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Record investment year puts CPPIB close to half-trillion dollar asset goal © Provided by The Canadian Press TORONTO — A record return over the first full year of the pandemic has put the manager of Canadas largest retirement fund years ahead of schedule to meet a long-term goal of having half a trillion dollars in assets by 2028. Popular Searches Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reported Thursday that its funds earned 20.4 per cent net of all costs for its 2021 fiscal year ended March 3...

MPs grill Justice Minister on impact of controversial Bill C-10 Business Related Yes Justice Minister David Lametti reviews his notes before attending a news conference in Ottawa, Friday May 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld TORONTO – Federal Justice Minister David Lametti told the Commons heritage committee Tuesday that it’s not his role to give a legal opinion on revisions to a bill that aims to regulate internet platforms. Lametti said that, as a member of the Liberal cabinet, he...

Employers say virtual recruiting from universities has quickly become the norm by David Paddon, The Canadian Press Posted May 11, 2021 11:42 am EDT Last Updated May 11, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT TORONTO — Darrell Wellington heads a growing tech company that used to do almost all its employee recruitment in person, except for a few overseas candidates — until last year. “All of our (in-person) interviews went to remote interviews at the beginning of COVID,” Wellington says. “Now we do that ...

Employers say virtual recruiting from universities has quickly become the norm Business Related Yes Darrell Wellington of Syntronic poses for a photo in Ottawa on Saturday, April 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle TORONTO – Darrell Wellington heads a growing tech company that used to do almost all its employee recruitment in person, except for a few overseas candidates – until last year. “All of our (in-person) interviews went to remote interviews at the beginning of COVID,”...

A Telus sign is seen on a storefront in Halifax on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. chief executive Darren Entwistle said Friday that the telecommunications company will be able to reduce capital spending to $2.5 billion a year or less in 2023, after an accelerated investment plant announced this week. The Vancouver-based company and owner of one of Canada’s three national wireless networks said Thursday it has raised its 2021 capital budg...

TORONTO — Spin Master executives said Thursday that the company behind "Paw Patrol" and several other globally successful toy and entertainment franchises aims to be a global leader in digital games for children. Co-founder Ronnen Harary, who had been Spin Masters co-chief executive until relinquishing the role in January, said the Toca Life digital game platform has more than 30 million monthly active users. In addition, the Sago Mini digital games for preschool children age 2 to 5 years, ha...

A woman holds two cellphones in this photo illustration, Monday March 29, 2021 in Chelsea, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld TORONTO – BCE’s unsuccessful bid for Shaw Communications Inc. has renewed speculation about which other telecom companies could be takeover targets for Bell, Rogers or Telus. BCE Inc. confirmed on the weekend that it attempted to outbid Toronto-based Rogers Communications Inc. as that company negotiated a friendly takeover of Shaw. If the Competition Bureau allows...

J.D. Power says Canadians unimpressed with their wireless service by David Paddon, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 22, 2021 12:25 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 22, 2021 at 12:27 pm EDT TORONTO — J.D. Power’s latest annual study of Canadian wireless network performance found consumers were even hungrier for data than last year, but a significant portion were unimpressed with the quality they got. It found 24 per cent of about 9,500 people contacted said they have at least 10 gigabytes of data in the...

David Paddon The Rogers Logo is photographed in Toronto office on Monday, September 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin April 21, 2021 - 9:59 AM TORONTO - The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. said Wednesday that he and his team are "deeply disappointed" by the widespread outage that affected many of its wireless customers this week. "We worked very hard to earn the trust of our customers, and were going to work very hard to earn it back," Rogers ...

The Rogers Logo is photographed in Toronto office on Monday, September 30, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin TORONTO – The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. told analysts Wednesday that he and his team are “deeply disappointed” by the widespread outage that affected many of its wireless customers this week. “We worked very hard to earn the trust of our customers, and we’re going to work very hard to earn it back,” Rogers CEO Joe Natale said in a conference call a...