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From Coca-Cola to local Canadian brewers, the prebiotic soda industry is booming. Here's why
Coca Cola is introducing a line of prebiotic sodas, marking the legacy company's first foray into the "functional" soft drink market led by upstarts Olipop and Poppi — and further tightening competition as more Canadian brands launch their versions of the fizzy drinks.
Inflation rose to 1.9% in January, with low prices on GST-free goods offsetting high energy costs
Canada's consumer price index rose to 1.9 per cent in January, as higher energy prices weighing on overall inflation were partly offset by the federal government's tax holiday, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.
The GST holiday ends on Saturday. Did it make a difference for shoppers and businesses?
With the two-month GST holiday wrapping on Saturday, shoppers and small businesses across Canada have weighed in on whether the tax break made a meaningful difference — and the results are mixed.
Why major countries can't agree on how to regulate artificial intelligence
More than 60 nations gathered in Paris this week to pledge a responsible approach to regulating artificial intelligence. The AI summit was meant to bring world powers together to set a global agenda on the rapidly developing technology — instead, it showed that some of them are diverging sharply.
Bell Canada offering severance packages to 1,200 unionized employees
Bell Canada is offering severance packages to 1,200 unionized employees, attributing the move to "unprecedented challenges" in the telecom industry, a spokesperson confirmed to CBC News on Tuesday.
Canadian businesses already feeling the effects of Trump's steel, aluminum tariff order
Canadian steel and aluminum businesses are already feeling the consequences — and the déjà vu — of Donald Trump's latest tariff promise, several years after he targeted the same industries with a punishing import tax.
Booze, language laws and maple syrup? Here's how interprovincial barriers impact your daily life
There's been a lot of chatter about interprovincial trade barriers lately — namely, that Canada should remove them, with federal and provincial officials saying that opening up domestic trade could soften the impact of potential U.S. tariffs. But what are these barriers, and how do they impact our daily lives?
Want to get rid of fentanyl? Tackle money-laundering first, say experts
As the federal government says it will introduce new measures to fight organized crime, helping it stave off tariff threats from the U.S., experts say Canada's money-laundering problem has festered for far too long — making it easier for fentanyl-pushing cartels to gain a foothold here.
Trump falsely says U.S. banks aren't allowed to do business in Canada. What does he mean?
U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Monday that U.S. banks are not allowed to operate in Canada, suggesting that he has yet another bone to pick as a trade dispute unfolds between the two countries.
Global markets recover most losses as roller-coaster day ends with pause on U.S. tariffs
Against the backdrop of a brewing North American trade war, global markets opened to sharp losses on Monday morning, but made partial rebounds by noon after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that U.S. tariffs against her country would be delayed by one month.