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fire flood covid and the oil crash fort mcmurray businesses aim to bounce back from hard luck
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Fire, flood, COVID and the oil crash: Fort McMurray businesses aim to bounce back from hard luck

Anyone who buys a restaurant knows the business is not for the faint of heart. In an oil town, where fortunes can rise...

vaccine envy why cant canada make covid 19 doses at home
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Vaccine envy: Why can’t Canada make COVID-19 doses at home?

With the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic raging on, the demand for vaccine doses continues to outstrip Canada’s relatively thin supply. Canada’s domestic...

with one budget freeland overturned 3 decades of political
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With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy

Nearly seven years ago, a rookie politician surveyed the political landscape across the democratic world and saw the outlines of a new era....

prince george b c was once a city of affordable homes now its home to bidding wars
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Prince George, B.C., was once a city of affordable homes. Now, it’s home to bidding wars

A B.C. city that once sold ads on Vancouver’s SkyTrain promising affordable home ownership is now dealing with bidding wars and same-day sales —...

canadas new home construction hits record high in march
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Canada’s new home construction hits record high in March

Canadian housing starts rose 21.6 per cent in March compared with the previous month, easily beating expectations and hitting a new record, data from...

rogers identifies cause of canada wide wireless outage but no time given for service return
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Rogers identifies cause of Canada-wide wireless outage, but no time given for service return

Rogers apologized after an outage affecting its wireless users stretched well into Monday evening, as the company’s chief technology officer said the software issue has been...

moderna to slash vaccine deliveries to canada
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Moderna to slash vaccine deliveries to Canada

Moderna will send far fewer coronavirus shots to Canada this month than originally planned as the company grapples with production issues at its facilities in Europe,...

average price of canadian home rising at fastest annual pace ever now up to 716828
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Average price of Canadian home rising at fastest annual pace ever, now up to $716,828

Canada’s red hot housing market continues to defy expectations, with sales in March up 70 per cent compared to a year ago and...

hopeful buyers stand in line for chance to snag townhomes in vancouver suburb
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Hopeful buyers stand in line for chance to snag townhomes in Vancouver suburb

A line stretched up a newly poured sidewalk in Langley, B.C. on Saturday as hopeful home buyers queued for a chance to get into Metro Vancouver’s...

record high lumber prices add as much as 30k to the cost of building a house
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Record-high lumber prices add as much as $30K to the cost of building a house

As if Canada’s housing sector wasn’t already irrational enough, a pandemic-induced lumber shortage is pushing the price of building a home even higher....

as quebecs economic recovery gallops ahead many risk being left behind
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As Quebec’s economic recovery gallops ahead, many risk being left behind

Quebec’s economy is roaring back to life after a year of closures, restrictions and curfews, according to economists at the major banks. Finance...

great covid 19 bicycle boom expected to keep bike industry on its toes for years to come
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Great COVID-19 bicycle boom expected to keep bike industry on its toes for years to come

Some bicycle shops across Canada are so busy with a pandemic-triggered boom in sales and its subsequent backlog that even answering phone calls is a struggle. At Sidesaddle Bike Shop in Vancouver,...

nova scotia to lift quarantine rules for new brunswick travellers
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Nova Scotia to lift quarantine rules for New Brunswick travellers

[embedded content] New Brunswickers coming into Nova Scotia soon will no longer have to self-isolate when entering Nova Scotia. The change will take...

rogers shaw merger offers chance for ottawa to insist on better deal for cellphone customers
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Rogers-Shaw merger offers chance for Ottawa to insist on better deal for cellphone customers

Before the days of COVID-19 vaccine delays, there were few things Canadians liked to complain about more than the high cost of their...

a year of misfortune how the global pandemic has battered n l s oil and gas industry
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A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry

Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. “We...