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Canada’s economy continues to outperform, raising odds of rate hike next week

Canada’s economy continues to outperform, raising odds of rate hike next week

The Canadian economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year and likely expanded again in April, fuelling speculation that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates again.
Self-checkout preferred for blush-inducing purchases, B.C. study affirms

Self-checkout preferred for blush-inducing purchases, B.C. study affirms

UBC Sauder research sheds light on consumer choices in embarrassing purchase situations
‘More connected’: Researchers looking at growing food under solar panels

‘More connected’: Researchers looking at growing food under solar panels

This could help Alberta winters, researchers have mentioned
Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears .
ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

ChatGPT is now a smartphone app, which could be good news for people who like to use the artificial intelligence chatbot and bad news for all the clone apps that have tried to profit off the technology.
Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Twelve per cent of farms told Statistics Canada they had a succession plan in 2021
WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

Airline warns full resumption will take time, travellers should check before heading to airport
WestJet, pilots reach 11th-hour deal as strike averted

WestJet, pilots reach 11th-hour deal as strike averted

Some 1,800 pilots at WestJet and Swoop had been poised to walk off the job
WestJet CEO, pilots’ union head clash over compensation as strike looms

WestJet CEO, pilots’ union head clash over compensation as strike looms

More than 1,800 pilots at WestJet and its Swoop subsidiary could walk off the job Friday
Uber to allow Canadian teens to set up ride-share accounts this summer

Uber to allow Canadian teens to set up ride-share accounts this summer

Uber Canada says shift responds to needs of single-car families with multiple kids, multiple demands