Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The chief executive of SkipTheDishes says hundreds of Canadian employees are being laid off by the food delivery service and its parent company. Paul Burns says 100 Canada-based workers will depart SkipTheDishes. Some 700 staff also in Canada who work for its owner Just Eat Takeaway.com will also lose their jobs. Burns announced […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.5 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.1 per cent (2.3) — Prince Edward Island: 2.0 per cent (3.4) — Nova Scotia: 2.3 per cent (3.5) — New Brunswick: 2.9 per cent (2.8) […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.5 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 2.3 per cent (2.8) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.3 per […]

TORONTO — Nearly 70 per cent of Canadian small businesses say they’ve experienced disruptions in some form, including taking a financial hit, from construction projects within the last five years, a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says. The most frequent disruptions that local construction causes are heavy traffic in the area, […]

OTTAWA — The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing “significant strain” on RCMP personnel and taking resources from other federal policing priorities, warns an internal briefing note. The national police force is “forced to walk a delicate balance” in providing protective services in response to threats flagged by parliamentarians, says the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Cincinnati’s four-run sixth inning, and the Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Monday night to stop a three-game slide. TJ Friedl hit his 10th homer and finished with three hits for Cincinnati in the opener of a seven-game trip. Ty France had […]

TORONTO — Spencer Steer’s run-scoring double spearheaded a four-run, sixth-inning outburst in the Cincinnati Reds’ series-opening 6-3 triumph against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. The Blue Jays (58-67) lost for the third time in four outings, while the Reds (61-64) halted a three-game slide. With the game tied 2-2, Steer knocked in the go-ahead […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Bowden Francis has been named the American League Player of the Week. The 28-year-old right-hander went 2-0 last week with a 0.64 earned-run average while allowing four hits with no walks and posting 15 strikeouts. He pitched seven strong innings in both his starts, a 4-2 win over the […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index climbed on Monday amid an “optimistic” late summer mood, while U.S. stock markets also gained. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 61.78 points to 23,116.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 236.77 points to 40,896.53. The S&P 500 index increased 54.00 points to 5,608.25, while the […]

OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada has deleted a video that promoted Canadian values but featured what the Defence Minister’s office says are Russian fighter jets. The video was posted by the party on X over the weekend with the slogan “Canada. Our Home” and features a speech delivered by leader Pierre Poilievre from […]