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A traveller who packed crab meat and fish cakes in his checked bag will receive hundreds of dollars from an airline after his luggage was delayed for several days, spoiling the products.
Source: ctv business
Crab meat, fish cakes in luggage that was delayed for several days, traveller gets 0 from Flair Airlines

The usual sight of green-clad revellers celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is expected across Canada on Sunday – but compared with a decade ago, fewer of them will be indulging in alcohol.
Source: ctv business
As alcohol consumption declines, a St. Patrick’s Day with fewer raised glasses

McDonald’s apologized Friday for a global technology outage that shuttered some restaurants for hours.
Source: ctv business
McDonald’s apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours

Low housing inventory, record home prices and sky-high rent are all contributing to a housing crisis playing out across the country, forcing cities to get creative.
Source: ctv business
Could converting parking lots help the national housing crisis? Toronto is considering it

A B.C. First Nation and a Houston-based firm are buying a ready-to-construct pipeline project that would supply a proposed floating LNG export terminal north of Prince Rupert.
Source: ctv business
B.C. First Nation and Western LNG partner to purchase natural gas pipeline project

An Ontario man who wanted a loan to help get his finances back in order is out $9,100 after falling victim to an advance-fee loan scam.
Source: ctv business
Looking for a loan online? Don’t get caught in the advance-fee loan

Loblaw is facing criticism after installing receipt scanners in four of its southern Ontario stores this week as part of a pilot project.
Source: ctv business
Loblaw under fire for testing self-checkout receipt scanners at 4 Ontario locations

The parent company of Sobeys is looking ahead to sunnier economic times, betting the shift to discount grocery stores that’s been boosting sales industry-wide won’t be permanent.
Source: ctv business
Empire says gap between discount and full-service narrowing as sales, earnings rise

Apple has bought artificial intelligence (AI) startup DarwinAI and added dozens of the Canadian company’s staffers to its AI division, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Source: ctv business
Apple buys Canadian startup DarwinAI, adds staff to its AI division, Bloomberg reports

lon Musk’s Tesla once represented the future of automaking. Now the company’s own future is in question.
Source: ctv business
Tesla is the worst performing stock in the S&P 500. Analysts say it has further to fall