Staffing challenges across multiple industries have been attributed in part to the "great resignation" and in part because so many infected workers were out, especially during the Omicron waves. But increasingly, economists and health care professionals alike worry about long COVID's impact on employers and the broader economy.
Read MoreWe may associate the Royal Family with strict protocols and stiff upper lips, but King Charles III and the House of Windsor can trace their lineage back through centuries of bloody wars and brutal power struggles to 1066, when the illegitimate son of a duke and grandson of a tanner ascended the throne. I tried to somehow distill a thousand years worth of dynastic lineage into as many words in this overview that traces the Windsors back to William the Conqueror.
I cover a broad range of topics as a freelance general news writer at CTVNews.ca. From the serious to the absurd, you can find a (regularly updated) selection of those stories here as well.
Read MorePivot Magazine is the award-winning flagship print publication for CPA Canada, and publishes features and analyses that focuses on the people, organizations and ideas shaping the future of business. Read about “kidult” toy trends and zero waste cleaning products here.
Read MoreA flaw allowed access to sensitive customer information on Walmart's website, demonstrating the ease with which such data could be accidentally exposed. Walmart has since disabled the pages where this security flaw was found.
Read MoreA hiring announcement by a very small publishing company over the summer has snowballed into an explosive confrontation on racism within the powerful Romance Writers of America (RWA) organization, leading to the resignation of more than a dozen board and committee members within a few short weeks and leaving the future of the influential trade group in doubt.
Read MoreFrom “Rupert’s Land” to Fifth Avenue: Founded in 1670, Hudson’s Bay Co. began primarily as a fur trading business, occupying some 40 percent of what is now Canada and a significant portion of what became Minnesota and North Dakota. With the iconic retailer turning 350 this year, I wanted to revisit a company I used to cover and take a peak at where it might be headed next.
I wrote a lot about this company’s modern day operations over the years, some of which can be read here as well.
Read MoreFor the most part, market reports can be pretty formulaic. Stocks rise, stocks falls. The loonie goes up, the loonie goes down. But once in a while, things get a little bit more interesting, like when markets react to the first Bank of Canada interest rate hike since 2010, or when the TSX notched its longest weekly winning streak in more than two decades. The latter just happened to be the very last story I wrote for Reuters.
Read MoreCanadian apparel company Roots Corp has set a price range of C$14 ($14.00) to C$16 per share for its planned Toronto initial public offering (IPO), seeking to raise about C$200 million, according to a term sheet of the deal seen by Reuters on Monday.
Read MoreSears Canada, which in 2012 was spun off from U.S. retailer Sears Holdings Corp, filed for creditor protection in June, 2017. After being in operation since 1953, the retailer finally shuttered its doors on January 14, 2018. Over the years, I checked in on Sears Canada amid a revolving door of CEOs who struggled to turn the business around, and followed the beginning of its demise during the summer of 2017. Here is some of that coverage.
Read MoreI started covering financial technology, aka “fintech” around the start of 2017. Everyone was talking about “fintech”, blockchain, distributed ledgers, digital identity, AI, machine learning. I was carving out a fun new beat, learning a ton and some of the stuff was fascinating. But alas, 2017 was also the year Home Capital, an alternative mortgage lender in Canada, saw a run on its high-interest savings accounts, and it was all hands on deck to help out. My other beat, retail, also turned into a bit of a beast, as Sak’s owner Hudson’s Bay faced shareholder discontent and Sears Canada filed for creditor protection. Here are some of the fintech and blockchain stories that managed to see the light of day before things went off the rails.
Read MoreVenture capital-backed investment in Canadian financial technology companies hit its highest level in almost two decades last year, even as the flow of funds into major fintech markets like the United States declined, according to sector data.
Read MoreWhether it was see-through yoga pants, Chip Wilson’s faux-pas about women’s thighs, or a string of forecast-beating results, Lululemon always gave us something to write about. From the Wilson family’s post-Lulu retail venture, Kit and Ace, to roller-coaster stock rides, here’s a sampling of my stories over the years on all things related to the athleisure wear company.
Read MoreBurger King’s proposed $11.5 billion acquisition of Canada’s Tim Hortons may offer big tax benefits to the U.S. fast food chain but the real tax winner is likely to be its controlling shareholder, 3G Capital.
Read MoreMore than eight months after an extreme winter began snarling North American rail traffic, a Reuters analysis of industry data shows delays lingering, raising the risk of a second winter of chaos on the rails.
Read MoreA pink Barbie-branded SUV that seats two toddlers offers a surprising glimpse into the myriad problems that jammed up Target Corp’s supply chain when it set up shop in Canada, and the challenge facing Target’s new Canadian head.
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