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WestJet announces UltraBasic fare with no carry-ons, no seat choice and no
WestJet announced that it has introduced an ultra low-cost fare — and if you like carry-ons, seat choice and earning points, there's a catch.The UltraBasic fare will replace the airline's basic fare option, and it comes with "some…
Tim Hortons proposes settlement in class-action suits over data-tracking
Tim Hortons says it has reached a proposed settlement in multiple class-action lawsuits alleging the restaurant's mobile app violated customer privacy which would see the restaurant offer a free coffee and doughnut to affected users.The…
Here’s how private equity got relief in Democrats’ healthcare, climate and
The bipartisan duo of Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and John Thune helped private equity firms escape tens of billions of dollars in potential tax increases and instead walk away with relief from the new 15% corporate…
Commercial fishers and wild salmon advocates celebrate large returns to
The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of sockeye in decades.Mitch Dudoward has worked in…
From child care and housing, to food and vacations, here’s how inflation is
Carlyne St Jules may have to cut her family vacation short this year, thanks to soaring inflation."Everything out here, it's $300 and up," she says of hotel rooms in Montreal, where she has family and previously studied dance."To fill my…
Fairfax offering to buy chain that owns Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s and The Keg
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has proposed taking Recipe Unlimited Corp. private in the latest phase for the almost 140-year-old restaurant company.The deal announced by Recipe Unlimited Tuesday puts a $1.2 billion value on Canada's…
Stock-market investors cheer July inflation data. Big-name firms like Pimco
Wednesday’s release of the consumer-price index report for July contained enough downside surprises to give stock investors hope the worst of inflation may be behind. Yet an undercurrent of worry remained at…
Kashkari says Fed is committed to reining in inflation, but ‘we are a long
Calling the latest inflation readings “very concerning,” Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Sunday that the central bank is still committed to its goal of 2% inflation. However, “We…
CVS seeking to buy Signify Health as part of home-health expansion
CVS Health Corp. is seeking to buy Signify Health Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health
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Air Canada, WestJet continue to deny compensation for flight disruptions
A recent Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) decision was supposed to help clear the air on flight compensation. When issuing a decision in a WestJet case on July 8, the transport regulator clarified that, in general, airlines can't…