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A strike vote could mean more than 4,400 flight attendants at WestJet could legally walk off the job on Aug. 2, if protracted negotiations with Canada’s second-largest airline aren’t settled before then. Source link

Twelve states, including California and New York, sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81-billion US merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers across the U.S. Source link

The cost of a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was up around $86 US on Tuesday morning. That’s higher than oil has been in recent weeks after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war, but below the $100 mark that oil has reached earlier in the war. […]

Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. edged up in June by 3.2 per cent compared to the year before, according to Statistics Canada. It’s a small increase, but it’s the third month in a row in which Canadian travel is up compared to 2025 — a positive sign for some in the tourism industry […]

StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit in the United States over the company’s ties to large-scale scalpers — connections reported by CBC News last week. Source link

If finalized, the agreement would set the pattern for bargaining with Stellantis and General Motors. Source link

The Pleasant Street Diner in Dartmouth, N.S., serves about 1,000 pounds of fresh haddock per week. But early this month, their supplier increased the price of the historically affordable fish by 40 per cent, or about $5 per pound. Overnight, their weekly haddock expenses went up $5,000. Source link

Researchers at Langara College and the University of British Columbia are studying wild yeast collected from across B.C. and the Pacific Northwest to see if it can be used to brew beer with unique flavours while reducing costs for breweries. Source link

With rising travel costs squeezing vacation budgets, more Canadians are trading keys. Global home exchange networks report a massive surge in Canadian members still looking to travel but save big on accommodations. Source link

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company. Source link