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CALGARY -- The CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says a rival bid for Kansas City Southern by Canadian National Railway Co. carries a bigger price tag but can't win U.S. regulatory approval because of its negative affects on competition. Source

U.S. airline JetBlue is coming to Canada for the first time, with flights into Vancouver scheduled for the summer of next year. "We're delighted that JetBlue has selected Vancouver as its first Canadian destination with service from YVR to New York City and Boston," Tamara Vrooman, president and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority, said in a statement. Source

TORONTO -- The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. said Wednesday that he and his team are “deeply disappointed” by the widespread outage that affected many of its wireless customers this week. “We worked very hard to earn the trust of our customers, and we're going to work very hard to earn it back,” Rogers CEO Joe Natale said in a conference call about financial results. Source

PARIS -- France will impose new entry restrictions on travellers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official said Wednesday. The restrictions come in addition to those previously announced regarding four other countries -- Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Brazil -- that will be implemented starting from Saturday. Source

LOUISVILLE, KY., -- The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green along the way. Beam Suntory, producer of top-selling Jim Beam and Maker's Mark, both crafted in Kentucky, said Wednesday it wants to cut its companywide greenhouse gas emissions and water usage in half by 2030. Source

NASHVILLE, TENN. -- The former top distiller at Jack Daniel's announced on Tuesday that he and several partners are opening a new whiskey distillery near the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Company Distilling will first open a 4,000-square-foot (3,712-square-meter) tasting room and restaurant in Townsend, Tennessee, former Jack Daniel's master distiller Jeff Arnett and his partners said. Source

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago, at the start of the pandemic. The agency says the consumer price index in March was up 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago. Source

OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago at the start of the pandemic. The agency says the consumer price index in March was up 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago. Source

OTTAWA -- The annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago at the start of the pandemic. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the consumer price index in March was up 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago. Source

CANBERRA, -- Australia on Wednesday cancelled four bilateral deals with China, Iran and Syria under new laws that give the federal government power to overrule international agreements by lower-level administrations that violate the national interest. The cancelled deals include Victoria state's two "Belt and Road" infrastructure building initiative deals with Beijing signed in 2018 and 2019, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. Source