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5 days ago | 
castanet.net | Stan Choe |Craig Lord |Christopher Reynolds |Yuri Kageyama
Stan Choe, The Associated Press - May 9, 2025 / 7:55 am | Story: 549425U.S. stocks are drifting Friday as Wall Street heads toward the end of an unusually quiet week. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in morning trading and on track to erase what had been a small loss for the week.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Play Airlines is pulling out of Canada less than two years after entering the market. The discount carrier's schedule shows that starting in late April it will stop its four flights per week from Hamilton, Ont., to its home base in Reykjavik, Iceland, which it uses as a stopover for trips to Europe. Hamilton-based Tripcentral.ca founder Richard Vanderlubbe says the updated schedule means Play is making its exit from the Canadian market.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Barry Choi has been noticing fewer filled seats on some of his flights over the past year. “People are travelling a little bit less,” said Choi, who runs the Money We Have personal finance and travel website, which has him on a plane every four to six weeks. The trend is one he wouldn’t have anticipated two years ago, when the urge to get away was nearly palpable after COVID-19 border closures ended and air travel became possible once more.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Purolator and UPS have paused shipments from some courier companies as they try to work through a deluge of deliveries brought on by the Canada Post strike.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
castanetkamloops.net | Christopher Reynolds
Purolator and UPS have paused shipments from some courier companies as they try to work through a deluge of deliveries brought on by the Canada Post strike.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Air Canada says it will bar carry-on bags and impose a seat selection fee for its lowest-fare customers. Starting Jan. 3, the country's largest airline says passengers who opt for its basic fare on trips within North America and to sun destinations will have to check any duffel bags, rollers and large backpacks for a fee. A small personal item such as a purse or laptop bag will be allowed on board for free, as will strollers and mobility aids.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Canadians are facing a fresh wave of scams as fraudsters seize on the Canada Post strike to try to trick victims out of their cash. Equifax Canada information security head Octavia Howell says the last few weeks have seen a big rise in the number of scam attempts, which range from phishing emails to deepfake phone calls.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Documents supporting Via Rail's ongoing attempt to secure better access to tracks owned by Canadian National Railway Co. shed new light on an increasingly strained relationship between the carriers. The Crown corporation has been trying to overhaul its contract with CN for years, finally asking the country's transportation regulator in 2023 to impose a new track-access agreement that sets their relationship on a fair footing.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Representatives from Canada Post and the postal workers union sat down with a special mediator Monday, but seem no closer to reaching a deal as a countrywide strike enters its fifth day. In a statement, Canada Post said the parties "remain far apart" but that the Crown corporation continues to aim for a deal hammered out at the bargaining table.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Christopher Reynolds
Before she owned one, Sarah Evans had no experience in hair-removal clinics — other than the personal kind. She began searching for a new spot for treatments after moving to Toronto from the U.K. in 2013 and found a suitable service. “It wasn’t terrible, but there were some things where it was a little bit dodgy and suspect,” said Evans, whose professional background lies in optometry and journalism.
