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B.C. Interior flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures

A statement from the B.C. government says hot weather is expected to accelerate snowmelt throughout the Interior through Friday, followed…

IBM plans to replace thousands of jobs with artificial intelligence

IBM told Bloomberg this week that it plans to pause hiring for 7,800 back-office roles that could be replaced by artificial intelligence…

Sudan evacuees ‘went through hell’, Canada must help stop crisis

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians evacuated from Sudan “went through hell” and Ottawa will do everything…

Union calls strike a ‘success’ after inking new tentative agreements with feds

OTTAWA — The national president for the Public Service Alliance of Canada is calling the union’s strike action a success…

Canada, U.S. share more data about smuggling guns and drugs

Canada and the United States have agreed to share more information about the smuggling of guns and drugs across their…

Federal public service strike, no sign of back-to-work legislation

According to an open letter from Treasury Board President Mona Fortier on April 24, four key demands are still being…

Grocers among retailers poised for AI sales bump

Algorithms and data analysis can improve customers’ experience and inventory managementGrocers are among the retailers that could find the biggest…

Daan Go Cake Lab opening in Richmond, Hundreds line up

MasterChef Canada winners open first West Coast bakery location,It’s no surprise to see line-ups in front of newly opened Richmond…

BuzzFeed shutting down News division, laying off 15% of all staff

BuzzFeed Inc. is shutting down its news division and cutting its workforce by 15 per cent.The company made the news in an…

Federal workers now on strike. Services that may be affected

OTTAWA — More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the…