Monthly Archives: November 2025

Canada’s unemployment rate edges down to 6.9% in October

The Canadian economy added 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

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Worried about being fingerprinted? What snowbirds need to know about U.S. registration requirement

As snowbirds flock to the border to escape the Canadian winter, many are encountering confusion as they try to comply with new U.S. registration requirements. Here’s what we know about the new rules.

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Low prices are hurting the oil sector, but Canada has a few advantages

Canadian oil producers are grappling with low commodity prices, but analysts say the sector is buoyed by certain advantages unique to this side of the border.

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Musk could become world’s 1st trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package

Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade, handing him a chance to become history’s first trillionaire.

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The northern lights could light up the sky on Thursday night

Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies: the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center is calling for a strong geomagnetic storm, which could produce the northern lights.

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MEG-Cenovus deal clears key shareholder vote after delays

MEG Energy Corp. shareholders have given their blessing to an $8.6-billion takeover by fellow oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc.

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Boeing officially off the hook for criminal charges in deadly crashes that killed 346 people

A U.S. judge on Thursday approved a request by the Justice Department to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people including 18 Canadians.

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The hidden humans powering the AI economy

We usually hear two sides to the AI and employment story: star engineers earning enormous salaries, and job loss for many others. But from gig workers paid poorly to annotate data, to people with advanced degrees training specialized AI, it … Continue reading →

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Federal budget dedicates over $1B to boost Canadian AI and quantum computing

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget proposes providing more than $1 billion over the next five years to build up Canada’s artificial intelligence and quantum computing ecosystems while embedding AI technology more deeply in federal government operations.

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Federal budget charts difficult path out of current crisis — with small margin of error

The 2025 federal budget plots a path for the Canadian economy to emerge from the current crisis. But it also highlights just how deep a hole the economy is in right now and how small the margin for error is … Continue reading →

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