Trustees risk jobs over deficit budget Canada Dot Com | Cowichan Valley school trustees will be fired if they stick to their plan to submit a deficit budget for the coming school year, Education Minister George Abbott said Thursday. | Trustees voted 5-4 during a meeting Wednesday night to give final rea...
HIlton Vancouver, union OK labor agreement Business Journal | The union representing 116 workers at the Hilton Vancouver has approved a labor agreement with the hotel operator. | As The Columbian reports, the contract includes wage increases and expands health benefit eligibility, but the union said there is ...
Sears cuts stake in Canadian unit CBC | Sears Canada says its U.S. parent will dramatically reduce its holdings in the troubled department store chain and may sell all of its stake. | About 95 per cent of the common shares of Sears Canada are currently owned by Sears Holdings Corp., whic...
Canada Zinc Metals Receives 43-101 Technical Report for the Pie Property Mineweb Canada Zinc Metals Corp. | Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA, May 17, 2012 /FSC/ - Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (CZX - TSX Venture), is pleased to announce the Company is in receipt of a NI 43-101 compliant technical report entitled "NI 43-101 Technical...
Cash shortage sending Canadian digital startups south CBC | Lavalife founder Bruce Croxon gets riled up when he talks about the lack of homegrown support for online start-ups. | "I'm watching good Canadian companies go to the States to get their money or languish on the shelf because there isn’t the suppo...
Vancouver city employees avoid layoffs Business Journal | The past several city budget cycles in Vancouver have been nail-biters for employees, as shortfalls have meant layoffs. Not so this year. | As The Columbian reports, the city doesn't anticipate any layoffs this year, despite revenue being flat. | ...
UPDATE 1-Canadian home sales up 0.8 pct in April from March Reuters | * Existing home sales up 11.5 pct for the year | * Prices little changed on monthly, annual basis | * Toronto market strong, while Vancouver cools | TORONTO, May 15 (Reuters) - Paced by a strong Toronto market, sales of existing homes in Canada edg...
Air Canada dispute with pilots goes to arbitrator Toronto Sun | Air Canada pilots have failed to negotiate a new agreement with the airline. | "To say we are disappointed would be a vast understatement," Jean-Marc Belanger, a spokesman for the Air Canada Pilots Association, said in a statement issued Saturday night. "We did everything possible to reach an agreement, paring down our proposals, a...
Tourism boost leads to healthy local economy CBC | Tourism has been a driving force for economic growth and job creation in the National Capital Region in the last year, according to two studies looking into the health of the local economy.The Ottawa Convention Centre opened just last week, but already employees are not happy. (Ottawa Convention Centre) | The Ottawa-Gatineau Hotel Association sai...
