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CRTC orders national wireless carriers to offer lower priced, data-only plans

Consumers who yearn for more alternatives to Canada's large wireless carriers will have to wait longer, but...

North American markets plunge as Trump moves to impose China tariffs

The prospect of a full-blown trade war between the world's two biggest economies rattled investors Thursday, sending...

Canadians joining #DeleteFacebook amid fears about electoral meddling: experts

Many Canadians are pledging to delete their Facebook accounts as part of an online campaign encouraging people...

NAFTA: U.S. says auto irritant nearly solved, other snags remain

The United States has confirmed a breakthrough in the NAFTA negotiations unlocking a major irritant involving automobiles,...

Breaking up with Facebook? It’s harder than it looks

Facebook's latest privacy scandal, involving Trump campaign consultants who allegedly stole data on tens of millions of...

RBC launches data sharing portal for app developers in step towards open banking

Royal Bank is opening up select bits of its data to external software developers in a bid...

BlackBerry to secure Microsoft documents, spreadsheets under new deal

BlackBerry Ltd. is launching a new way to enhance the security of commonly-used Microsoft Corp. cloud and...

Companies experiment with killing the barcode

When fans score tickets for events at the Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg in the future, they...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

The future, revealed Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains will announce a "major investment" in 5G technology on Monday....

BlackBerry extends contract with CEO John Chen

BlackBerry Ltd. is extending executive chairman and chief executive John Chen's contract through to November 2023. Chen joined...
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