The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating.

Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 US a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline’s top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000.

This week, Starbucks started to once again allow customers to be served coffee in their reusable mugs. Some environmentalists say it’s time for McDonald’s and Tim Hortons to follow suit.

Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it would buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics Inc. in a $2.26 billion deal to strengthen its arsenal of blood cancer therapies.

Most analysts say September, not October or April, is the cruellest month for stocks. That could get worse if central bankers take away the punch bowl to end the party.

Farmers say they just want the right to repair their own equipment, but industry is wary of any push that could allow modifications affecting safety and privacy. U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order designed to help farmers, something advocates hope will have an impact in Canada, too.

Toronto Dominion, CIBC and the Royal Bank of Canada will soon make vaccines mandatory for all staff who wish to return to the office, and those who don’t comply will have to agree to regular testing.

COVID-19 vaccine standards differ internationally. Now some Canadian cruise ship workers say they lost out on jobs because they have mixed vaccines.

From inflation to sagging trade, the delta variant of COVID-19 may be slowing Canada’s economic recovery. But in this federal election, fiscal prudence is taking a back seat to business survival and continued government support.

Porter Airlines will require all of its staff to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative for the coronavirus before the start of every shift.