Monthly Archive: May 2018

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Slow and steady: marathon runners slower than ever before

The sport of running continues to grow in popularity across Canada. But when it comes running races, including marathons, completion times have slowed by 20 minutes over the past 20 years.

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Competition Bureau to ‘shine a light’ on internet industry with market study

TORONTO — The federal competition watchdog says he wants to “shine a light” on Canada’s broadband internet providers with the public’s comments on a market that is predominantly served by traditional phone and cable companies. “There are few products more vital to Canada’s economic future than broadband. We want to shine a light on potential […]

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Report: Goldman looks to partner with Apple on credit card

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs and Apple are looking to partner together to create a new credit card, the first foray by Goldman Sachs into the $1 trillion credit card market, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. The Goldman-Apple credit card would be tied to Apple’s payment service known as Apple Pay […]

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Freeland gets briefing from U.S. lawmakers on tight window for passing NAFTA

WASHINGTON — Canada’s foreign minister found out today why there might only be a few days left to get a NAFTA agreement in 2018. Chrystia Freeland attended a discussion with top U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill. They included the speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, and Kevin Brady, the chair of the House […]

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Alberta premier confident pipeline talks will succeed by May 31 deadline

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she’s confident talks aimed at getting construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion back on track will be successful before a May 31 deadline. Notley says she can’t divulge details of talks with Kinder Morgan, but says they are focused on the financial viability of the $7.4-billion project […]