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Air Canada’s chief executive has apologized to a parliamentary committee in his first comments since his poor grasp of the French language raised a huge outcry last fall.
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Air Canada CEO apologizes to parliamentary committee in first comments on poor French

The union representing workers at a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., has told its members to prepare for a strike shortly after 12 a.m. on Monday barring agreement on a new labour contract.
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Union workers at Chevron refinery prepare for strike on Monday

Howard Schultz has never confronted a unionization movement as big and fast-growing as the current one. Six U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since December, and at least 140 more in 27 states have filed petitions for union elections.
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Labour foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows

The CEO of a B.C. resort has been placed on leave and has resigned from his role on two tourism industry boards after making a sexist comment while speaking at a conference earlier this week.
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B.C. resort CEO placed on leave after making sexist remark at conference

Canadians expect a swift end to a work stoppage at CP Rail, federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan said Sunday, hours after thousands of workers ended up on the picket line and trains came to a halt nationwide.
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Conductors, engineers on picket line as CP Rail, union can’t reach deal

A new report has found that the percentage of empty homes fell nationwide for the first time in 20 years and dropped in more than half of Canada’s most populous communities.
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Percentage of Canadian homes sitting empty on the decline: study

India’s oil imports from the United States will rise by 11 per cent this year, officials say as the severely energy-deficient country looks to secure supplies from producers around the world, including heavily sanctioned Russia.
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India’s oil imports from U.S. to rise, amid criticism for Russian purchases

More than two decades after Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear at the 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship fight, the legendary boxer has released a line of edibles — in the shape of ears.
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Mike Tyson is selling ear-shaped cannabis-infused edibles called ‘Mike Bites’

A lawsuit accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race.
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Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees

There’s now a plan to refloat a cargo ship that’s been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for days, the ship’s operator said Friday.
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Rescue plan designed for Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay