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Walmart Canada To Invest Over C$500m On Store Upgrades

Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest more than C$500 million (€335.8 million) this year to refurbish its stores. It would be the largest ye...

BAT To Pick Up Stake In Canada-Based Pot Producer Organigram

British American Tobacco said on Thursday it will buy a nearly 20% stake in Canada-based cannabis producer Organigram for about £126 million ($175.81...

Rapeseed Rush Sends Prices Soaring As Chinese Demand Swells

Rapeseed prices are surging to record highs as traders scour the world for supplies of the oil-rich crop, illustrating growing strain across oilseed market...

McCain Foods Invests In Fiddlehead Technology

Frozen food producer McCain Foods has acquired a minority share of New Brunswick-based data science firm Fiddlehead Technology. Fiddlehead provides...

Couche-Tard CEO Would Love Second Shot At Carrefour Deal

Alimentation Couche-Tard would revive its $20 billion bid for France's Carrefour if the Canadian convenience store operator saw a change in the French gove...

Failed Carrefour Deal Unlikely To Dampen Ambitions Of Canada's Couche-Tard

Political opposition that killed Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard's $20 billion bid for French retailer Carrefour on Friday is...

French 'No' To Canada's Couche-Tard Regarding Carrefour Is 'Final': Minister

Finance minister Bruno Le Maire strongly reaffirmed France's opposition to French retailer Carrefour possibly being taken over by Canada's Alimentation Cou...

Norway's Mowi Loses Fish Farming Permits In Parts Of Canada From 2022

Norway's Mowi said it expects to lose one third of its salmon farming permits in the Canadian province of British Columbia following a government decision...