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Plant based vaccine 💉 — Canada’s trade surplus jumped in October. Quebec’s Medicago has developed Canada’s first home grown COVID vaccine. Canada’s federal vaccine mandate is expanding.
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Canada's trade surplus jumped to $2.09 billion in October, the biggest jump since 2011. Quebec-based Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine showed promising res…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bye bye Beijing 🇨🇳 — Ambassador Barton is stepping down. Canadians don't trust our central bank. And Tesla's in trouble again.
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Canada's ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, is stepping down from his role at the end of December. Over 60% of Canadians don't think our central ba…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jobs, jobs, jobs 👷♀️ — Stats Canada says the job market is booming. Chinese ridesharing app DiDi is de-listing. And the Weston Family is selling Selfridges.
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Statistics Canada's employment data for November says the economy is heating up and jobs are plentiful. Shares in Chinese ride-hailing business Didi …
4 years, 5 months ago
Goose Union 🦆 — Textbook makers are suing Shopify. The MLB is officially locked out. And some Canada Goose workers are unionizing.
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Textbook publishers sued Shopify yesterday over the sale of pirated education materials. Major League Baseball is in a lockout after failing to agree…
4 years, 5 months ago
Shaken/stirred 🍸 — The CRTC is trying to crackdown on phone scammers. General Fusion raised huge bucks. And Tiger attacks Klue.
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Canada's telecom regulator said its introducing new tech to reduce spoofing. BC-based General Fusion, one of the world's leading nuclear fusion compa…
4 years, 5 months ago
Giphy or jify 🥜 — Canada's GDP is up. UK regulators shut down Meta's acquisition of Giphy. Vancouver's Spare raised $18 million.
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Canada's GDP grew at an annual rate of 5.4% last quarter. UK regulators are demading Facebook parent company Meta to sell Giphy. Vancouver-based soft…
4 years, 5 months ago
Goodbye Jack 🐦 — Canada is teaming up with Mexico to fight unfair free trade rules. Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO of Twitter. And Nissan is getting serious about
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Canada is teaming up with Mexico to challenge the U.S.' rules to determine where car parts are made. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down and app…
4 years, 5 months ago
Omicron 🧬 — A new COVID variant of concern just dropped. Canada Goose is still under fire in China. Buy Now, Pay Later is taking off.
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The word of the day is: Omicron. That's the name assigned by the World Health Organization to a new COVID "variant of concern." Canada Goose, the Tor…
4 years, 5 months ago
Yelling timber 🪵 — The US is hiking tariffs. CP and CN restart operations. There's a million job vacancies in Canada.
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The US is doubling duty rates on Canadian softwood lumber producers. Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have restarted operations in BC, but dela…
4 years, 5 months ago
On trial 👩⚖️ — Elizabeth Holmes testifies. The Bank of Canada has 'discovered' that investors are driving housing prices. And Mangrove Lithium is trying to make batteries cheaper to make.
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Elizabeth Holmes testified yesterday during her trial. The Bank of Canada believes investors are adding to price gains in the housing market. Vancouv…
4 years, 5 months ago