Canada’s auditor general is set to probe the Ottawa’s multi-billion-dollar Indigenous procurement program after a Global News investigation revealed concerns about abuse and “front” companies accessing federal contracts. Savanna McGregor, the grand chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council, told Global News Wednesday that Auditor General Karen Hogan’s office confirmed it will investigate the…
Gravatar announced a free domain name offer and Bluesky integration that makes it relatively easy to use a custom domain name as a Bluesky handle. A custom handle provides a more professional Bluesky presence compared to the standard generic versions like username.bsky.social. Integrating a domain name through Gravatar involves several steps on both platforms but…
For MORE than two years most Russian businesses carried on unscathed by the war in Ukraine. A surge in defence spending and subsidised loans for consumers and firms propped up spending at home, even as sanctions curtailed access to foreign markets and inflation jumped. Western companies from Volkswagen, a German carmaker, to Shell, a Dutch…
Justice Minister Arif Virani says the Liberal government will split up its contentious online harms bill, putting a priority on passing measures to fight child sex predators. Virani told reporters Wednesday the move will create an opening for a swath of the bill’s measures to swiftly pass through the House of Commons before the next election. The online…
In this ongoing series, we are sharing advice, tips and insights from real entrepreneurs who are out there doing business battle on a daily basis. (Answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.) Please give us the elevator pitch for your business.I am Brandon Sawalich, President and CEO of Starkey, one of the largest hearing…
A new study from OnDeck reveals significant regional variations in small business growth across the United States, with Idaho emerging as the top state for entrepreneurial activity. The study, based on U.S. Census data from 2020-2021, analyzed the percentage growth of businesses with fewer than 500 employees across states, metropolitan areas, and counties. Idaho saw…
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend understandably led to lower viewership across all three evening newscasts during the week of Nov. 25. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt was the lone standout during this holiday period. The flagship NBC newscast avoided steep audience erosion in both total viewers and the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo. Note: The weekly…
Though Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may not have a department to lead like Elon Musk, he’s reportedly still interested in helping shape the Trump administration’s new tech policies. Zuckerberg “is very keen to play an active role in the debates that any administration needs to have about maintaining America’s leadership in the technological sphere,” said…
Labour’s disastrous decision to move more hardened criminals into open prisons will put the public at greater risk, ministers have been warned. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dropped a requirement for convicts to be on “enhanced” regimes for good behaviour before they can be moved into more lax surroundings up to a year before…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all, but if you break it down, I believe there are four main pillars that most leaders lean on: performance, process, people and planning. Every leader brings a unique approach to the table, and, often, one specific style becomes a primary driver of how they…
