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Convenience stores can start selling alcohol off their shelves in about a month and, so far, more than 3,850 have obtained their liquor licences to do so.
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More than half of Ontario corner stores have been licensed to sell beer and wine as of next month

The CRTC announced that starting next February, large telephone companies that own fibre internet networks, such as Bell Canada, Telus Corp. and SaskTel, must give competitors access to their networks for a fee. The decision applies to networks nationwide.
Source: ctv business
CRTC expands ability for internet providers to sell service over telecoms’ networks

A national union that represents workers at Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain says conditions demanded by Postmedia in its bid to buy the insolvent SaltWire Network are not as bad as some observers had feared.
Source: ctv business
Union explains conditions of Postmedia’s acquisition of SaltWire newspaper chain

Elon Musk’s antics are unlike any other Big Tech leader, and while it may be off-putting to a segment of his X user base, it could also attract eyeballs to his platform. AP writer Barbara Ortutay asks, could this all be part of a broader plan?
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How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views: opinion

Starbucks, struggling with weak demand and disgruntled investors, said Tuesday it’s replacing CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of Chipotle.
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Starbucks CEO is replaced by Brian Niccol, who stepped in at Chipotle when the chain was in distress

Starbucks, struggling with weak demand and disgruntled investors, said Tuesday it’s replacing CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of Chipotle.
Source: ctv business
Starbucks CEO replaced by Brian Niccol, a fixer who revived Chipotle when the chain was in distress

Black and racialized workers in Canada are less likely to be represented by a union, according to a new report.
Source: ctv business
Racialized workers less likely to be unionized: report

A B.C.-based crypto trading platform lied to its customers while “diverting” $13 million-worth of their assets to gambling, according the provincial regulator.
Source: ctv business
B.C.-based crypto platform committed M fraud: securities commission

Traditionally, when shoppers go to Costco, they’re required to flash their membership cards to an employee when they walk in. But soon, some Costco shoppers will have to scan their cards at the door in a move analysts believe is to keep moochers out.
Source: ctv business
Canadian shoppers: Costco cracking down on membership moochers

Goodyear Canada is planning to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize an eastern Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and make its processes more energy efficient.
Source: ctv business
Goodyear spending 5M to expand Ontario plant, produce EV tires