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London A London, Ont., meat-processing plant with 900 employees has been shut down temporarily to deal with a growing COVID-19 outbreak that has seen the number of active cases hit 82. A meat-processing plant in London, Ont., is the latest Cargill facility to close after a COVID-19 outbreak among workers. …

Politics·CBC Explains Air Canada has started offering refunds to customers who bought tickets for flights and vacations they didn't take as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what you need to know. An Air Canada check-in desk at the Calgary airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in …

Politics The federal government has reached an agreement with Air Canada that will provide the pandemic-battered airline with financial support — while committing the airline to refunding customers who saw their flights cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government and Air Canada have reached an agreement …

Politics New York's multi-billion-dollar government-run pension fund announced today that it's pulling investments worth more than $7 million out of some of Canada's major players in the oilsands. At Cenovus' Foster Creek oilsands operation, where steam is injected underground to soften and separate buried oil from sand.(Cenovus) New York's multi-billion-dollar …

Business·New Salesforce.com said it would start allowing vaccinated employees to return to some of its offices, making it one of the first major U.S. corporations to give vaccinated workers preferential treatment over those who have not taken the shot. San Francisco-based Salesforce employs 29,000 people around the world.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) …

Business First Nations leaders in Western Canada are proposing a corridor for transporting commodities from the region and — possibly — to the West Coast. The Treaty 8 flag hangs in a community centre in Fort Chipewyan, Alta. First Nations leaders are developing a corridor that could be used to …

Politics Access to national early learning programs and child care have become an “economic imperative” and Canadians should expect a “significant” announcement in the forthcoming federal budget, said Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Access to national early learning programs and child care have become an "economic imperative" and Canadians should …

Business Several U.S. airport transport services say they're seeing a boost in business by driving Canadian snowbirds across the U.S.-Canada land border so they can avoid hotel quarantine requirements. Several U.S. airport transport services are seeing a boost in business by driving Canadian snowbirds across the Canadian land border.(Rob Gurdebeke/The …

Business Alibaba Group, the world's biggest e-commerce company, was fined 18.3 billion yuan ($3.5 billion Cdn) by Chinese regulators on Saturday for anti-competitive tactics, as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over fast-growing tech industries. Chinese regulators have fined giant e-commerce giant Alibaba 18.3 billion yuan on charges of violating …

British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains says he's proud to put an end to the discriminatory lower minimum wage for liquor servers, 80 per cent of whom are women. A waitress wears a face mask as she serves customers at a restaurant patio. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press ) The British …