Where’s the beef? And what happened to all those hot tubs? Those are the questions Alberta RCMP are grappling with after a semi-truck trailer full of meat was stolen from one of Canada’s largest meatpacking plants — three days before several spas were taken from a manufacturer near Edmonton.

A change to the federal wage subsidy program has led to confusion among the hardest-hit sectors in Canada, surprising some business owners with added payroll costs that may force major layoffs, industry advocates say. After overhauling the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) this summer, the government granted a grace period during which business owners would get at least as much money as they received under the old system.

He comes from submarine sandwich royalty, and now the former Montreal Canadiens player has his own resto — offering takeout and delivery of the famed sandwiches during the red zone lockdown period in Montreal.

TORONTO -- One of the country’s largest retailers, Walmart Canada, is no longer allowing customers to price-match items in its stores, sparking consumer outrage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company announced it would discontinue the ad match program in September citing a decrease in usage and delays at checkout. As of Oct. 15, customers are no longer able to request a price match in Walmart Canada stores, a move that has not been received kindly by customers trying to...

Bloomberg) — Waterloo Brewing Ltd. has spent eight years and C$85million ($64 million) expanding its facilities, all so it can make booze for someone else. The Ontario-based company, which got its start making craft lagers 40 years ago, wants to be the go-to producer for global brands selling everything from hard seltzers to canned cocktails in Canada.

Starbucks Corp. has released more details about the makeup of its U.S. workforce and will link executive compensation to diversity targets — the latest S&P 100 company to beef up its efforts to ensure minorities have better representation. The Seattle-based company is providing a breakdown of its workers in the U.S. by race on its website. It also includes links to the coffee chain’s EEO-1 reports — federal forms on the diversity of its workforce that companies are required to file to...

Canada needs to make major Changes to its dairy supply management system to help the industry combat declining milk consumption and the incursion of more foreign dairy products through free=trade agreements, according to a new report. 

The States is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated he plans to keep Canada’s borders closed as long as coronavirus cases remain elevated in the U.S. “We have committed to keeping Canadians safe and we keep extending the border closures because the States is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders,” the prime minister said Wednesday morning in an interview with a radio station in...

Toronto’s Porter Airlines says it is once again extending its flight suspension amid the coronavirus pandemic to Dec. 15. In a statement from the airline Tuesday, it said the extension is once again due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The airline previously had a target resuming date of Nov. 12.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. said on Wednesday it expects quarterly comparable sales for Burger King and Tim Hortons to slide globally, even though demand for its chicken sandwiches is expected to boost growth for Popeyes. The company reported preliminary third-quarter comparable sales drop of 7 per cent for Burger King and 12.5 per cent for Tim Hortons, while Popeyes is expected to rise 17.4 per cent.

Breakfast sausage patties with “meatier” taste and texture now available for foodservice industry TORONTO — Meatless Farm, the plant-based brand helping individuals reduce meat consumption in an environmentally friendly and healthy way, is excited to announce it has partnered with Canada’s leading foodservice distributors, to bring a new meat-free product to Canada.