Canada’s annual inflation rate rose 2.4% in September as grocery prices keep creeping up

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Canada’s annual inflation rate rose 2.4 per cent in September, as gas and travel tour prices fell at a slower pace and grocery prices rose, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Molson Coors cutting 9% of workforce in the Americas as beermaker restructures

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Beer maker Molson Coors Beverage Company said on Monday it would cut about 400 jobs, or nine per cent of its salaried workforce in the Americas by year end as part of a corporate restructuring plan.

Business sentiment improves but firms still cautious amid U.S. tariffs, says Bank of Canada

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Canadian firms feel conditions are slightly better than earlier in the year but they are unlikely to boost investments or hiring given the dampening effect of U.S. tariffs, a Bank of Canada survey showed on Monday.

Amazon Web Services outage hits several major apps, websites

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Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was recovering on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world’s most popular apps — Snapchat and Reddit — and disrupted businesses globally.

Why U.S. investors are eyeing the Canadian oilpatch, even as oil prices dip

Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017.

There’s growing interest in the Canadian oilpatch coming from south of the border. Experts say the trend is driven in part by a shift in political rhetoric in this country, along with better economics for the Canadian oilpatch compared with the U.S.

Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement

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Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told CBC News is standard procedure.

AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business

A drone image of the the Microsoft data centre under construction in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.

Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.

As gold prices surge, some popular Canadian jewelry brands are increasing their prices

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Some Canadian jewelry brands are raising their prices as a surge in demand for gold — incited by investors’ fears of a shaky economic outlook — pushes the market for this precious metal to record highs.

Trump signs order hitting truck imports with 25% tariffs

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order today slapping a 25 per cent tariff on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks beginning Nov. 1, with a carveout for vehicles traded under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.

International deal to cut shipping emissions falters under U.S. pressure

Cargo ship and tugboat spew fumes

The U.S. has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations.