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Canadian retail tech company Lightspeed expands business to suppliers

Canadian retail tech company Lightspeed expands business to suppliers

Lightspeed POS Inc. is expanding its business to include suppliers, as the Canadian technology company jockeys to compete with dominant retailers like Amazon.
Right-wing app Parler booted off internet over ties to siege

Right-wing app Parler booted off internet over ties to siege

The conservative-friendly social network Parler was booted off the internet Monday over ties to last week’s siege on the U.S.
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (17,934.45, down 107.62 points.) Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSX:HUT). Down $2.12, or 25.06 per cent, to $6.34 on 15.1 million shares.
North American stock markets fall from Friday records in broad-based decrease

North American stock markets fall from Friday records in broad-based decrease

TORONTO — North American stock markets fell from Friday's record highs in a broad-based decrease amid virus and political uncertainties.
Report: Company tells radio hosts stop stolen election talk

Report: Company tells radio hosts stop stolen election talk

NEW YORK — The ownership group for several talk radio hosts across the country, including syndicated figures like Mark Levin and Dan Bongino, says its personalities need to tone things down or face firing.
Airports in N.B., N.S. without commercial service after Air Canada cuts

Airports in N.B., N.S. without commercial service after Air Canada cuts

HALIFAX — Air Canada's service cuts in Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick risk slowing the entire region's economic recovery, the CEO of a regional airport authority said Monday. The airline's decision to cut service to Saint John, N.B.
Bank and insurer dividend hikes, share buybacks won't return during lockdown: OSFI

Bank and insurer dividend hikes, share buybacks won't return during lockdown: OSFI

TORONTO — The head of Canada’s federal banking regulator won’t consider lifting restrictions that have kept banks and insurers from hiking dividends, offering share buybacks or increasing executive compensation until COVID-19 lockdowns have subsided.
Construction crews push to make parking lot field hospitals patient-ready

Construction crews push to make parking lot field hospitals patient-ready

TORONTO — Long, white peaked structures have cropped up around Ontario hospitals — and while they use the same blueprint as military barracks and greenhouses, construction workers are working to transform them into state-of-the art hospital wings.
Pandemic job concerns could pose problem in long-term, Bank of Canada says

Pandemic job concerns could pose problem in long-term, Bank of Canada says

OTTAWA — Consumers' concerns about finding work during the pandemic could signal longer-term problems for the country's labour market, the Bank of Canada says.
Bank CEOs say economic rebound is coming, but short term looking 'not as good'

Bank CEOs say economic rebound is coming, but short term looking 'not as good'

TORONTO — The leaders of Canada’s top banks believe an economic rebound is on the horizon, but say the short-term looks difficult and spending won’t truly pick up until the back half of 2021 or even 2022.