The Business Development Bank of Canada is ramping up support for women technology entrepreneurs, who despite recent breakthroughs still struggle to raise funding. On Wednesday the federal Crown corporation said it would provide $500-million in... read more
On its quest to dominate the global cannabis market, Canada’s Canopy Growth Corp. deployed a very deliberate strategy: Entice investors with a grand vision – something co-founder Bruce Linton had in spades – then endure any... read more
Tim Hortons is suspending its support of the IIHF World Junior Championship and plans to re-evaluate its sponsorship of Hockey Canada, over the organization’s response to allegations that eight Canadian Hockey League players sexually assaulted... read more
COVID-19 decimated the restaurant industry and forced it to adapt. With takeout orders expected to stay higher than they were before the pandemic, businesses are adapting again. At Vancouver’s Pidgin restaurant, there was a time... read more
Elon Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter Inc. TWTR-N -2.01% decrease for US$44-billion on Monday when the social-media platform agreed to his offer of US$54.20 a share in cash. Twitter will now become a privately held company. Why does... read more
The COVID-19 pandemic, and an astonishing renaissance in reading has printers, publishers and bookstores scrambling to adjust. Nearly two million pounds of paper are parked on the floor of Friesens Corp.’s printing plant, a growing... read more
Robert Cialdini wrote the modern book on influence in 1984, offering six universal principles for marketing, negotiating and dealing effectively with colleagues. Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein nudged that effort ahead with ideas from behavioural... read more
udia Inc., one of Canada’s major homegrown video-game developers, is expanding its Montreal headquarters and experimenting with new types of work space in a bid to recapture the employee creativity its founder says has been... read more
A Toronto venture-capital firm focused on backing Canadian startups led by women has surpassed the goal for its second fund after making a string of promising investments. StandUp Ventures, led by venture-capital veteran Michelle McBane,... read more
Lululemon will take over as the official outfitter of Canada’s team at the next four Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced Thursday that Vancouver-based Lululemon... read more
