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The human gut has a big impact on someone’s health, but exactly what that looks like is dictated by interactions between trillions of microbes that change drastically based on diet and lifestyle. All of those different variables can make researching it really complicated.
No one gets stoked about taxes, but that doesn't mean it’s all doom and gloom in the tech sector right now.
Some parents might be less than thrilled when they find out their kid's perfect grade on a biology midterm was more of a participation trophy.
Driving the news: A group of grade 12 students at Ontario’s St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School walked out of their biology and business midterms with perfect grades as the school board grapples with a teacher shortage that has left classes without full-time educators.
Break out the bottle of Screech and reel in a kissable cod because Newfoundland has a new resident: Uber.
What happened: Uber is now servicing St. John’s, Newfoundland's largest city, and the accompanying Avalon Peninsula area. It is the first ride-sharing company to operate on the Rock since the province updated its Highway Traffic Act late last year to support such services.
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Canada’s competition watchdog is looking to regain its mojo after face-planting in its attempt to block a merger between Rogers and Shaw last year.
What happened: The Competition Bureau issued a report warning that Bunge’s impending US$8.2 billion acquisition of fellow agriculture company Viterra will seriously reduce competition in Canada’s agricultural sector, particularly in the grain and canola oil markets.
A group of delegates will spend the week in the nation's capital comparing notes on why plastic is, in fact, not so fantastic.
Driving the news: Ottawa will play host to delegates from 174 countries this week for the fourth round of United Nations plastic treaty negotiations. The committee will look to make progress on a plastic-reduction agreement ahead of final talks in South Korea in November.
New laws in B.C. regarding pet custody are further proof that pets really are the new kids.
Driving the news: A provincial court ordered that custody of a golden retriever named Stella must be split week-to-week between her two owners who had broken up. It’s a landmark first ruling under new B.C. laws designating pets as family members, not property, in separation cases.
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Things coming to Canada this year: Shake Shack, the Eras Tour, and… a unionized Amazon warehouse?
What happened: The DXT4 Amazon warehouse in Laval, Québec, could soon be the first in Canada to unionize after the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) — one of Québec's largest trade union federations — filed an application to represent 200 workers there.
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Central banks have a simple formula for fighting inflation: raise interest rates, wait for the economy to weaken and demand to fall, and inflation will soon follow suit.
What if the formula is wrong?
Catch up: Some experts are making the case that higher interest rates are now driving stubborn inflation that’s sticking around both in the U.S. and Canada.
