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Some of the fees merchants pay on credit card transactions will go down from 1.5% to 1.4% on average starting in April 2020, as a result of an agreement reached by the federal government with Visa and Mastercard last year.

A contract dispute between management and unionized workers at Regina's Co-op Refinery could affect fuel supplies in some parts of Western Canada if a deal isn't reached soon, Saskatchewan's minister of labour said Friday.

PepsiCo has purchased BFY Brands for an undisclosed amount.

Food bills are going to take a bigger bite out of Canadians’ household budgets in 2020.

An operator’s guide to developing policies for employees and customers With the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada in October 2018 (and, more recently, edibles), many businesses, including convenience retailers, are now faced with the challenge of managing the effects of the legislation on their workplace while also protecting their rights as employers.

Caltex Australia Ltd., Australia's largest retail fuel and convenience chain, is rejecting a $7.7-billion takeover offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., however it is giving the Canadian company a chance to increase its bid.

Hostess Brands has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Burlington, Ont.-based cookie maker Voortman from private equity firm Swander Pace Capital for approximately $425 million.

Ongoing environmental criticism, delays in building oil pipelines and a surge of separatist sentiment following the last federal election are hurting Alberta's reputation, presenters at a business forum in the Alberta mountain resort town of Lake Louise said Friday.The rise of the western Canadian separation movement or "Wexit'' cost Calgary an opportunity to attract a major technology head office, said CEO Mary Moran of Calgary Economic Development during a speech at the event."We as an organization just lost a 1,000-person company that didn't come to Calgary, selected another city, because they're concerned about Wexit,'' she said.