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A new report shows about 52 per cent of Indigenous people prepare themselves to regularly face racial biases while on the job and about 60 per cent report feeling emotionally unsafe at work.
Source: ctv business
60 per cent of Indigenous workers feel emotionally unsafe on the job: Catalyst survey

A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta’s public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province’s ailing oil industry or an attempt to silence dissent.
Source: ctv business
Defence of Alberta oil or attempt to silence dissent? Judge to hear inquiry challenge

There is hope that this year will still feel better than 2020 as the Canadian economy fires up, even if it may be an uneven economic recovery, writes CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid in her column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: The great financial divide

Canada’s main stock index edged lower in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the industrial and utility sectors, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.
Source: ctv business
S&P/TSX composite edges lower, U.S. stock markets mixed in late-morning trading

A B.C. restaurant has been accused of using a customer’s phone number, which was collected for contact-tracing purposes, to send a promotional text.
Source: ctv business
B.C. couple ‘furious’ restaurant used phone number from contact tracing list to send promotional offers

The New York Stock Exchange’s President Stacey Cunningham warned Tuesday that the hallowed financial institution on Wall Street could flee if the state imposes a tax on stock trades.
Source: ctv business
New York Stock Exchange threatens to abandon Wall Street if trading is taxed

In one of his first acts as new chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reconsider his executive order revoking a presidential permit for the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, siding with Republican critics who say Biden’s action will cost thousands of high-paying jobs.
Source: ctv business
Dem Sen. Manchin asks U.S. President Biden to reverse Keystone XL rejection

Coca-Cola will soon begin selling sodas in completely recycled plastic in the United States for the first time, the beverage giant said Tuesday.
Source: ctv business
Coca-Cola to sell soda in 100 per cent recycled plastic in U.S.

Cutbacks are once again coming to the airline industry due to COVID-19 restrictions, as Air Canada announced it is again cutting service, resulting in at least 1,500 new layoffs among its union members.
Source: ctv business
About 1,500 new layoffs at Air Canada, as service is reduced

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says it has signed a deal to sell its resources oil and gas business to Kentech Corporate Holdings Ltd. as it moves to further focus its engineering services business.
Source: ctv business
SNC-Lavalin selling resources oil and gas business, completes litigation review