The trade war has created a boom for lobbyists
Personal connections have always mattered when it comes to political lobbying, but as the trade war ramps up, and global interests try to in...
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What the current bond market turmoil says about the economy
Scary bond market headlines – warnings of an impending financial crisis – have been in the news for weeks now thanks to a rise in U.S. Treas...
The trade war is heating up. So is foreign investment in Canada
With Canada’s countertariffs coming into effect on roughly $28-billion worth of U.S. goods on Tuesday, the trade war between Canada and the...
Violence against teachers is surging
A growing and worrying trend is happening in Canadian schools – student violence against teachers is on the rise. Data from school boards ac...
Canadian professors on how AI is changing education
A big issue hangs over university students and professors, and that’s artificial intelligence. There are some rules and guidelines, but prof...
A pediatric emergency physician on the risks of e-scooters
The popularity of e-scooters on Canadian roads has exploded in recent years. But new data from health officials and the Canadian Paediatric...
What’s behind the implosion of the B.C. Conservatives
It’s been a turbulent time for the official opposition of the British Columbia provincial legislature, the B.C. Conservative party. After se...
How small businesses are handling the trade war
The 50-per-cent tariffs from the U.S. that came into effect on Aug. 22 are hitting a long list of goods — everything from cosmetics and toil...
Why people are taking vacations to pick up new skills
The demands of modern life seem to grow every day, leaving little time for people to pursue hobbies. Many Canadians are leaving vacation tim...
Navigating Canada’s fertility industry
A growing number of Canadians are struggling with fertility, and the business helping people make babies is booming. The global fertility se...
At its core, the Canada-U.S. trade dispute is about autos
The auto sector is at the heart of trade discussions between Canada and the U.S. Canada’s auto sector has been hit hard over the past year w...
Canada hits U.S. with retaliatory tariffs
The Canada-U.S. trade war is in full effect. On Tuesday, the federal government announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States. U.S...
Canadian businesses prepare for long-haul trade war
After trade talks broke down between Ottawa and Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump implemented 50-per-cent tariffs on $28-billion dolla...
Why Canada’s biggest paid plasma collector has paused operations
Plasma is the golden fluid part of the blood and it’s used to make life-saving medications for people with immune deficiencies. In Canada, p...
Skinny, Inc. Part 3: Body image in the age of Ozempic
The first episode of Skinny Inc. was all about the science behind GLP-1s, and the second episode was about the business, from the pharmaceut...
Carney’s tricky trade balancing act
Canadians braced for new tariffs on Wednesday. Instead, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold off on 50 per cent tariffs for three...
Foreign actors target Alberta’s separatist referendum
New research from the University of Regina and the University of Alberta provides evidence that Russian content farms and right-wing U.S. in...
The fate of ship crews stuck in the Strait of Hormuz
More than 6,000 ship workers, including some Canadians, have been stranded in the Persian Gulf — some in the Strait of Hormuz — since the wa...
Ticks are spreading more than just Lyme disease
Canada is in the middle of one of its worst seasons for ticks. The tick population and tick-borne diseases are climbing year-over-year, and...
Skinny, Inc. Part 2: The big business of Ozempic
GLP-1 medications to treat diabetes, obesity and several other illnesses have exploded in popularity since Ozempic was approved for use in C...