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Frontier Airlines buying Spirit in $3B low-cost carrier deal

Frontier Airlines buying Spirit in $3B low-cost carrier deal

Frontier is buying Spirit Airlines in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create the nation's fifth largest carrier. The tie-up is valued at $6.6 billion when accounting for the assumption of debt and other liabilities.
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Rogan's use of racial slurs adds to pressure on Spotify

Rogan's use of racial slurs adds to pressure on Spotify

Joe Rogan's mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot. Anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs on some episodes of his popular podcast are forcing the streaming service to weigh difficult choices.
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‘Jackass Forever’ laughs its way to No. 1 at box office

‘Jackass Forever’ laughs its way to No. 1 at box office

Not even a global pandemic or a 12-year hiatus could stop the Jackass guys at the box office. “Jackass Forever,” the fourth movie in the anarchic series earned $23.
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Workplace vaccine mandates being upheld as challenges largely tossed out, experts say

Workplace vaccine mandates being upheld as challenges largely tossed out, experts say

Legal challenges of employer vaccine mandates and health measures are being tossed out as arbitrators in Canada largely side with the need to maintain safe workplaces during a pandemic, legal experts say.
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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade numbers: Statistics Canada will release its international merchandise trade and services figures for December on Tuesday.
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Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces

Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify's popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span.
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Robbie Robertson sells his music catalogue to newcomer Iconoclast

Robbie Robertson sells his music catalogue to newcomer Iconoclast

TORONTO — Robbie Robertson is taking a load off with the sale of music rights for his six-decade career.
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Tech recovery pushes S&P/TSX composite to post best week in nearly a year

Tech recovery pushes S&P/TSX composite to post best week in nearly a year

TORONTO — A broad-based rally led by a rebound in the technology sector and higher crude oil prices helped Canada's main stock index to rise more than 100 points Friday and post its best week in nearly a year.
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Unions reach pattern contract with Canfor paying 8% wage increase, signing bonus

Unions reach pattern contract with Canfor paying 8% wage increase, signing bonus

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Two of Canada's largest pulp and paper unions say Canfor employees have ratified a new collective agreement it hopes will set the pattern for 18 contracts in British Columbia and Alberta.
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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 (21,271.85, up 177.84 points.) Denison Mines Corp. (TSX:DML). Materials. Up six cents, or 4.2 per cent, to $1.50 on 14.2 million shares.
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