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Jul 29, 2025 • 9min

Unproductive 📉  -   AI hasn’t made Canadians more productive, Staycations are saving tourism.

Canada is grappling with a productivity crisis, despite a push for AI integration that hasn't yielded the expected results. Meanwhile, the trend of staycations is booming as more Canadians choose to explore their own backyard, injecting new life into the local tourism industry. This shift comes amidst a backdrop of rising domestic travel and declining international visitors, indicating a significant change in consumer behavior. Additionally, innovative partnerships are underway to improve AI capabilities, underscoring the ongoing challenges in the tech landscape.
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Jul 25, 2025 • 10min

Fighting fires 🔥  -   Feds launch wildfire research group, investigating the Sydney Sweeney Effect.

Ottawa wants to bring together the best and brightest from around the world to tackle one of Canada’s most pressing challenges. The favourite mall store of 14-year-olds in 2009 is popping off thanks to one of Hollywood’s brightest young stars — call it the “Sydney Sweeney Effect.”
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Jul 24, 2025 • 10min

Big in Japan 🇯🇵  -   Japan and the U.S. agree to trade deal, Meme stock frenzy has returned.

The framework for potential U.S. trade deals is starting to shape up. The retail investing craze that inspired a predictably mediocre Hollywood movie is vying for a sequel.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 9min

Shopping spree 🛒  -   Canadian investors head south for stocks, Microsoft lets hackers walk in.

Many Canadians are happy to swap their California Cabernet for a Niagara Pinot Noir, but when it comes to their portfolios, they’re not bailing on the U.S. Microsoft may have accidentally left a hacker-sized door open to hundreds of thousands of organizations.
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Jul 22, 2025 • 9min

Make or break 📬  -   Canada Post workers vote on contract offer, Ikea bets big on smarthome tech.

It’s high noon for Canada’s national postal service. Having already mastered the arts of furniture building and meatball making, Ikea has set its sights on a new chapter.
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Jul 21, 2025 • 8min

Prices get personal 💵 - Delta uses AI to price airfare, Alberta bets big on sovereign wealth fund.

Airlines are turning to AI to figure out just how much we’re willing to splurge on our summer vacations. Look out Norway and Saudi Arabia — Alberta is back in the sovereign wealth fund game.
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Jul 18, 2025 • 10min

Cold shoulder 🥶  -    Couche-Tard abandons 7-Eleven takeover, A new report on UFO research.

After nearly a year of getting ghosted by 7-Eleven, Canada’s convenience store king has gotten the message that it’s time to start seeing other people. Flying saucer research is no longer just the domain of the tin-foil hat crowd, as the federal government could soon be watching the skies.
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Jul 17, 2025 • 9min

ShopGPT 🛒  -    OpenAI courts online shoppers, American REIT eyes a Canadian IPO.

Canada’s biggest tech company is helping ChatGPT fire the starting gun on a new era of online shopping. It’s rare that a company files for an IPO in Canada these days, let alone an American company. And yet…
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Jul 16, 2025 • 10min

Endless breadsticks 🥖 -    Canadian restaurant giant snaps up Olive Garden, AI comes for Wall Street.

This might upset our real red-blooded Italian readers, but Canada will soon get more Olive Gardens. Banks have found a new junior analyst who’s always on time, doesn’t take vacation, and will never complain about a lack of work-life balance.
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Jul 15, 2025 • 9min

Creeping up 📈 -   Nearly a third of Canadians are obese, Carney recuses corporate interests.

New research has found yet another way the pandemic left our collective health worse off. The prime minister is going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the CEOs he’s not allowed to talk to.

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