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  • What Canada's pharmacare plan does and doesn't cover

    Canada's pharmacare bill is now law, but that doesn't mean people can expect cheap medications just yet. Mackenzie Gray reports on the final piece of the puzzle still needed; what's covered under the plan; what's not; and what could expand drug coverage.

  • Suspended lawyer must pay $235K for 'staggering breach' of trust in sex-for-services proposal

    Suspended Ottawa lawyer James Bowie has been ordered to pay a former client — and plaintiff in a civil case against him — more than $235,000 after proposing she pay for his legal services with oral sex and disclosing personal details about her online after her allegations garnered media coverage.In an Oct. 11 decision, Superior Court Justice Heather Williams wrote that Bowie's actions were "shocking" and "offend the court's sense of decency.""The lawyer-client relationship is founded on trust. T

  • I’m a Retired Boomer: Here Are 3 Debts You Should Definitely Pay Off Before Retirement

    According to a 2023 Experian report, the average individual consumer owes $104,215. This includes all types of consumer debt, including credit cards, student loans, auto loans, mortgages and even home...

  • Canadian natural gas firms eager for LNG boom swamp market with excess supply

    A huge liquefied natural gas export terminal led by Shell, called LNG Canada, may struggle to dramatically raise Canadian natural gas prices when it starts operating next year because a flood of pent-up supply is waiting to hit the market, analysts said. Gas prices at Alberta's AECO hub hit a two-year low of 5 Canadian cents per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in late September as storage filled up. The slump has hurt producers who boosted drilling activity this year in anticipation of new demand from LNG Canada and prompted some firms to curtail production.

  • 2 Banks Ramit Sethi Doesn’t Recommend (and 3 Alternatives)

    Ramit Sethi, entrepreneur and the author of “I Will Teach You To Be Rich,” has a myriad of strong opinions on what you should do with your money, such as how you should spend it, how you should invest it and how you should save it. He’s an ardent believer in where you should save your money, as well. In a recent YouTube video, Sethi ardently argued against giving your money to two very specific banks, and offered three alternatives for you to go elsewhere.

  • Unemployment rate falls to 6.5% in Canada but 'mixed signals' muddy odds of a 50 bp rate cut

    Canada added a net 46,700 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent, according to Statistics Canada data released on Friday.

  • Lawsuit Accuses Kanye West of Drugging and Sexually Assaulting Ex-Assistant During Diddy Studio Session

    Lauren Pisciotta, who worked for West from 2021 to 2022, said a studio assistant served her a laced drink at West's request

  • Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production

    Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes.

  • Google's CEO explains what the company looks for in entry-level job applicants

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in an interview that the search giant is looking for "superstar" engineers who are eager to learn and adapt.

  • This Is the Worst Chain Restaurant In America, According to a New Study

    Coupon Birds analyzed over 160,000 Google reviews to find the best and worst restaurant chains in the U.S., and Taco John's topped the site's ranking for worst.

  • China trade tensions cast shadow on automakers' investment plans, TomTom CEO says

    Trade tensions between China and the West have put a dampener on carmakers' investment decisions and longer-term outlooks, creating a level of uncertainty in the industry, the CEO of digital mapping specialist TomTom said on Friday. The European Union is pressing ahead with hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, set to be imposed from next month, while the Biden administration in September locked in steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports, including a 100% duty on EVs. "I think some of our biggest customers are struggling to find their foot and decide on the longer-term planning in this volatile environment," TomTom CEO Harold Goddijn told Reuters.

  • Nike Taps Another Company Veteran as Its Management Shakeup Continues

    Nike is tapping another longtime employee to help kick-start its turnaround strategy, continuing the executive shuffle that began with its recent appointment of a new CEO. The athletic-wear brand said Thursday that veteran Tom Peddie will head its business in North America—its biggest market. The announcement comes just before Nike’s new CEO Elliott Hill takes the helm on Oct. 14, succeeding current Chief Executive John Donahoe.

  • Estimating The Fair Value Of Jersey Electricity plc (LON:JEL)

    Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Jersey Electricity fair value estimate is UK£3.65 Jersey...

  • How Amazon changes local economies when it moves in

    At the company’s Delivering the Future event held this week in Nashville, Amazon highlighted its presence in Music City.

  • 3 Ways To Overcome Fear of Spending in Retirement, According to a Financial Expert

    James Canole is the founder of the financial advice website Root Financial Partners, and is a CFP professional/ financial advisor whose podcast, Ready for Retirement, helps guide people towards a comfortable and prosperous nest egg for their retirement years. On a recent episode of his podcast series, Canole spoke to a retiree facing a fundamental challenge: how to comfortably spend money in your retirement.

  • Toyota to return to F1 in partnership with Haas

    Japanese car company Toyota is returning to Formula 1 after a 15-year absence in a partnership with the US-based Haas team.

  • How China’s crackdown turned finance high-flyers into ‘rats’

    Chinese authorities have been cracking down on businesses from real estate to technology to finance.

  • DEA warns against online pharmacies selling counterfeit drugs

    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has released a list of websites selling counterfeit prescription drugs that could be deadly. Dr. Scott Hadland, chief of adolescent medicine at Mass General for Children, emphasizes the importance of recognizing red flags when purchasing medication online.

  • Turkey imposes duties on China, Russia, India, Japan steel imports

    ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, an Official Gazette announcement said on Friday, with the highest tariffs on Chinese imports, boosting stocks of flat steel producers. The duties affect some 4 million tons of product imports with a value of some $2-2.2 billion, Turkish Steel Producers Association (TCUD) Secretary General Veysel Yayan told Reuters.

  • Returns At Auric Mining (ASX:AWJ) Are On The Way Up

    What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? In a...