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It can be hard to know when it’s time to leave a job you enjoy or a company you feel loyal to for a higher salary elsewhere. Job satisfaction, your relationship with your boss, and workplace culture all have value, and in some cases, outweigh a potential pay hike.
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Income flatlined? How to know when to take a risk and pursue a bigger paycheque

Products marketed toward women and girls such as razors, shampoo and even children’s clothes can cost more than their equivalent for men or boys, a phenomenon that’s been dubbed the “pink tax.”
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How to avoid paying the pink tax on clothes, toys and other everyday items

Via Rail says no one was hurt after the engine of a Montreal to Toronto train caught fire near Cornwall, Ont. Wednesday afternoon.
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Montreal to Toronto Via Rail trains delayed after engine fire breaks out on train near Cornwall, Ont.

Since sharing the stories of four Bank of Montreal customers fighting to get some form of restitution after they had thousands of dollars stolen from their accounts, CTV News Ottawa has been flooded with emails from Canadians who are facing similar situations.
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‘It’s outrageous’: Growing number of BMO customers raise concerns with bank’s security, investigative processes

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. says it earned $22.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, down from $40.5 million a year earlier.
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Sleep Country earns .5 million in fourth quarter amid ‘industry challenges’

A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies

More than 90 top Canadian business leaders have signed an open letter to the country’s finance minister and her provincial counterparts on Wednesday, urging the need to address the decline in domestic investments by pension funds.
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Canada’s top business executives urge pension funds to ramp up domestic investments

Air Canada says it is almost ready to resume direct flights to Tel Aviv, five months after it suspended travel to the city following the onset of the Israel-Hamas war.
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Air Canada ‘finalizing’ plans to resume direct flights to Tel Aviv

A shawarma dispute may be heading to the Federal Court, with Ottawa restaurant Shawarma Palace seeking more than $5 million in damages for alleged trademark infringement by a Gatineau shawarma restaurant.
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Shawarma spat heads to court as Shawarma Palace sues Gatineau restaurant for trademark infringement

The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, citing continued concerns about the inflation outlook. The bank has held its rate at 5 per cent since last July.
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Central bank holds interest rate at 5 per cent as inflation appears to cool