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Most people in a new Canada-wide survey say equal representation in government is important, but they don’t support employers taking demographic characteristics into account in hiring and promotion decisions.
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Most support workplace diversity but not if it’s a job qualification: national survey

A CEO and a former CFO of a B.C. and Quebec gold mining company failed to disclose the vast majority of their trades in the company over a three-year period.
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Two top executives of Canada’s Black Tusk gold mining fined for undisclosed trading

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States.
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Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

Along with up-and-coming electric vehicle players like Rivian, Nikola and ElectraMecchanica, Arizona is attracting parts and manufacturing service suppliers as well — including Jomi Engineering Group, based in Barrie, Ont., which by mid-year will have some 120 employees at its new facility in Casa Grande, just south of Phoenix.
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Arizona’s auto aspirations make for unlikely ally in Canada’s EV tax-credit fight

Streaming has been dominating the music industry for years now, but 2021 saw a notable rise in sales of physical albums, thanks in part to the success of Adele’s latest album.
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Driven by Adele, vinyl and CD sales both went up in 2021, data says

Major brands like Nike, Adidas, Ralph Lauren and other top shoe and clothing labels are all cutting back on the number of outside retailers that carry their goods, and concentrating their efforts on getting customers to buy directly from their own channels as well as a narrow group of wholesale partners.
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Why Nike, Adidas and Ralph Lauren stuff is getting tougher to find

RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America.
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Mounties eye corruption cases involving Canadian firms and new ways of resolving them

Social media platform Reddit Inc, whose message boards became central to meme stock trading frenzy in 2021, is tapping Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group for its initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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Reddit taps Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs for IPO: Reuters source

Vancouver-area drivers are paying more than ever before, as the average price climbed to a record high on Friday.
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Gas prices reach new record as average cost climbs to 176.9 cents per litre in Metro Vancouver

Vancouver-area drivers are paying more than ever before, as the average price climbed to a record high on Friday.
Source: ctv business
Vancouver-area drivers pay more than ever as gas prices reach another record high