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A server clears a table on a patio at a restaurant, in Vancouver, on Friday, April 2, 2021. A new study by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found the average small business owner is working the equivalent of an eight-day workweek due to staffing challenges, with the issue especially prevalent in Western Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Small business owners working eight-day week equivalent due to staff shortages: CFIB

Survey finds labour shortages forcing many owners to work excessive hours to compensate

A server clears a table on a patio at a restaurant, in Vancouver, on Friday, April 2, 2021. A new study by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found the average small business owner is working the equivalent of an eight-day workweek due to staffing challenges, with the issue especially prevalent in Western Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Pictured are a few of the turtles Kyle Cosford had available at the White Lake Turtle Festival on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Galaxies in glass: Shuswap glass artist inspired by space and beauty of British Columbia

Kyle Cosford of Cosford Glass finds new fans at White Lake Turtle Fest

Pictured are a few of the turtles Kyle Cosford had available at the White Lake Turtle Festival on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
FILE - A Bed Bath & Beyond customer enters a store in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy protection, but the company says its stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers. The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday, April 23, 2023 in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, listing its estimated assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion and $10 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection

Filing comes as dozens of stores shutter across Canada

FILE - A Bed Bath & Beyond customer enters a store in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy protection, but the company says its stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers. The beleaguered home goods chain made the filing Sunday, April 23, 2023 in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, listing its estimated assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion and $10 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
People fuel up vehicles in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Statistics Canada says retail sales fell 0.2 per cent to $66.3 billion in February as a drop in sales at gasoline stations and fuel vendors and general merchandise stores led the way lower. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People fuel up vehicles in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Statistics Canada says retail sales fell 0.2 per cent to $66.3 billion in February as a drop in sales at gasoline stations and fuel vendors and general merchandise stores led the way lower. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Bikes are seen for sale at a Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store in Vancouver on Thursday, March 1, 2018. CEO David Labistour announced Thursday that MEC will stop selling several outdoor equipment brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc., which is also a gun manufacturer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Outdoor store MEC commits to cutting carbon emissions from products, supply chain

MEC said its goal is to slash emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 and 90 per cent by 2050

Bikes are seen for sale at a Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store in Vancouver on Thursday, March 1, 2018. CEO David Labistour announced Thursday that MEC will stop selling several outdoor equipment brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc., which is also a gun manufacturer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Twitter logo hangs outside the company’s offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay

Checks began disappearing from these users’ profiles late morning Pacific Time

A Twitter logo hangs outside the company’s offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia Michael McEvoy speaks during a news conference about an investigation into AggregateIQ in Vancouver on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Canadian Tire stores contravened privacy laws, privacy commissioner says

McEvoy: stores used facial ID technology without adequate notification or consent

Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia Michael McEvoy speaks during a news conference about an investigation into AggregateIQ in Vancouver on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file

Swiss firm not giving up on attempt to take over B.C.’s Teck Resources

Glencore open to improving Teck offer, but shareholders must reject plan to split

This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file
The Loblaws flagship location on Carlton Street in Toronto is shown on Thursday May 2, 2013. Loblaw Companies Ltd. is hiring European retail executive Per Bank as its next president and chief executive.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

Galen Weston to take a step back as Loblaw’s announces new CEO

No longer to be president of Canada’s biggest grocery chain, Weston will remain as chairman

The Loblaws flagship location on Carlton Street in Toronto is shown on Thursday May 2, 2013. Loblaw Companies Ltd. is hiring European retail executive Per Bank as its next president and chief executive.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
FILE - An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Uber Eats launches cannabis delivery service in Vancouver, Victoria

Starting immediately, B.C. residents over the age of 19 can use the Uber Eats app to order

FILE - An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file

UPDATED: Teck majority owner calls Glencore bid the wrong one at the wrong time

The sale of B.C.-based mining firm to a foreign buyer would be a loss for Canada, critics say

This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file
Canadian Pacific Railway trains sit at the main CP Rail trainyard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern have officially combined to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

CP Rail, Kansas City Southern Rail merger now official

Merger is the continent’s first major one in the industry in more than two decades

Canadian Pacific Railway trains sit at the main CP Rail trainyard in Toronto on Monday, March 21, 2022. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern have officially combined to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Hudbay Minerals Inc. logo is shown in a handout. The company says it has struck a deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining Corp. in an all-stock deal it valued at US$439 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

Canadian firm strikes $439M deal to buy B.C. copper mine near Princeton

Hudbay Minerals strikes all-stock deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining

The Hudbay Minerals Inc. logo is shown in a handout. The company says it has struck a deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining Corp. in an all-stock deal it valued at US$439 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Coal heading out of Sparwood. Phil McLachlan/The Free Press/File

B.C.’s Teck Resources rejects latest Swiss takeover bid

Board remains committed to plan to split its metal and steelmaking coal operations into 2 businesses

Coal heading out of Sparwood. Phil McLachlan/The Free Press/File
Alex Scholten, co-owner of the Victory Meat & Produce Market Ltd., is shown at his store in Fredericton, Monday, April 10, 2023. For 81 years, the independent store has offered quality products at affordable prices, earning it a loyal customer base despite the increasing dominance of grocery stores chains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray

Grocery’s power imbalance has politicians, shoppers questioning rising prices

The flyer for the Victory Meat & Produce Market, a small grocer…

Alex Scholten, co-owner of the Victory Meat & Produce Market Ltd., is shown at his store in Fredericton, Monday, April 10, 2023. For 81 years, the independent store has offered quality products at affordable prices, earning it a loyal customer base despite the increasing dominance of grocery stores chains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
Swiss company Glencore plc is modifying its hostile takeover offer for Teck Resources Ltd. to include a cash component in its proposal. This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS-AP Photo/Keystone/Urs Flueeler

Swiss firm ups offer in hostile bid to take over B.C.’s Teck Resources

Glencore adds US$8.2B cash component to Teck Resources takeover bid

Swiss company Glencore plc is modifying its hostile takeover offer for Teck Resources Ltd. to include a cash component in its proposal. This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS-AP Photo/Keystone/Urs Flueeler
A WestJet plane waits at a gate at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Regional routes see higher airfares, fewer flights even as new carriers emerge

On a cold, cloudy Thursday night in February, Donovan Onishenko arrived at…

A WestJet plane waits at a gate at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Content creators who typically avoid politics have spent the last year diving into the parliamentary process as they’ve watched the Liberal government’s controversial online streaming act move through the bill’s various stages. This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP
Content creators who typically avoid politics have spent the last year diving into the parliamentary process as they’ve watched the Liberal government’s controversial online streaming act move through the bill’s various stages. This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP
The corporate logo of Teck Resources Limited is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

Teck Resources doubles down on plan to split company after Glencore offer

Teck says its separation will give shareholders more choice and ways to maximize value

The corporate logo of Teck Resources Limited is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Farm fresh eggs from a vending machine? Who would have thought? And, yet, Doug Groenendijk has made it a reality. (Photo by Don Bodger)

B.C. farmer comes out of his shell to sell vending machine eggs

Vancouver Islands’ Doug Groenendijk says timing right to get cracking with a new venture

Farm fresh eggs from a vending machine? Who would have thought? And, yet, Doug Groenendijk has made it a reality. (Photo by Don Bodger)