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SURREY, British Columbia — B. C. NDP Leader David Eby is promising a new $500-million relief fund for small and medium-sized businesses struggling with U. S. tariffs and recent wildfires, combining interest-free financing with incentives to hire young workers. The proposal, announced during the provincial election campaign, would establish a Small Business Tariff and Wildfire Relief Fund if the B. C. NDP returns to government after the October 24 election. Qualifying businesses could access interest-free loans of up to $1 million, repayable over as long as 72 months.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Armor Valor is bringing a South Vancouver upbringing, frontline health-care work, small-business experience and years of community involvement into his bid for Vancouver City Council in the Oct. 17, 2026 municipal election. Valor is running for one of Vancouver’s 10 council seats with the Vancouver Liberals, a party led in the mayoral race by Kareem Allam. The City of Vancouver has finalized its candidate list for the 2026 election.

Vintage snowmobiles out in the rain, and a judge's bridge-jumping analogy What happened: An Ontario court found Intact breached its duty of good faith on a snow-collapse claim.

She claimed $184,149.35 for her flooded condo. The umpire chose far less and never said why What happened: A BC court upheld an appraisal award on a condo owner's 2019 water damage claim.

Zero blame for the crash, yet the bill still landed on him. Two wheels made the difference What happened: A driver hit by an at-fault e-scooter asked ICBC to refund his $2,500 deductible.

The tribunal believed he was still hurting, so what kept his cap in place What happened: An Ontario tribunal kept a rear-ended driver inside the $3,500 minor injury cap.

Matt Janas speaks during the "OUTx 2026: We’re Still Here" event in the Tauber Colloquium Thursday afternoon. Audrey Smith/DAILY. Buy this photo. About 100 University of Michigan students, faculty and community members gathered in the Ross School of Business Thursday evening for OUTx, a presentation event featuring five Queer business-affiliated speakers sharing their experiences navigating coming out and how their lives changed as a result.

Jessica Asano (pictured, left) has become president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC). She takes over from Brett McGregor (pictured, right), who moves up to chair for 2026-2027. The appointments were confirmed at IBAC’s annual general meeting in Whitecap, Saskatchewan, on September 24 and made public yesterday.

Large hail and wind drove the losses, as a run of 2026 events pushes Ontario catastrophe claims higher The severe storms that hit southern Ontario on September 2 and 3 caused an estimated $563 million in insured losses, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).

With young drivers 2.4 times more likely to be in serious impaired crashes, the public insurer is betting on prevention before licensing Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is sponsoring MADD Canada's impaired driving presentations in Manitoba schools for the 2026-2027 school year.

Operato AI measures where a business ranks when buyers ask AI assistants for recommendations, shows which competitors are named instead, and lists the fixes to make first. The platform scans automatically every week and emails the results to the account owner. Israel, October 9, 2026 -- Operato AI today announced the launch of its AI visibility platform, a self-service product that measures how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity answer the questions buyers ask about a company's category. For each business, the platform shows where its brand ranks in those answers, which competitors are recommended in its place and which changes to make first. The platform is available now through the [Operato AI website](https://operato-ai.com). When a buyer asks an assistant which supplier or product to choose, the answer usually names only a few brands. A business that is missing from that answer is missing from the buyer's shortlist. Traffic analytics count the visits that arrive from an AI assistant after a click. They do not show what the assistant said about a brand before that point. Operato AI needs two inputs to start, a company name and a website.

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who didn’t). Let’s take a look at how data & business process services stocks fared in Q2, starting with SS&C (NASDAQ:SSNC). A combination of increasing reliance on data and analytics across various industries and the desire for cost efficiency through outsourcing could mean that companies in this space gain. As functions such as payroll, HR, and credit risk assessment rely on more digitization, key players in the data & business process services industry could see increased demand. On the other hand, the sector faces headwinds from growing regulatory scrutiny on data privacy and security, with laws like GDPR and evolving U. S. regulations potentially limiting data collection and monetization strategies. Additionally, rising cyber threats pose risks to firms handling sensitive personal and financial information, creating outsized headline risk when things go wrong in this area. The 10 data & business process services stocks we track reported a mixed Q2. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 1.9% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was 3.1% below.

What began as a single General Motors dealership in Toronto more than six decades ago has evolved into a diversified automotive business. Now, the company is bringing its four divisions together under a new corporate identity. The former Foss Automotive Group has announced the launch of Foss Group of Companies, uniting its automotive retail, fleet management, mobility investment and real estate operations under one umbrella.

William Bello SánchezThis proposal responds to the particular characteristics of Cuba’s private sector. It does not seek to create “more businesses,” but to connect existing businesses in order to develop new capabilities. The package of 176 economic and social measures, supplemented by the September 2026 regulatory changes promulgated in Decree-Laws 127 and 126 in the Gaceta Oficial, opens a new window of opportunity for the non-state sector. However, behind the optimism generated by these announcements, [1] the sector faces a difficult structural reality: institutional instability, deteriorating infrastructure, and a logistical maze that appears designed to exhaust even the most resilient entrepreneur. Although the rise of small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has democratized private participation in the economy, it has also exposed a design flaw: These businesses are forced to navigate a difficult environment largely on their own, with little ability to pool resources or share capabilities.

China's top court has pledged to strengthen cooperation with commercial federations to promote mediation in resolving business disputes, aiming to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and support the development of the private sector. On Thursday, the Supreme People's Court, in conjunction with the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, released details of 10 notable cases, highlighting the role of cooperation between judges and business experts in resolving disputes involving private enterprises.

RCMP are looking to identify this suspect following an armed robbery at a Dauphin business on Oct. 8. On Oct. 8, at approximately 7:35 a.m., RCMP responded to a report of an armed robbery occurring at a retail business on the 100-block of Main Street South in Dauphin.

A longtime Langford business owner and community volunteer is stepping up as the Conservative candidate in the race to be the next Langford-Highlands MLA. Cindy Scott says her decision to enter provincial politics stems from a desire to take a more active role in shaping the future of the community she calls home.