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Cannabis | Canopy Growth is laying off 800 employees
(Smiths Falls) Canopy Growth is laying off 800 workers as part of a restructuring plan that includes closing its flagship 1 Hershey plant and consolidating some of its growing operations.…
Record profits for Total, new demonstration against the pension reform… The informed of the morning of Wednesday February 8, 2023
The informed in the morning debate the news around Marc Fauvelle and Renaud Dély, Wednesday February 8, 2023. Article written by Posted on 02/08/2023 09:53 Update on 08/02/2023 10:14 Reading…
Boom in paying jobs since the pandemic
I have good news and bad news on the employment side. The good news: Quebec has multiplied paying jobs during the pandemic. The bad: most vacancies will never be filled,…
We must be wary of appearances in employment in Quebec
Employment seems to be doing so well in Quebec that the announced economic slowdown could occur with almost no increase in unemployment. However, we must be wary of appearances. At…
Oil rises despite swelling US weekly inventories
(New York) Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday, for the third consecutive session, due to disruptions in the supply of crude linked, among other things, to the earthquake in…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Trudeau and health: the poultice
After two and a half years of demands from the premiers of the provinces and territories, Justin Trudeau gave them food for one-sixth of what they demanded for the upgrading…
Disney+ announces first loss of subscribers and layoffs
(San Francisco) In search of profitability for its platforms streamingincluding Disney+, which lost subscribers for the first time in its history, Disney announced on Wednesday the layoff of 7,000 people.…
Estrogen gel should be back on shelves soon
The only bio-identical estradiol gel covered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ), which has been off the shelves for several weeks, will soon be back in pharmacies.…
Netflix cracks down on password sharing in Canada
(Toronto) Netflix Canada has begun rolling out its new strategy to end password sharing. Posted yesterday at 5:02 p.m. David Friend The Canadian Press The streaming giant began sending a…
Stingray beyond expectations | The Press
The management of Stingray maintains that the pivot is finally achieved and that it has managed to reposition the activities of the Montreal supplier of music services. Posted at 5:19…
the rebate on fuel soon to be back?
Posted on 08/02/2023 20:58 Video length: 2 min. France 2 Article written by C. Tixier, D. Basier, AC Le Sann, J. Poissonnier, P. Wursthorn, C. Theophilos, S. Giaume, N. Leydier,…
the latest figures, in trompe l’oeil, unveiled by the Banque de France
Posted on 08/02/2023 17:15 Video length: 2 min. France 3 Article written by The latest statistics from the Banque de France tend to show that French households are less and…
Twitter | Technical issues on launch day of 4000 character tweets
(New York) Tens of thousands of Twitter users reported on Wednesday technical problems on the platform, saying in particular that they were unable to tweet, on the day of the…
Groups call on Ottawa to extend program to welcome Ukrainians
Humanitarian groups supporting Ukrainian refugees are calling on Ottawa to extend a special immigration program that allows people fleeing Ukraine to temporarily live, work and study in Canada. The Canada-Ukraine…
Pension scheme | “With the 60-62 year old, the discontent is already taken”, warns Magali Picard
(Montreal) While Finance Minister Eric Girard tries to calm concerns about the changes to the Quebec Pension Plan that are being examined, the FTQ warns him that he will face…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Laval, 8:30 a.m.: the innocence of early childhood broke
Laval, 8:30 a.m. On any normal day, there is no story to tell. In the suburbs as elsewhere, parents and children are getting ready to go to work, school or…
Church of England divided over same-sex marriages
Should civil marriages between people of the same sex be blessed or not? The Church of England displayed the deep divisions that run through Anglican worship on Wednesday during a…
Disney+ announces a loss of subscribers, a first since its launch
(San Francisco) Disney+ lost 2.4 million subscribers in the last three months of 2022, the first time since the service launched at the end of 2019 that it has not…
Electric vehicles | Transition increasingly urgent, says auto industry
(Toronto) Major players in the auto industry say the need for Canada to tackle the transition to electric vehicles is becoming more urgent as money begins to flow into the…
COVID-19 report in Quebec February 8, 2023
After several weeks of decreases, hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 have started to rise again, according to the latest report. Health authorities reported 15 new hospitalizations on Wednesday, for a total…