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As reflected in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster movie that tackles the legacy of Mattel’s famous doll, Barbie has always been more popular than Ken. For every Ken doll sold today, there’s generally eight to 10 Barbies sold, according to Jim Silver, a toy industry expert and CEO of review site of TTPM.
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He’s ‘just Ken’ but will the ‘Barbie’ movie change his popularity?

Waterloo Region’s red-hot housing market hits close to home for Wilmot Township Mayor Natasha Salonen.
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Ont. mayor can’t afford to buy house in township she leads

Almost every weekend for more than 30 weeks, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against government plans to weaken the judiciary and chip away at the independence of the Supreme Court.
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Israeli startups are moving jobs and money out of the country. Here’s why

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday after a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
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Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

Canadian renters have long lamented the increasing prices they see landlords request of tenants, but in July, those totals hit a level unseen in the country’s history.
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Rent hit a new high in July as students prepped for school, buyers sidelined: report

The average asking price for a rental unit in Canada yet reached another record of $2,078 in July, according to Rentals.ca.
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July sees unprecedented spike in average Canadian rental unit asking prices: report

News outlets say they’ve been unable to post on Meta’s social media sites some or all of the time since the digital giant began rolling out its restrictions on Canadian news in response to federal legislation.
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Some news outlets report difficulty posting on Meta apps amid restriction rollout

Canadian industries are pushing back against the country’s planned January launch date of the Modern Slavery Act, intended to fight forced labour and child labour in supply chains, as mining and apparel trade groups say the government has failed to spell out the details of the law’s requirements.
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Canadian industries seek extension on country’s human-rights supply chain law

Swiss taxpayers are off the hook from a government-engineered rescue plan that doled out billions to help UBS, the country’s largest bank, take over its ailing rival Credit Suisse.
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UBS ends billions in taxpayer-funded support that paved way for Credit Suisse takeover

Severe floods in China’s northern province of Hebei brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least 29 people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, its provincial government said Friday.
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Severe floods in China’s northern province killed 29 and caused tens of billions of economic losses