Return to the office… pretty please

Companies across the country are trotting out all sorts of new incentives to entice workers to trade in their sweatpants and mid-day naps for office life, per The Globe and Mail.
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When Mounties pose as mobsters

The Mr. Big tactic has a 95% success rate in jailing criminals, but critics want it banned.
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Why buy a mattress anywhere else?

While you’ve been counting sheep, Sleep Country has been counting dollars.
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Tax workers prep to hit the picket line

If you thought tax season couldn’t get any more stressful, the people responsible for processing those returns are out of office for the foreseeable future.
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What’s the holdup with the FHSA?

Have you opened up your First Home Savings Account (FHSA) yet? If you have, you’re in the minority. Most financial institutions say they aren’t prepared to offer the product, despite the official April 1st launch date. 
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Big Pharma sheds pounds to make bucks

When it comes to the weight loss drug race, Ely Lilly might have found the biggest loser.

Driving the news: The US pharma giant is looking to get its Type II diabetes drug Mounjaro approved for use in weight loss. And some people are already using it that way.
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ChatGPT is a mean gossip

Ever get the feeling people are talking about you behind your back? It’s probably nothing… but a growing number of people have discovered that AI bots are talking about them—and they aren’t saying very nice things.

Driving the news: A local politician in Australia says ChatGPT falsely claimed that he was convicted of bribery, and has begun the process of launching a defamation lawsuit against the tool’s maker, OpenAI. 
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Why Google can’t fire Germans

Europe’s strict labour laws are slowing down the international leg of the tech layoff tour. 
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24 Sussex is in literal shambles

When 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister’s official residence since 1951, was shut down over health concerns last year, we thought, “How bad could things possibly be?” 
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Why Apple is heading to India

Apple’s first-ever retail store in India is set to open any day now, but that’s hardly the only move the giant-est tech giant is making into the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
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Ontario prescribes more foreign-trained docs

It will soon be easier than ever for Ontarians to find a doctor with a charming accent.
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Friendshoring isn’t so friendly

To paraphrase The Beatles, we can always get by with a little help from our friends… but maybe we shouldn’t rely on them too much.
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Investors are selling TD short

Don’t freak out, but global investors are staking a lot of money on one of Canada’s biggest banks hitting some seriously choppy waters.
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How inflation is driving the Single’s Tax higher

One isn’t just the loneliest number—it’s also the most expensive, thanks to the "single's tax."

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Cities are haunted by ghost offices

Canada’s downtown cores aren’t quite ghost towns, but their offices are eerily quiet.
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Twitter’s verified check mess

Today in news we wish was an April Fool’s joke, Twitter is all in on pay-to-play. 
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NATO brings in the Finns

The happiest people on earth have joined the West’s most important military alliance.
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You may need to add a tourist tax to your vacay budget

If 2022 was the year of “revenge travel,” then 2023 is the year of “tourism taxes” as countries and cities around the globe implement fees for visitors to enter, looking to cash in on the surge in travel demand.
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Aritzia might have stolen some art

Canadian clothier Aritzia has made bank as it expands in the US, but a copyright infringement suit against its viral storefront sculptures could make its pockets a little lighter.
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NASA picks its space Canuck

For Ontario’s Jeremy Hansen, the sky is not the limit. NASA is sending him to deep space.
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