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It's a new year with a new full-time return-to-office mandate for Amazon's global workforce, including those who work in Canada, and not everyone is pleased with the change.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million US to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

Entrepreneurs who are adapting robotic arms used for manufacturing automobiles to help with homebuilding say the construction industry in Canada needs to innovate. Using robots to do more on construction sites could speed things up and help with the shortage of skilled labour.

Toys "R" Us Canada says it is closing five Ontario stores and revamping several others as it works to "optimize" its business.

Tesla's global sales rose 2.3 per cent in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year contributed to the electric car company's first year-over-year sales decline since 2011.

Canada's top-paid CEOs made over 200 times more than the average worker in 2023, says a new report — yet the gap between executives and employees narrowed slightly that year, as workers' wages rose and corporate profits declined during the comedown from high inflation.

A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week.

Did you recently get a direct deposit of $36.29 from Meta and are wondering if you can keep it? The company Facebook hired to manage the process, says, yes you can, but with conditions.

Nearly 40 years ago, Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart challenged the Lord’s Day Act, sparking a Supreme Court case that redefined religious freedom and paved the way for Sunday shopping in Canada.

A Canadian trend that started in Quebec has since spread east and west, with a growing number of spas planned and opening.

Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Bluesky to try to interfere in Canada's next election?

In June, the CRTC said foreign streamers like Netflix and Disney Plus must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to producing Canadian content — a decision the companies are challenging in Federal Court.

After successfully unionizing in May of 2024, workers at an Amazon facility in Laval, Que., are expecting a first offer from the company in January after six months of negotiations and demands for wage increases.

The Canadian Transportation Agency, the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with enforcing air passenger rights and compensation rules, has unveiled proposed amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations.

Canada's antitrust regulator said on Monday it was suing Rogers Communications Inc. for allegedly misleading consumers about offering unlimited data under some phone plans.

The Canadian economy grew 0.3 per cent in October, Statistics Canada said in its monthly GDP release, helped by strength in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, following a 0.2 per cent increase in September.

A New York influencer's viral TikTok sparked a Swedish candy craze, but the sudden global surge in demand has left Canadian candy sellers scrambling to get enough supply to fill orders.

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

For the last two and a half years, Rejean Landry has been seeking compensation from Air Canada after his family arrived at their final destination more than 24 hours late. He won a settlement in Ontario's small claims court, but the airline has decided to appeal.

How a TikTok influencer's video showing off a bag of Swedish candy sent the internet spinning, resulting in an ongoing global shortage of the nation's prized sweets.