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Metro Vancouver, Kelowna housing markets set to cool: Re/Max Canada

Metro Vancouver, Kelowna housing markets set to cool: Re/Max Canada

Both markets expected to see softening sales due to low supply and high mortgage rates
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Canada marks two years of single-game sports betting with concerns from researchers

Canada marks two years of single-game sports betting with concerns from researchers

Canadian researchers are raising concerns about the lack of health data as well as the long-term effects related to single-game and in-play sports gambling across the country.
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B.C. rivers running pink with near-record salmon returns

B.C. rivers running pink with near-record salmon returns

Sockeye numbers dwindle as abundant supply of pinks brings commercial challenges.
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Political pressure to stop rate hikes now coming from premiers, as BoC decision nears

Political pressure to stop rate hikes now coming from premiers, as BoC decision nears

OTTAWA — Two premiers have sent letters to Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem urging against another rate hike, as the provincial leaders attempt to sway the central bank's interest rate decision slated for Wednesday.
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Kirk LaPointe: We need AI training before AI’s training wheels come off

Kirk LaPointe: We need AI training before AI’s training wheels come off

Though we are in 'play mode' with AI-powered chat bots, one expert says she is concerned Canadians are not sufficiently informing themselves on the technology, writes Kirk LaPointe
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Canadian home prices forecasted to be flat this fall amid high interest rates: report

TORONTO — A new Re/Max Canada report forecasts the country's real estate market will soften this fall with average home prices predicted to remain flat as the housing market deals with high interest rates and a lack of homes for sale.
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BP locks up all of Woodfibre LNG’s offtake

BP locks up all of Woodfibre LNG’s offtake

British oil and gas giant will be Squamish LNG plant's sole offtake customer
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Vancouver on track to see home price stabilization amid higher borrowing costs: board

Vancouver on track to see home price stabilization amid higher borrowing costs: board

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says higher borrowing costs combined with seasonal patterns are putting the housing market on track to see slowing sales and price stabilization.
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Competition Bureau approves RBC's takeover of Vancouver-based HSBC Canada

Competition Bureau approves RBC's takeover of Vancouver-based HSBC Canada

GATINEAU, Que. — The Competition Bureau has cleared RBC's proposed $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Bank Canada despite concerns about concentration in Canada's financial sector.
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Mario Canseco: Canadians are divided on buying into biometric payment options

Mario Canseco: Canadians are divided on buying into biometric payment options

Will the next big thing in payments involve our fingertips, palms and faces?
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