Canada’s telecom regulator is asking major wireless companies to stop offering cellphone plans in which the cost of the phone is spread out over three years because those offerings may contravene the wireless code.
Exports fell in June, pulling Canada’s trade surplus down to $136M
Statistics Canada says Canada’s trade surplus fell to $136 million in June, as exports — especially oil — fell from a record high previously.
Why it’s not so easy to let passengers leave a plane delayed on the tarmac
At an airport in Rome recently, 336 Air Transat passengers sat in a plane on the tarmac for six hours. Why can’t passengers just leave an aircraft that is delayed? CBC News explains.
Aphria posts $128M Q4 sales, promises $1B in revenue by 2020
Canadian cannabis company Aphria Inc. reported a 75 per cent increase in net revenue for its fourth quarter this week, ending the fiscal year it says with big plans for the future.
Ed Sheeran sets all-time highest-grossing tour record at $736M
Trade publication, Pollstar, confirms British singer Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour will set the all-time highest-grossing tour record.
‘We always love you’: Funeral held in Australia for B.C. murder victim Lucas Fowler
Lucas Fowler turned dreams of travel into reality and lived a life “many of us envied,” his father said at his funeral service in Sydney, Australia, on Friday.
Got a simple pot conviction? There’s a new pardon system
The federal government has unveiled a free and quicker way for Canadians to apply for pardons for simple cannabis possession.
Heat wave over Greenland causing massive ice melt
The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island’s ice sheet and causing massive ice loss in the Arctic.
Homicide victim’s brother asks ‘entire country of Canada’ to help catch suspects
The brother of one of three people whose killing led to a nationwide search said losing his sister has left his family paralyzed with grief.
Runaway princess and Emirati sheik face off in messy custody case in London
A “runaway” Jordanian princess and a powerful Emirati sheik are at the centre of a salacious custody case unfolding in London’s family court, Susan Ormiston writes.