Statistics Canada head quits unexpectedly over concerns about agency’s loss of independence

Wayne Smith said in an email to all StatsCan employees that he was resigning to preserve his personal integrity and to draw public attention to his concerns

StatsCan’s new swagger: With Harper Tories gone, agency makes shrewd power grab
'We're really going nowhere': Canada adds 26,000 jobs, jobless rate edges up as more look for work

'Fibre is Nunavut’s railroad': Senator boosts pitch for fibre cable to bring decent Internet to the north

Nunavut's only senator says archaic Internet speeds are crippling the economy and isolating people in a place with a disproportionate amount of suicide, family violence and addiction

Rise of the moonlighters: Why more Canadians are taking on side jobs and how to make it work for you

The percentage of workers with multiple jobs has more than doubled in the last 40 years, and experts say it's going to become even more common

Concordia stock crashes on proposed U.K. legislation over drug price increases

The plunge is another setback for the Oakville, Ont.-based company, which has lost 88 per cent of its value this year alone

Federal copyright lawsuit involving Blacklock’s Reporter puts content paywalls at stake

The four-year-old Ottawa-based subscription news site claims staffers at Finance Canada used the subscriber account of a third party to access two articles from its website

CPPIB buys Lloyd’s specialty property and casualty insurer Ascot from AIG for US$1.1 billion

Canada’s pension plan says the deal to buy the global specialty insurance underwriter is part of its strategy to grow in specific financial services sectors

Energy Fuels financing round fuels discontent among shareholders

Apart from the lower price of the current offering — US$1.80 vs US$2.40 a unit — some investors are upset with one of the terms attached to the offering

Not even B.C.'s hot housing market is enough to boost man's income so he can retire at 50

This man wants to retire at age 50, but his rental properties and a $1.3-million home aren't nearly enough to get him to an annual income of $56,000 after tax

Target fiasco looms large as Nordstrom challenges Hudson’s Bay with new flagship store in Toronto

Lingering over all of the excitement of Nordstrom's launch is the foul odour left by Target, the last to aggressively unroll retail expansion efforts in Canada

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: No headphone jack, camera impresses

When oil turns it will be with such lightning speed that it could upend the market again

Oil discoveries around the world are the lowest in more than 60 years, preparing the ground for an unstoppable surge in crude prices and raising serious questions about energy security

Black swans approach for Canadian investors

In such unstable and risk saturated conditions, opportunistic trades will be more rewarding, and less agonizing, than longer term investment strategies

New Gold Inc upgraded to buy

New Gold Inc. was upgraded to buy from hold at Desjardins Capital Markets, as now appears to be the right time for long-term investors to step in

Bank of Canada should start focusing on downside risks

In recent years, the Bank of Canada could easily be blamed for being too optimistic with its forecasts for the Canadian economy. While the Bank’s Sept. 7 rate statement was more subdued on the economy than previous iterations, there’s ...

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A forgotten question in Richardson GMP sale: what's best for brokers and their clients?

They probably all want to be left alone to be able to run their business in the way best suited to the needs of their clients. But that’s probably not going to happen

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Hoverboards, laptops and now the Note 7: Can you trust lithium-ion batteries in your device?

The Samsung recall follows several other high-profile problems involving lithium-ion batteries, including products from Tesla, Sony and Panasonic

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Pudo hopes its network of pickup and dropoff spots will slay online shoppers’ persistent delivery hassles

The company's delivery model is based on tieups with convenience-store chains with so far more than 2,200 delivery points in Canada and 3,000 in the U.S. mapped out, Pudo said

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Rise of the moonlighters: Why more Canadians are taking on side jobs and how to make it work for you

The percentage of workers with multiple jobs has more than doubled in the last 40 years, and experts say it's going to become even more common

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‘Tax the rich’ may be a rallying cry, but it’s hardly a fair system

Ted Rechtshaffen: Sure, the wealthy are constantly searching for strategies to pay less under Canada’s current tax system, and who can blame them?

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Vancouver commercial real estate deals shatter record with 34% leap in just one quarter

Real estate activity in Vancouver is spilling over into the commercial sector which saw sales activity jump 34 per cent in just one quarter

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‘Canadians need better advice’: One man’s mission to rehabilitate renting

Alex Avery, for the last dozen years a real estate analyst at CIBC World Markets, knows his thesis has been rejected by about 70 per cent of the country

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Microsoft issues critical fixes, Android malware disguised as game: Security news IT leaders need to know

This week's highlights also include Apple patching vulnerabilities in OS X and Kimpton Hotels suffers a data breach

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Deutsche Bank stock plummets after U.S. seeks eye-watering $14 billion in mortgage securities probe

Germany’s flagship lender says it has not intention of settling the case that dates back to the financial crisis for anywhere near the number cited

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Global oil demand growth shrinks, appeal of cheaper fuel prices loses lustre

Demand growth in the first quarter of 2016 was 1.6 million barrels per day, but slid to 800,000 barrels per day in the third quarter, according to the IEA

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Top food trader Dreyfus sees low agriculture prices into 2017

The head of Louis Dreyfus Co., one of the world’s top-four food-commodities traders, expects prices for wheat, corn, soybean to continue falling

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Target fiasco looms large as Nordstrom challenges Hudson’s Bay with new flagship store in Toronto

Lingering over all of the excitement of Nordstrom's launch is the foul odour left by Target, the last to aggressively unroll retail expansion efforts in Canada

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British Columbia is betting foreign buyers’ love affair with real estate isn’t over

The Pacific coast province expects overseas investors to scoop up about $4.5 billion in real estate over the next three years, despite the new 15% tax on foreign homebuyers

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How to overcome the top seven workplace insecurities

Whether you're worried about your skills, qualifications, or advancement - insecurities in the workplace are common. Here are some top tips to overcome them

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Are Western nursing homes ready for Japan’s humanoid robots?

Unlike in the West, where robots are tucked away in manufacturing plants and research facilities, the Japanese see robots as a part of their everyday lives

How CAE wants to make the world safer by simulating disaster both in the air and the operating room

Known for its flight simulators, CAE now makes simulators to train both surgeons and pilots, recreating high-stakes situations to be as real as possible, while collecting the information needed to learn from mistakes

Canadian universities struggling to offer digital learning to tech-savvy Generation Z

A report by Universities Canada found that less than half of Canadian universities have a strategy to adopt digital technologies

How a 3D-printed, self-driving bus is bringing a level of humanity to the automated experience

How a 3D-printed, self-driving bus powered by the same technology behind IBM's famous Watson computer is bringing a level of humanity to the automated experience

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