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Unifor says it has filed two applications to represent Vancouver-area Amazon workers with the B.C. Labour Relations Board.
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Unifor applies to represent two Amazon fulfilment centres in Metro Vancouver

A new report predicts that grocery inflation will fall below two per cent by the spring and stay roughly between one and two per cent for the rest of 2024.
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Grocery inflation to fall below two per cent this spring, report predicts

The hours you work earlier in life may be associated with worse health years later, a new study has found.
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Your work schedule as a young adult may harm your health decades later, study finds

The union representing workers who prepare meals for in-flight service for multiple airlines at Toronto Pearson International Airport says staff could walk off the job as early as next week, a move that they say could leave many flights without food or beverages.
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Meals, beverages on some flights could be impacted by potential strike involving Toronto Pearson airport food service workers

The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, saying it needs to see a sustained decline in inflation before rate cuts can begin.
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These are the factors the Bank of Canada says it considered in latest interest rate decision

The self-described scoundrels of Okanagan wine country have pulled one of their most popular sparkling wines after a warning from one of the world’s most famous and prestigious producers, Dom Perignon.
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Okanagan winemaker puts a cork in punny bottles after Dom Perignon complaint

A controversial wind-powered hydrogen development proposed for the west coast of Newfoundland has cleared its last hurdle with the provincial government.
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Controversial wind-powered hydrogen project gets final approval in Newfoundland

Canada’s two largest mobile carriers say bolstered capacity measures helped their networks handle the extra wireless traffic in hot spot regions where tens of thousands of people gathered to take in Monday’s total solar eclipse.
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Rogers, Bell tout eclipse preparation plans after networks handled increased usage

Restaurants on the eclipse’s path of totality saw a jump in sales on Monday as people flocked to find the best spots to see the celestial event, according to sales data from payments technology company Square.
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Restaurants along eclipse’s path of totality saw sales boom: Square

Microsoft said on Tuesday it would invest US$2.9 billion over two years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, the latest in a series of overseas expansions by large tech firms to support the development of artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft to invest US.9B to expand AI, cloud infra in Japan