BCGEU aims to have tentative agreement ratified by mid-November as nurses, teachers ramp up contract talks

Other unions are also ramping up negotiations with nurses voicing concerns over staffing, low pay and workplace violence ...
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Nvidia and tech companies prop up Wall Street as most stocks fall

Traders, including Thomas McCauley, second from right, work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, ...

Why so cheap? B.C.’s industrial water rates lowest in Canada, report finds

A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water — 70 times less than Quebec — ...

Sunoco completes cash-and-stock deal to buy Parkland

Sunoco LP has completed its acquisition of Parkland Corp. The companies say the cash-and-stock deal, valued at US$9.1 billion ...

MDA Space investing in $10 million in Maritime Launch Services

MDA Space Ltd. has signed a deal to invest $10 million in Maritime Launch Services Inc., the company working to develop ...

Kimberly-Clark buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal

Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer ...

Qualicum Beach approves $8.5M golf course purchase

The Town of Qualicum Beach is moving ahead with plans to buy a golf course and to sell a portion of the land for ...
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Sesame Street's new season: Bubba Wallace, Netflix and a whole lot of chickens

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows muppet characters Elmo, left, Grover, second left, and Abby, right, from the ...

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returned the remains of 3 soldiers

Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said, a day after Hamas returned the ...

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Which stars are joining this year's lineup?

Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Busta Rhymes, Mickey Guyton and Teyana Taylor will feature in this year’s Macy’s ...

B.C. forestry summit called as industry being hammered by U.S. fees

Politicians from B.C. and Ottawa will meet in Vancouver today for a forestry summit on how to prop up the industry in the ...

Coeur Mining buying New Gold and its two Canadian gold mines for US$7B

U.S. gold miner Coeur Mining, Inc. has signed a deal to buy New Gold Inc. and its two gold mines in Canada in an all-stock deal valued at about US$7 billion. Under the agreement, New Gold shareholders ...