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The federal government took the phrase “an eye for an eye” to heart, wasting no time responding to the U.S.’s 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% on Canadian energy.

One of Canada’s biotech hot spots is hoping a shiny new research hub will help bring more of the [US$2.8 trillion](https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/canadas-biotech-reboot-how-to-keep-the-vital-life-sciences-sector-strong/#:~:text=Supported by a world-class,growing%2C high-value field.) global life science business to the city.

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The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament begins tonight, with Canada taking on Sweden at Montréal’s Bell Centre. 

Canadian airlines are probably hoping that the “Buy Canadian” movement includes travel. 

Just when we thought we were safe, a fresh round of U.S. tariffs is on the way. 

The third annual AI Action Summit wraps up today in Paris as global leaders and AI industry big-wigs chat about innovation over croissants and cafe au laits.  

From switching up groceries to relocating weddings, Canadians are looking to spend their cash outside of the U.S. 

Like John Hughes in the ’80s, Canada’s tech industry is writing its own coming-of-age story. 

We have good news, and good-ish news: full-bodied California reds are back on LCBO shelves, and President Donald Trump will delay slapping tariffs on Canadian goods until at least March 1. 

Later this month, Tim Hortons will bring back its iconic Roll up to Win cups after a years-long hiatus. 

A possible breakthrough in China could put an end to the AI stock rally that one U.S. analyst called “one of the greatest spending binges in human history.” 

Vail Resorts, the owner of ski resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, is veering off-piste. 

Plus an interview with Cisco and the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

Entrepreneurship in Canada is on the rise if you only look at organized crime.

Canada Post projects it will lose $900 million this year, with losses expected to balloon to $1.7 billion by 2029. What’s a national postal service to do?

The hammer is finally coming down on federal worker numbers, which ballooned by over 43% from 2015 to hit 367,772 last year.

Retailers continue to struggle to offload extra inventory, but the outdoor industry has been especially hard hit. 

On his first day in office as U.S. president, Donald Trump signed ~200 actions, memos, and proclamations. The good news is a directive to ignite a trade war with Canada wasn’t one of them. The bad news is he says tariffs are coming, and soon.

For a brief period after Confederation, cricket was Canada’s national sport. It likely won’t ever regain that status, but it is still on the come-up. 

With TikTok potentially leaving U.S. app stores next week, millions of scrollers and posters are looking for greener — or in this case, redder — pastures.

As Los Angeles grapples with one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, insurers in Canada are wrestling with their own severe weather dilemma.