The executive’s case has sent China’s relations with the US and Canada plummeting with accusations of political arrests and ‘hostage diplomacy’Until she was detained at Vancouver airport in December 2018, Meng Wanzhou was not a household name. But the …
Canadian companies quietly made sure CEOs still got their bonuses
“Millions of working Canadians saw their incomes devastated by the pandemic — but according to a new report, dozens of top executives saw their bonus formulas tweaked to make sure they didn’t suffer alongside the rank and file.” (Archive link)
Meng Wanzhou extradition case wraps up but verdict will take months
US is seeking to extradite Huawei chief financial officerFate of two Canadians held in China seen as linkedAfter two and a half years of legal wrangling, an extradition hearing over Meng Wanzhou has wrapped up, leaving the fate of Huawei’s chief financ…
Canadian soldier guilty of drugging comrades with cannabis cupcakes
Sandra Cogswell convicted on eight counts of administering noxious substance and one of behaving in a disgraceful mannerA Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with cannabis-laced cupcakes during a live-fire training exercise has been found gui…
Spotify expands its radio DJ-like format, Music + Talk, to global creators
Last fall, Spotify introduced a new format that combined spoken word commentary with music, allowing creators to reproduce the radio-like experience of listening to a DJ or music journalist who shared their perspective on the tracks they would then play. Today, the company is making the format, which it calls “Music + Talk,” available to […]
Canadian Federal Election
The writ has dropped. Or… whatever. Less that two years after Canada’s last federal election (previously), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to try converting his minority government into a majority in the middle of a pandemic. The Conservat…
Don’t ask us to attend, ’cause we’re not all there.
If you’ve ever wondered what the bit players in Kids in the Hall would do if they were given their own series, there’s a six episode answer that’s hard to buy but is now on youtube [note: includes some things that haven’t aged well, including using n…
Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses
Scale of church’s assets revealed in string of investigationsDiscovery of unmarked graves prompts fresh reparations callsThe Catholic church in Canada has come under growing pressure to compensate victims of the country’s residential school system afte…
FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform
FreshBooks, a Toronto-based cloud accounting software company focused on SMBs, announced today it has secured $80.75 million in a Series E round of funding, as well as $50 million in debt financing. Existing backer Accomplice led the equity financing, which the company described as “an inside round” that propelled FreshBooks to unicorn status with a […]
Cannabiz
What Do You Do With A Billion Grams Of Surplus Weed? Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit