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As countries including Canada move toward social media bans in an attempt to keep youths safe online, tech companies are in a tug of war over who should be the gatekeepers. Executives from Snapchat and Meta, the owner of Instagram, Facebook and Threads, have argued it should be app stores rather than platforms charged with verifying the ages of users...
As countries including Canada move toward social media bans in an attempt to keep youths safe online, tech companies are in a tug of war over who should be the gatekeepers.
TORONTO -- Uber's president wants the federal government to act faster on policies and programs that will help Canadian companies build.
TORONTO -- Canadian defence firms are calling on governments and investors to more urgently make financial decisions involving the sector.
TORONTO -- A Canadian union is asking the federal government and competition watchdog to scrutinize a takeover of one of the world's biggest video game makers by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and a private equity firm owned by U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law.
Fed up with kids encountering dangers online or so addicted to screens they can't pull themselves away from the infinite scroll, Canadian policymakers are looking to make social media safer.
TORONTO -- Ryan Van Horne has had season tickets for the Toronto Raptors for 12 years but for the first time, he's considering ending his streak.
Ryan Van Horne has had season tickets for the Toronto Raptors for 12 years but for the first time, he's considering ending his streak. That's because Ontario legislation that came into effect last month capped the price of resale tickets at face value, plus the cost of some taxes and service fees. The move makes it harder for seat holders...
Figuring out which Canadian company is the oldest now that Hudson's Bay has closed its doors is a complicated feat. Many of the country's earliest businesses have changed hands several times, been bought by more recently established or American firms and even stopped operating before later restarting.
TORONTO -- FIFA's marketplace for resale World Cup tickets no longer has seats listed for Toronto matches after a new price cap law came into effect.
TORONTO -- Ticketmaster Canada is delisting some resale tickets that customers have posted for Ontario events.
Google is arguing it shouldn't have to pay about $370,000 in legal fees and other costs the Competition Commissioner is seeking after the tech giant lost a constitutional challenge.
The Ontario government's push to cap resale ticket prices for events across the province might not be much help to fans. Experts worry the proposed legislation the government announced Friday will be unenforceable, drive up the original price of tickets and lure people into riskier transactions. The province positioned the move as a way to tamp down on resellers who...
TORONTO -- The Ontario government's push to cap resale ticket prices for events across the province might not be much help to fans.
Someone may be listening in on your next meeting -- and it's not your micromanaging boss a few desks over, nor your spouse or kids across the room.
Canada Computers Inc. says personal information belonging to some of its customers was compromised during a recent data breach.
The federal privacy watchdog has found Staples Canada did not fully remove personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.
The Federal Court of Appeal has ordered Shopify Inc. to retain data at the centre of a case that has pitted the Canada Revenue Agency against the tech company.
TORONTO -- Toys "R" Us Canada has notified customers of a data breach it says may have compromised their personal information.
TORONTO -- Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. says it has identified a data breach involving personal information belonging to customers, which was stored in an e-commerce database.
TORONTO -- If the new president of Microsoft Canada is concerned that a trade war with the United States will diminish his employer's stature north of the border, he's not showing it.
If the new president of Microsoft Canada is concerned that a trade war with the United States will diminish his employer's stature north of the border, he's not showing it. Instead, Matt Milton addresses most questions about the challenges facing his company with Microsoft's resume -- 40 years in Canada and millions in annual investments in the Canadian economy. The...
OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane grew up in Maine, where he recalls there was no shortage of trees. They got chopped into lumber, shipped around the world and then turned into furniture that was often sold back to Mainers for several times more than the trees had cost in the first place. There's a version of that scenario...
TORONTO -- OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane grew up in Maine, where he recalls there was no shortage of trees.
TORONTO -- A new report says the hold tech giants have on the online advertising industry is putting national security at risk.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed initial batch of projects Canada aims to fast-track, he mused about another endeavour that didn't make the list: a sovereign cloud.
Shopify Inc. has come out on top of a battle with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Shopify Inc. has come out on top of a battle with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Uncertainty about both the rapidly changing U.S. trade policy and the impact it's having on the Canadian economy dominated discussion by the Bank of Canada governing council in the lead-up to its interest rate hold earlier this month.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it's seen an increase in complaints about items mislabelled as products of Canada or missing information about their country of origin.
About two months after the federal government temporarily knocked the GST off a holiday-centric array of goods, Dave Doyon says he considers the move "a gift" even though a hoped-for flurry of sales never fully materialized. His Imaginaire toy stores saw a 15 per cent sales increase in January but it's hard to parse out whether that was inspired by...
TORONTO -- About two months after the federal government temporarily knocked the GST off a holiday-centric array of goods, Dave Doyon says he considers the move "a gift" even though a hoped-for flurry of sales never fully materialized.
Shopify Inc.'s president has come out in favour of a shipping exemption U.S President Donald Trump's trade feuds could end.
When Canadians tune into the Super Bowl on Sunday, there will be plenty of action on and off the field that marketers will have their eye on.
The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's chatbot from some of its mobile devices and is recommending other agencies and departments follow suit.
The federal government has restricted Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's chatbot from some of its mobile devices and is recommending other agencies and departments follow suit.
Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores. They say the move will deliver a boost to homegrown business while adding ammunition to a federal plan aimed at getting the U.S. to back down from tariffs. "No doubt, it's a big opportunity ... to showcase true nationalism, and it's supporting Canadian...
Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores.
The federal government says it is deferring the implementation of a hike to the capital gains inclusion rate to next year and plans to introduce new exemptions to ensure most middle-class Canadians do not pay more tax if the rate becomes official.
The federal government says it is deferring the implementation of a hike to the capital gains inclusion rate to next year and plans to introduce new exemptions to ensure most middle-class Canadians do not pay more tax if the rate becomes official.
A law firm acting on behalf of a B.C. company is seeking an injunction stopping the Canada Revenue Agency from enforcing a proposed capital gains tax hike that has yet to pass in Parliament.
The weeks since Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane dreamt up a viral hat meant to fend off any notion that Canada will be taken over by the U.S. has been more of a crash course in manufacturing than in politics. The pair of Ottawa-based marketers behind the "Canada is not for sale" hats made famous by Ontario Premier Doug Ford...
TORONTO -- The weeks since Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane dreamt up a viral hat meant to fend off any notion that Canada will be taken over by the U.S. has been more of a crash course in manufacturing than in politics.
For Monika Scott and Robyn Mair, the last month has brought a whipsaw of emotions every time they log onto social media.
Members of the restaurant industry are calling on the federal government to make the GST holiday permanent, even though some businesses have yet to see much impact from the tax break. Some business owners say the tax break on restaurant meals stretching from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15 has been a big enough hit that it's worth extending for good...
TORONTO -- Members of the restaurant industry are calling on the federal government to make the GST holiday permanent, even though some businesses have yet to see much impact from the tax break.
TORONTO -- Canadian tech companies say they are patching together their own standards, mostly borrowed from European laws, to guide them through the limbo of prorogation.
Former BlackBerry Ltd. chief executive Jim Balsillie has donated $10 million to form a new policy organization meant to boost Canada's prosperity and resilience.
The federal government says the Canada Revenue Agency will continue to administer the capital gains tax, even though it hasn't passed in Parliament, which is prorogued until March 24.
Justin Trudeau's decision to step down and prorogue parliament will keep his government from implementing its proposed changes to capital gains for now, but Canadians might not be off the hook with the country's tax collectors just yet.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's move to step down and prorogue parliament has killed a series of changes his government proposed to capital gains.
Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to disperse the funds.
Canada's privacy commissioner says LinkedIn has paused training its artificial intelligence models on data from Canadian users.
TORONTO -- The federal government's GST break will arrive this Saturday, just in time for the last stretch of holiday shopping.
TORONTO -- Artificial intelligence firm Cohere will receive up to $240 million from the federal government to boost its computing capacity.
The Retail Council of Canada is calling on the federal government to intervene in a postal strike it says is putting businesses and their workers in jeopardy.
Canadian businesses are about two weeks away from having to scrap some of the tax they charge customers, but many have already realized that's no easy feat. Since the federal government announced last Thursday that it will waive the GST on some toys, takeout meals and other goods sold between Dec. 14 and Feb. 15, businesses across the country have...
TORONTO -- Canadian businesses are about two weeks away from having to scrap some of the tax they charge customers, but many have already realized that's no easy feat.
A temporary pause on charging the federal sales tax on many items has retailers excited, even though they say preparing for the relief will mean a lot of extra work in a short period of time.
Retail organizations are applauding a move to temporarily stop charging the federal sales tax on many items, but say the decision means some businesses have their work cut out for them.