The company’s first-quarter earnings rose 24 percent, well ahead of Wall Street expectations. T-Mobile US announced on April 24 that profits jumped more than 24 percent in the first quarter, as the Bellevue, Washington-based telecom and wireless giant added more than a million new subscribers to its fast-growing nationwide network. T-Mobile reported it added 1.3
A lower court previously held the rights of an airline employee whose scheduling privileges were suspended for not paying fees to a union were not violated. A flight attendant told the Supreme Court in a new filing that a federal appeals court ruling jeopardizes airline employees’ legal rights. The Supreme Court docketed the flight attendant’s
Calls grow for government action as drivers face £1.4 billion in parking charges. Private parking companies are set to hand out nearly 14.5 million tickets to drivers this year, sparking renewed concern over the lack of regulation in the industry. An analysis by RAC of the latest government data reveals that car park management firms
The government of B.C. says it has opened 10 involuntary treatment beds at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre for those struggling with addictions or mental health. The beds were part of a commitment the government made in September 2024, just days before a provincial election was announced. Involuntary treatment is permitted under the provincial Mental Health
French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge has said that the “Go Habs Go” slogan is part of the DNA and identity of Quebec and should be left alone. Roberge made the comments after reports that Montreal’s public transit operator, Société de transport de Montréal (STM), said it was ordered to use the French “Allez Habs Allez”
Commentary This column was of necessity written before the election on Monday, so I don’t know who the winner or winners will be. But I am confident that to predict their actual policies going forward you should immediately download their platform directly into your recycle bin. Which does rather raise the question of why politicians
The increase in arson attacks against religious institutions in 2021 was likely due to announcements around potential unmarked burials at former residential school sites, according to a new report by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI). The report, released April 24, represents the first empirical investigation of the spike in arson attacks on religious institutions in Canada
A Vancouver Island teacher has been suspended and was ordered to complete boundaries training after the provincial regulator found his interactions with a student while out in the community to be “unbecoming.” Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district high school teacher Edward John Thomas Mulrooney was suspended for five days in connection with a February 2021 incident that
More jobs are being created in Ontario, yet labour force participation has gone down, says a new report that reviewed the province’s labour market performance in 2024. Released by the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) on April 24, the report showed that the unemployment rate in Ontario increased to 7 percent in 2024 from 5.6 percent
The Ottawa-area riding represented by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had the highest voter turnout in Canada in last weekend’s advance polls, preliminary data shows. A total of 43,394 voters cast their ballots in the Carleton riding during the four days of advance polling over the Easter weekend, according to Election Canada statistics. Poilievre, who has