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The provincial regulator responsible for policing B.C.’s real estate industry has ordered a former Realtor to pay $130,000 and cancelled her licence after determining that she committed a variety of professional misconduct.
Source: ctv business
Former B.C. Realtor has licence cancelled, 0K in penalties for role in mortgage fraud

A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Mich., alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.
Source: ctv business
A Black man got a job interview after he changed the name on his resume. Now, he’s suing for discrimination

Canada’s main stock index achieved another record high close Friday, after also hitting an all-time intraday record thanks to growing investor optimism about future interest rate cuts.
Source: ctv business
S&P/TSX composite breaks more records as investor optimism grows

Heather Reisman says she made the wrong decision in stepping back from the helm of Canada’s biggest bookstore chain.
Source: ctv business
Indigo founder Heather Reisman acknowledges ‘tough four years’ for bookstore chain

WestJet Airlines says the tentative contract between the company and its mechanics has been ratified.
Source: ctv business
WestJet and mechanics’ union ratify contract in aftermath of strike

LCBO workers have now been on strike in Ontario for a full week and at least one group says it might be time for the government to consider allowing other retailers to sell alcohol.
Source: ctv business
‘Ontarians can be the judge:’ Taxpayers group wants grocers to sell spirits during LCBO strike

The Canadian Real Estate Association says it is scaling back its housing market forecast for the remainder of the year amid increased levels of supply and a quiet spring spurred by fewer interest rate cuts expected in 2024.
Source: ctv business
CREA cuts housing market forecast for 2024 despite June sales rising

The call and text message records of tens of millions of AT&T cellphone customers and many non-AT&T customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday.
Source: ctv business
Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach

Three times a year, the 600-or-so employees of Friesens Corp. gather in front of the printing house to accept envelopes, each one holding a cheque for the workers’ share of company profits.
Source: ctv business
Payouts for the many over the few: Employee ownership trusts take shape in Canada

Vancouver-based seafood sustainability group Ocean Wise has removed its recommended designation from southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries.
Source: ctv business
Some Alaskan salmon fisheries lose Ocean Wise label amid concern for B.C.-bound stock