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How can Canada protect itself amid a global energy crisis?

How can Canada protect itself amid a global energy crisis?
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Youth jobless numbers paint a grim picture as Trump tariffs hit home

Youth jobless numbers paint a grim picture as Trump tariffs hit home
19.03.2026 10

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Roots’ brand familiarity seems to be breeding contempt. Here’s how to rescue the tired Canadian icon

Roots’ brand familiarity seems to be breeding contempt. Here’s how to rescue the tired Canadian icon
14.03.2026 10

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Canada has what the world wants. So let’s figure out how to give it to them

11.03.2026 20

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Canada has what the world wants. So let’s figure out how to give it to them

11.03.2026 20

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Prefab homes are a game-changer for Ontario. Why aren’t we building more of them?

07.03.2026 10

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Prefab homes are a game-changer in cities like Toronto. Why aren’t we building more of them?

07.03.2026 10

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AI is coming for your job — but not in the way you’re being made to believe

05.03.2026 8

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AI is coming for your job — but not in the way you’re being made to believe

05.03.2026 20

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How much will Doug Ford’s nuclear revolution cost Ontario taxpayers?

01.03.2026 10

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Defending Canadian cultural protection laws must be near top of CUSMA talks agenda. Here’s why

09.02.2026 10

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Why are foreign investors so reluctant to invest in Canada?

05.02.2026 5

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Canada’s immigration reforms put nation-building projects at risk

31.01.2026 5

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Carney’s military spending spree is largest since the Second World War. It could sink us

30.01.2026 10

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Carney’s military spending spree is largest since the Second World War. It could sink us

30.01.2026 5

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Chinese EVs are coming to Canada. So should they be built here too?

22.01.2026 10

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Chinese EVs are coming to Canada. So should they be built here too?

22.01.2026 10

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As CEO steps down, Lululemon’s next big flex might just be a return to the basics

11.01.2026 30

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Donald Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. Where does that leave Canada?

07.01.2026 9

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Canada is poised to follow Australia’s under-16 social media ban. Is this a good idea?

04.01.2026 10

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From a food company to a railway, here are five stocks to watch in 2026

02.01.2026 10

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Why Mark Carney’s plan to make Canada an ‘energy superpower’ might just work to fight climate change

01.01.2026 20

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Elbows up! From stickhandling trade to billion-dollar reorgs, meet five leaders to watch for in 2026

31.12.2025 20

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Despite Trump’s tariff terror, Canadian stocks had a spectacular year. Will history repeat itself?

28.12.2025 10

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Trump, tariffs and trillion-dollar paydays: Test your knowledge of the 2025 year in business

27.12.2025 20

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Despite Trump’s tariff terror, Canadian stocks had a spectacular year. Will history repeat itself?

26.12.2025 10

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Big business is stepping up its investments in Canada. Take that, Donald Trump

23.12.2025 10

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Big business is stepping up its investments in Canada. Take that, Trump

23.12.2025 10

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Why a CUSMA 2.0 is the most likely outcome of our trade nightmare

12.12.2025 20

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Why a CUSMA 2.0 is the most likely outcome of our trade nightmare

12.12.2025 20

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‘Choose your friends wisely’: There are 13,000 good reasons why Canada should buy Sweden’s Gripen fighter jet

01.12.2025 10

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‘Choose your friends wisely’: There are 13,000 good reasons why Canada should buy Sweden’s Gripen fighter jet

30.11.2025 10

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While an erratic Trump ignores Canada, Carney quietly cements international investments. Elbows up, indeed

25.11.2025 8

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Bank of Canada will regulate a Canadian ‘stablecoin.’ But just how stable will it be?

23.11.2025 10

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Canadians’ retirement security doesn’t belong in Trump’s tariff war

21.11.2025 10

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Canadians’ retirement security doesn’t belong in Trump’s tariff war

21.11.2025 10

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Canadian economist takes Nobel — and he has a prescription for what ails us

12.11.2025 7

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Why does Canada not launch an EV automaker of its own?

26.10.2025 10

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Why does Canada not launch an EV automaker of its own?

26.10.2025 6

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Canada and China must work together to beat Trump at his own game

24.10.2025 10

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Donald Trump needs to know most Canadians do not love the U.S. They never have and never will

19.10.2025 10

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Donald Trump needs to know most Canadians do not love the U.S. They never have and never will

19.10.2025 10

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Donald Trump is trying to decimate our steel industry. His plan will backfire

13.10.2025 10

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Trump is trying to decimate our steel industry. His plan will backfire

12.10.2025 8

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Mark Carney’s ambitious housing goal? Forget it, homebuilders say

05.10.2025 10

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Carney’s ambitious housing goal? Forget it, homebuilders say

05.10.2025 10

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The inside scoop on how Canada’s ice-cream giant Chapman’s is rising above tariffs

02.10.2025 9

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The inside scoop on how Canada’s ice-cream giant Chapman’s is rising above tariffs

01.10.2025 9

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The inside scoop on how Canada’s ice-cream giant Chapman’s is rising above tariffs

01.10.2025 8

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Depriving Canada of workers from abroad would be a mistake

26.09.2025 10

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