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Bitcoin on Sunday hit a new record above US$80,000. The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged in the run-up to Tuesday’s US presidential election, rose sharply immediately on election night after it became clear Donald Trump would win and has continued rising in the days since his victory.
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Bitcoin hits USK. Why Trump is boosting crypto

Shannon Davidson was let go from her executive role at a marketing firm last year after a merger led to cuts. She knew she wasn’t done with her career yet, but finding her next workplace in her mid-50s was a daunting prospect.
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‘I just wanted to work again’: Finding a new job in your 50s comes with extra hurdles

A Vancouver designer is making waves in the architectural world with an outdoor modular building created to address the city’s unrelenting housing crisis.
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Vancouver designer hopes to tackle housing crisis with sought-after modular builds

Contract negotiations resume today in Vancouver in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia’s ports since Monday.
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Talks to resume in B.C. port dispute in bid to end multi-day lockout

Televisions that measure 97 inches (and more) diagonally across – a.k.a. XXL TVs – are becoming a huge hit as the cost of giant screens sinks sharply, and viewers look to replace the screens they bought during the peak of the pandemic a few years ago.
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Super giant TVs are flying off store shelves

The federal government faces a potential loss on the sale of the Trans Mountain pipeline as it estimates it’s worth less than it cost to build, the Parliamentary Budget Officer said Friday.
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Federal government faces potential loss if Trans Mountain pipeline sold: PBO

Experts say Donald Trump’s election victory could shift interest rate policy in the U.S. as his promised policies risk higher inflation, which could ultimately have implications for Canadian rates and the loonie.
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What Trump’s election could mean for interest rates in Canada

Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday.
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Canada rent report: What landlords are asking tenants to pay

Canada added lower-than-expected 14,500 jobs in October and wages of permanent employees rose, data showed on Friday, as the economy grappled to absorb the slack built up due to a rapidly rising population amid an overheated market.
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Canada’s permanent employees earning more, according to latest jobs data

When the world’s hottest acts announce Canadian tour dates, fans have become accustomed to the ticket-buying experience being a mix of luck and loss.
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Ticketing businesses, experts debate resale caps and dynamic pricing