COBURG, ON — After cutting employee benefits and paid breaks, the heirs to the Tim Hortons fortune are encouraging their minimum wage employees to make up the lost earnings by inheriting mu…
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By 12 PM today, top earning CEOs will have eaten your lunch
OTTAWA – A new study by the Canadian Institute for Policy Alternatives says that by 12 PM today, Canada’s top earning CEOs have already eaten the lunch you’ve prepared for work. Research sh…
REPORT: Experts worried Christmas not commercial enough
OTTAWA – With a worrying drop in retail sales and less than stellar spending growth, financial experts are beginning to worry that the fourth quarter holiday season purchasing period may no…
Chapters-Indigo to phase out books to sell more fleece blankets, reading socks
TORONTO – As of December 31st, Chapters-Indigo will no longer be selling any forms of literature, and will instead focus more on book adjacent products. Canada’s largest bookstore says it w…
Company unveils new ‘smart condom’ even though the smartest condom will always be abstinence
NOTTINGHAM, UK – A British company has released the first images of their long-awaited “smart condom”, a wearable tech device which promises to be second only to the smartest condom of all: sexua…
Postmedia scales back to single coffee machine in Kitchener
KITCHENER – In the latest in a series of heavy cutbacks, Postmedia Network has announced they will be scaling back the company to a single coffee machine in Kitchener. “We at Postmedia beli…
How to cultivate an All-Apologies leadership style
Eliott Salmon For Beaverton Business Sorry to bring this up, but if your company is anything like mine, and it might not be, it probably has a big problem with leadership. Canadian business leade…
Amazon to build second headquarters in Toronto after city accidently subscribes to Prime
TORONTO – Out of 238 contenders, Amazon, Inc. has finally chosen Toronto as the location of its second headquarters, after the city unwittingly subscribed to Amazon Prime. ““We are pleased Toront…
Loblaws to merge Optimum and PC Plus into one card you never remember
TORONTO – After acquiring Shoppers Drug Mart three years ago Loblaw Companies Limited has announced plans to merge the Optimum and PC Plus rewards plans into a single card you always mean t…
Millennials applaud new PC Optimum points as the only retirement plan they can afford
TORONTO – After recently buying Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaw’s has merged the nation’s two most popular consumer loyalty points programs into the PC Optimum points program, finally giving mil…
