Aleksandra Sagan
Financial Post
British Columbia, Canada
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'In this market, anybody can get laid off in a second': How five tech workers are navigating an unexpected job hunt
Workers laid off from tech firms are navigating a job market that bears little resemblance to the one in which they were hired. Read more. → Read More
Voilà drivers consider joining union over pay, working conditions
Delivery drivers fear they are under constant surveillance in their trucks → Read More
Canadian tech companies offer coverage for egg freezing in latest bid to win talent
Adding fertility benefits also part of an effort to increase workplace equity → Read More
Canadian IPO market freezes for tech firms in first quarter of 2022
Not a single innovation-economy company went public via an IPO in the first quarter of 2022 → Read More
Quebec AI champion Coveo files for IPO on TSX
Plans to use money to fuel growth, including an expansion outside of North America → Read More
The Canadian IPO’s woman problem: Men named David have better odds than women at taking companies public on the TSX
Nearly 98 per cent of the companies that went public via an IPO on the TSX between 2016 and 2020 had a male CEO at the time of listing → Read More
Beyond Bad Blood: Health-tech startup Truvian hopes to succeed where Theranos failed
Wittington Ventures, the venture capital firm affiliated with Loblaw, recently co-led a more than US$105-million Series C fundraising round in Truvian → Read More
MEC considered an appeal to members for a bailout before it agreed to a private equity deal
Committee decided against the possibility due to 'the magnitude of initial and ongoing funding' required → Read More
Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys Say Pandemic Pay Cut Was Made Independently Despite Emails
Executives made calls and exchanged emails but say the decisions were made due to several factors. → Read More
Grocers defend pandemic pay cut decisions as independently made despite emails, calls
Executives from three of Canada's largest grocery chains were in communication before launchingand ending temporary wage increases for grocery store w... → Read More
Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Has Finally Made It To Canada
The fried chicken sensation is first coming to select stores in Alberta. → Read More
Grocers Loblaw and Metro ending wage premium due to pandemic for workers
Essential employees at Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Metro Inc. will see their COVID-19 bonus pay eliminated Saturday as two of Canada's largest grocery chains pull back on support measures for their staff introduced early in the pandemic — a decision two unions say is premature. → Read More
Anti-racism books see massive sales spike amid police brutality protests
Sean Liburd spent much of Tuesday night answering emails from customers, most looking for books to help them better understand the mass protests again... → Read More
Retailers add COVID-19 surcharge for services to help offset costs of pandemic
VANCOUVER - Among the many changes that returning customers to Hatz Hair Studio in North Vancouver m... → Read More
Masks and closed fitting rooms: Reopened retail to look vastly different
VANCOUVER - Shoppers at recently reopened Sleep Country stores looking to test mattresses or pillows will find a disposable protective barrier between... → Read More
Customers skip the line as warehouse, sample sales shift online amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - Last year, more than 2,000 shoppers descended on a Toronto pop-up store, looking for deals at undergarment maker Knix's first warehouse sa... → Read More
Customers skip the line as warehouse, sample sales shift online amid pandemic
VANCOUVER — Last year, more than 2,000 shoppers descended on a Toronto pop-up store, looking for deals at undergarment maker Knix’s first warehouse sale. It was a success: the company sold out of most items during the three-day event and needed to double its staffing. Knix planned a bigger event for April 2020 at a space four times … → Read More
Postmedia Shuts 15 Newspapers In Manitoba, Southern Ontario Amid 'Huge' Revenue Declines
The company has announced pay cuts and 80 layoffs as it grapples with collapsing ad revenues. → Read More
Postmedia to lay off 80, permanently close 15 newspapers amid COVID-19 fallout
TORONTO - Postmedia Network Inc. says it will lay off about 80 employees and permanently close 15 community newspapers, as the newspaper conglomerate ... → Read More
Canada Goose plans shift to reclaimed fur over wild coyote product
TORONTO - Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it will start using reclaimed fur to make its luxury coats and stop purchasing new fur in a couple of years. → Read More