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Average rent in Canada rose nearly 12 per cent year-over-year last month to almost $2,000, a new national report has found.
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Average rent in Canada up nearly 12% year-over-year to almost ,000: report

On the new Twitter, those tasked with getting public safety information out also have to convince people they are actually the authorities.
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Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter after changes

Buying your first car can be as exciting as it is daunting. Whether you’re buying a car off the lot from a dealership or purchasing a car in a private sale, contributor Christopher Liew shares in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca a few basic tips that you should always keep in mind.
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Tips for a first-time car buyer with a stretched budget

How did Donald Trump’s oldest sons — entrusted to run his company when he became president — react when they learned that a top executive was scheming to dodge taxes on lavish corporate perks? They gave him a raise, according to testimony Friday.
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Ex-CFO says Trump kids raised pay after learning of scheme

Elon Musk’s managerial bomb-throwing at Twitter has so thinned the ranks of software engineers who keep the world’s de facto public square up and running that industry insiders and programmers who were fired or resigned this week agree: Twitter may soon fray so badly it could actually crash.
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Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval

Twitter won’t simply shut down overnight. But security experts warn that the drastic job cuts may open the door to bad actors exploiting the platform’s vulnerabilities and compromising user accounts.
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With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your account

IKEA furniture was allegedly produced by prisoners in Belarus penal colonies under forced labour conditions, according to a new report by the French non-profit investigative journalism network Disclose.
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IKEA suppliers allegedly used Belarus prisoners under forced labour conditions, report says

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan says it is writing down its US$95-million investment in FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed last week, to zero.
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan writes down FTX investment to zero

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology.
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Elizabeth Holmes faces sentencing for her Theranos crimes

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit.
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Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years in prison for Theranos scam