark" to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency exit stairwells.
Implementing GST break for two months proving to be a 'nightmare' for businesses

Implementing GST break for two months proving to be a 'nightmare' for businesses

TORONTO — 91Ô­´´ businesses are about two weeks away from having to scrap some of the tax they charge customers, but many have already realized that's no easy feat.
S&P/TSX composite rises, led by energy and industrial stocks

S&P/TSX composite rises, led by energy and industrial stocks

TORONTO — Strength in energy and industrial stocks helped Canada's main stock index move higher Thursday. It was an unsurprisingly quiet day for markets north of the border, as the TSX is usually heavily influenced by U.S. market movements.
Diapers? Yes. Skates? No. A look at items getting a tax holiday

Diapers? Yes. Skates? No. A look at items getting a tax holiday

TORONTO — The federal government says cost-conscious families are among the groups set to benefit from a proposed tax holiday, a temporary policy that will make many children's items and packaged foods tax-free for two months.
No more ID? Air Canada starts rolling out facial recognition technology at the gate

No more ID? Air Canada starts rolling out facial recognition technology at the gate

MONTREAL — Air Canada is poised to roll out facial recognition technology at the gate, making it the first 91Ô­´´ airline to deploy the software in a bid to streamline the boarding process.
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

TORONTO — A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada's nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground.
'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both, with a pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes

'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both, with a pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered.