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Canadian and international business news relevant to local business leaders here in Ottawa. Includes stories related to inflation, interest rates, employment, major government announcements and more.

Canadian internet users looking more beyond Google and Facebook: report

Google and Facebook continue to be the juggernauts that dominate how Canadians use the Internet but a...

Canada dodges tariff bullet, at least for now: U.S. grants provisional exemption

Canada appears to have dodged a protectionist bullet, as one of only two countries to receive a...

Canada chasing trade deal with South American block after signing new TPP

Canada is expected to announce Friday the start of formal free trade negotiations with the four-country South...

Bugs in the grocery aisle: Loblaw adds cricket powder to its PC line

Canada's largest grocer believes Canadians are ready to cook with crickets and is bringing the alternative protein...

Bank of Canada holds interest rate, underlines ‘growing’ trade uncertainty

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold Wednesday as it pointed to...

BlackBerry files patent suit against Facebook

BlackBerry Ltd. is taking Facebook Inc. and its WhatsApp and Instagram subsidiaries to court in California, alleging...

PM and Trump talk: U.S. in hurry for NAFTA deal, using tariff threat as leverage

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone with President Donald Trump on a day the United States...

AI has a dirty little secret: It’s powered by people

There's a little-known secret about artificial intelligence: It's powered by hundreds of thousands of real people. From makeup...

White House gets pressure from within U.S. to spare Canada from steel tariffs

The Trump administration is coming under political pressure at home to exclude Canada from global tariffs on...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Trade-war fears U.S. President Donald Trump has promised details on his proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports...
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