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A Canadian think-tank has a plan to keep young people from fleeing urban centres in search of more affordable accommodations.
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A downtown apartment for ,200 a month? Here is one group’s plan on how Toronto can rethink its vacant office space

U.S. planemaker Boeing raised its industry-wide annual 20-year forecast for new jetliner deliveries by three per cent to 43,975, propelled by the strength of passenger demand, rising airline competition and the eventual replacement older less efficient planes.
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Boeing projects 3% hike in global airplane deliveries over next 20 years

The former senior manager of special operations for eBay Inc.’s. global security team was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that included sending a preserved fetal pig and a bloody pig Halloween mask to a Massachusetts couple’s home.
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eBay security team manager sentenced in harassment scheme involving pig fetus

A grocery code of conduct could stabilize food prices in the future and encourage more investment in the Canadian food industry, according to the president of Kraft Heinz Canada.
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Grocery code could spur investment, stabilize prices: Kraft Heinz Canada president

Statistics Canada says retail sales fell 0.8 per cent to $66.1 billion in May, weighed down by decreases at grocers and alcoholic beverage retailers.
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Retail sales down 0.8 per cent in May led by decreases at food and beverage retailers

The LCBO has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing approximately 10,000 of its employees, paving the way for stores to reopen as early as Tuesday.
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LCBO reaches tentative agreement to end strike, stores could reopen Tuesday

The LCBO strike appears to be back on just hours after a tentative agreement was announced.
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Tentative deal to end LCBO strike on hold as province accuses union of introducing new demands

Netflix said on Thursday it added more than eight million subscribers in its second quarter as the streaming service benefited from a password-sharing crackdown and such titles as ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Baby Reindeer’ and ‘The Roast of Tom Brady.’
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Netflix beats subscriber targets but cautions on next quarter

All the major Canadian grocers are now on board for a grocery code of conduct, paving the way for industry guidelines that have been several years in the making.
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Final hurdle clears for grocery code of conduct as Walmart, Costco sign on

The company said ‘millions’ of customers also joined Prime in the past three weeks to take advantage of the discount event, which ended right before midnight Pacific Standard Time on Thursday.
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Amazon says it had its best Prime Day sales event ever