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WestJet is shutting down its budget airline, Swoop.

The company made the announcement in a news release Friday, noting that the ratification of its recent deal with its pilots allows it to integrate all of its staff at various airlines

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OTTAWA –

Forecasters are expecting the Bank of Canada to move ahead with another interest rate hike in July, even as they expect the annual inflation rate to slow significantly.

Statistics Canada is set to release its consumer price index

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TORONTO –

BCE Inc.’s media arm is asking the federal telecommunications regulator to waive local news and Canadian programming requirements for its television stations, saying its obligations are based on outdated market realities.

In an application to the CRTC filed

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The government has announced new details of an agreement with Visa and MasterCard that will see them lower the amount that they charge retailers when a customer pays for a purchase with a credit card.

Known as so-called interchange fees,

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US safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating whether

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A new report from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) ​​says the riskiest frauds in Canada are home improvement scams and cryptocurrency scams, followed by advance fee loan scams.

The organization, which advocates for education to protect consumers, says home improvement

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Elon Musk has said running Twitter has been “quite painful” and “a rollercoaster”, in an interview with the BBC.

The multi-billionaire entrepreneur also said he would sell the company if the right person came along.

The interview, aired live from

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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a space of unveilings this week by its rival Google with upgrades to its own widely used office software.

The technology

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