As inflation ticks up in Canada, here is how much food prices went up in April

Posted on June 17, 2023
Overall food prices increased 8.3 per cent in April, according to Statistics Canada. (Lance McMillan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)Food prices in Canada remained elevated in April, even as price growth slowed in restaurants and grocery stores. According to Statistics Canada’s latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, food prices, which include groceries and food from restaurants, increased 8.3 per cent in April. That’s down from the 8.9 per cent year-over-year increase posted in March. Restaurant prices increased 6.4 per cent, a slowdown from the 7.2 per cent increase in March. The price of food purchased from grocery stores increased 9.1…

Click supports CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign

Posted on June 17, 2023
Click Travel prides itself on its employee perks and benefits; from offering employees additional purchased leave, to receiving travel discounts and a packed social events calendar. Flexible working has always been present among the many benefits offered by the company, with over 70% of employees either working part-time/flexible hours or working from home on a regular basis. This month Click has taken another step forward with flexible working, introducing flexible working requests from day one of employment, rather than after 26 weeks, supporting CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign.   What does this mean for Click? Click has grown by an…

Lawsuits mount for Fresno’s Bitwise and its former leaders

Posted on June 17, 2023
Former Bitwise Industries co-CEOs Jake Soberal, left, Irma Olguin Jr., center, pictured in a frame from a 2022 video presentation, and interim president Ollen Douglass, right, are named as defendants in several lawsuits filed against the company since June 1 , 2023. still frame from video; Motley Fool VenturesA lawsuit filed in Fresno County Superior Court last week by a Chowchilla agribusiness firm accuses Bitwise Industries of running “nothing more than a classic ponzi scheme” as one of its former co-CEOs scrambled to raise cash for the flagging company. [–It’s one of five cases pending in Fresno County…

Ex-TikTok executive says Chinese government used app to locate, identify Hong Kong protesters

Posted on June 17, 2023
A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the popular short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong. Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance in the United States, says those same people had access to US user data, an allegation that the company denies. Yu, who worked for the company in 2018, made the allegations in a recent filing for a wrongful dismissal case filed in May in the San Francisco Superior Court. In…

WestJet to wind down Swoop, integrate into main operation – Business News

Posted on June 16, 2023
WestJet to absorb Swoop The Canadian Press – Jun 9, 2023 / 11:37 am | Stories: 431105Photo: The Canadian Press A passenger boards a WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 twin-engined turboprop aircraft in Kamloops, Saturday, June 3, 2023. WestJet and Swoop pilots ratified their collective agreement after a bargaining process that saw the threat of a strike snarl many Canadians’ long weekend plans. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntoshWestJet says it will wind down its Swoop brand by late October as it integrates the budget carrier’s operations into its main banner. The move comes after ratification of a new collective agreement…

Lotus Marketing: Empowering Businesses with Digital Marketing Expertise

Posted on June 16, 2023
Lotus Marketing, a dynamic company with a remarkable presence in the digital marketing landscape, has been transforming businesses worldwide with their comprehensive range of services. Founded by Jeremy and Max, Lotus Marketing offers a one-stop marketing agency solution, specializing in Social Media Marketing (SMM), Facebook and Instagram ads, and the creation of effective sales funnels for ecommerce businesses. This article will explore the key services provided by Lotus Marketing and the remarkable results they have achieved. Social Media Marketing (SMM): Lotus Marketing’s expertise in SMM sets them apart in the competitive digital marketing industry. With a deep understanding of various…

ZoomerMedia announces acquisition of The Peak Canada’s

Posted on June 15, 2023
TORONTO, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV: ZUM) (“ZoomerMedia”) announces that it has completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of The Peak Media Collective Inc. (PMCs). Founded in 2020, The Peaks serves busy Canadian professionals and business leaders with the top global business, finance, and tech stories of the day packaged in a smart, fast, and easily digestible format. The aggregate purchase price of $5 million is comprised of $3.5 million cash on closing and a $1.5 million promissory note. The Peaks‘s flagship daily newsletter covers the biggest Canadian and global business stories and has…

Irving Oil considers the sale of the company as part of a strategic review

Posted on June 14, 2023
Irving Oil says it has launched a strategic review that will consider, among other things, “a full or partial sale” of the company, one of the largest in New Brunswick. “A strategic review of the company is underway, and a series of options are being evaluated related to the company’s future,” the Saint John-based company said in a statement. “No decisions have been made about where this strategic review may lead. Considerations will be given to a new ownership structure, a full or partial sale, or a change in the portfolio of our assets and how we operate them.” The…