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Conference Board of Canada sees 1.5% growth this year as tariff uncertainty weighs

Conference Board of Canada sees 1.5% growth this year as tariff uncertainty weighs

OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada is forecasting the domestic economy will grow 1.5 per cent in 2025 as the potential for U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports and a pullback in immigration weigh on growth.
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Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump

Freeland says she's abandoning capital gains tax change because of Trump

OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday that Donald Trump's return to the presidency is the reason she would repeal changes to the capital gains tax she introduced just last year.
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Divorce, child custody costs key concerns for B.C. lawyers' 'justice agenda'

Divorce, child custody costs key concerns for B.C. lawyers' 'justice agenda'

The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch has proposed several changes that can improve court access and affordability for the public, especially minorities and low-income individuals
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Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO

Joly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with the new U.S.
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Two BIV Forty under 40 alumni to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

Two BIV Forty under 40 alumni to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards

Past recipients Ian Tostenson, Anne Stewart will be recognized at the 35th annual Forty under 40 Awards on Feb. 7
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S&P/TSX composite up more than 100 points, U.S. stock markets also rise

S&P/TSX composite up more than 100 points, U.S. stock markets also rise

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday, helped by strength in industrial and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 122.58 points at 25,434.08.
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Stock market today: S&P 500 climbs to its first record of 2025

Stock market today: S&P 500 climbs to its first record of 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to their first all-time high of 2025 as Wall Street regained a bit of the momentum that catapulted it to 57 records last year. The S&P 500 rose 0.
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Central 1 to transfer digital banking operations to Intellect Design Arena

Central 1 to transfer digital banking operations to Intellect Design Arena

The widely expected move follows Central 1 announcing in October that it was seeking "strategic alternatives" for its digital-banking division
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Pete Fry now 'flying solo' as Vancouver council’s lone opposition member

Pete Fry now 'flying solo' as Vancouver council’s lone opposition member

Fry: 'I'm going to stay true to myself and be authentic and just speak truth to power.'
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$22.9M to flow through SFU to help commercialize research

$22.9M to flow through SFU to help commercialize research

Federal funding aims to help students convert research findings into tangible products
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