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Rogers wants option to launch TTC service before deals struck with other carriers

Rogers wants option to launch TTC service before deals struck with other carriers

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it should be allowed to add cellular service for its own customers in the Toronto subway network without waiting for an ongoing dispute with its rival carriers to be resolved.
Phil Lind, who helped build Rogers as a director and executive, dies at 80

Phil Lind, who helped build Rogers as a director and executive, dies at 80

TORONTO — Phil Lind, who helped build Rogers Communications Inc. as an executive and board member, died Sunday on his 80th birthday.
Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn

Travel ban in parts of B.C. disrupting tourism as raging wildfires burn

The central Okanagan is facing weeks without tourism during its peak season after British Columbia's premier imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones.
Relief in Nova Scotia as main road reopens to Peggy's Cove after disastrous floods

Relief in Nova Scotia as main road reopens to Peggy's Cove after disastrous floods

HALIFAX — The road to a popular tourist destination in Nova Scotia has reopened after devastating floods last month, bringing a spark of relief to a community hit hard by environmental disasters.
Lana Payne's year of action: Unifor's president on workers' window of opportunity

Lana Payne's year of action: Unifor's president on workers' window of opportunity

TORONTO — One year to the day of her election as national president of Unifor, Lana Payne had strong words for leaders at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Cabinet retreat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a cabinet retreat in Charlottetown starting on Monday.
Housing crisis to take centre stage at Liberal cabinet retreat in Charlottetown

Housing crisis to take centre stage at Liberal cabinet retreat in Charlottetown

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a new mission for his cabinet at a three-day retreat in Charlottetown this week, in a bid to restore Canadians' sense of economic security and their confidence in his government.
Feds need to turbocharge construction innovation to get homes built faster: experts

Feds need to turbocharge construction innovation to get homes built faster: experts

OTTAWA — Canada's national housing agency has warned that millions of homes must be built within less than a decade to balance the housing market, but even it seems doubtful that its own target is achievable.
Planting roots: Quebec cemetery turns former golf course into forest for the deceased

Planting roots: Quebec cemetery turns former golf course into forest for the deceased

SAINTE-SOPHIE, Que. — At a new ecological cemetery north of Montreal, there are no gravestones or plaques. Instead, people locate burial sites with the help of a cellphone app. Cemetery Forêt de la Seconde Vie opened in Ste-Sophie, Que., on Aug.
Tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil begins to be offloaded near Texas despite Tehran threats

Tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil begins to be offloaded near Texas despite Tehran threats

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American-owned oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil began offloading its cargo near Texas late Saturday, tracking data showed, even as Tehran has threatened to target shipping in the