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'Don’t goof up my meat:' Unwanted substitutions deter online grocery shoppers

'Don’t goof up my meat:' Unwanted substitutions deter online grocery shoppers

HALIFAX — Anjali Rego doesn’t mind some online grocery order substitutions. Swap out regular tomatoes for cherry tomatoes? No problem. But other changes irk her. Switch regular meat for a plant-based substitute? No way.
10 miners missing at 2nd coal mine in Poland after tremor

10 miners missing at 2nd coal mine in Poland after tremor

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A powerful underground tremor and methane gas discharge hit a second coal mine Saturday in southern Poland, forcing dozens of workers to flee the mine and leaving authorities unable to contact 10 other miners still missing, offi
Afraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline

Afraid to fly with unmasked passengers? Call your airline

DALLAS (AP) — Airlines say they are offering options — including refunds in some cases — for people worried about flying now that other passengers aren’t required to wear face masks. However, the airlines aren’t providing many details.
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,186.38, down 464.03 points.) Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX:AQN). Utilities. Down 28 cents or 1.4 per cent to $19.
Aggressive tone from central banks sends TSX to biggest two-day drop since 2020

Aggressive tone from central banks sends TSX to biggest two-day drop since 2020

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index suffered its worst two-day slump in nearly two years as a more aggressive tone about interest rate hikes from central banks wreaked havoc across North American markets.
Stocks stumble 2.8% as worries about interest rates worsen

Stocks stumble 2.8% as worries about interest rates worsen

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its biggest one-day loss in almost seven weeks, as worries deepen about a surge in interest rates and the U.S. central bank’s efforts to fight inflation.
Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

Disney government dissolution bill signed by DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill to dissolve Walt Disney World’s private government, after the entertainment giant opposed a new state law critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.
Alterna Savings signs deal to acquire majority of PACE Credit Union assets

Alterna Savings signs deal to acquire majority of PACE Credit Union assets

TORONTO — Alterna Savings and Credit Union Ltd. has signed a deal to acquire the majority of the assets of the troubled PACE Savings and Credit Union. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Statistics Canada says retail sales edged up 0.1 per cent in February

Statistics Canada says retail sales edged up 0.1 per cent in February

OTTAWA — Retail sales edged higher in February as Canadians went shopping for new clothes and spent more filling up at the gas pumps. Statistics Canada said Friday retail sales rose 0.1 per cent to $59.
Hudson's Bay Company calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation

Hudson's Bay Company calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation

Hudson's Bay Co., North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an act of reconciliation.