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In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, the world’s weather systems are thrown into chaos when an important Atlantic Ocean current abruptly shuts down. Tornadoes rip through Los Angeles, sea levels rise and wipe out most of coastal New York, and large parts of the Northern Hemisphere are plunged into …

U.S. President Donald Trump has suffered a string of courtroom losses in recent days as he and his administration continue to test the legal limits of presidential powers. Despite suffering six legal setbacks in less than a week, the administration is forging ahead with its agenda, in large part because …

Homebuilding in Canada is slowing down just as policymakers are trying to pick up the pace. The rapid surge in interest rates over the last year is starting to throttle the pace of homebuilding, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) warned in a new housing supply report Wednesday. As …

Dell Technologies Inc. will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, or five per cent of its global workforce, the company said on Monday, as the PC maker grapples with falling demand and braces for economic uncertainty. The company joins a raft of U.S. companies ranging from Goldman Sachs to Alphabet Inc. that have …

For years, Scott Lear tried to convince B.C.’s health authorities to adopt a virtual cardiac rehab program he developed for patients recovering from conditions like heart attacks. Participants were monitored from home while they exercised and would consult with specialists online. Promising pilot runs of the program showed they made fewer trips to the …

Investors in financial markets were ecstatic when the latest inflation data seemed to show that rising prices in the United States had peaked. While business journalists often imply that increasing share values are a universally good omen, it is not clear that many Canadian working people, especially those who don’t …