The unexpected casualty of Quebec’s new language laws: OtterBoxes. 

Watch out, Air Canada and West Jet: A new airline has entered the skies.

Raise your hand if your spam folder is full of unanswered pleas for campaign donations! 

Hands up? Ok, well, the bad news is, those e-mails might keep coming. But the good news is that your TikTok feed will be free of politicians begging you for money. 

This is a story about Flippy, Sippy, and Chippy. No, they’re not Snap, Crackle, and Pop knockoffs, but a trio of robots that could soon be serving up your fast food order.

Congratulations to anyone with any US dollars sitting around from that last trip down south, because the currency is on a tear. 

The loonie is sitting at its lowest levels against the US dollar in two years as rising geopolitical tensions, specifically Russia’s not-so-subtle nuclear threats and military mobilization, leave investors looking for safe places to park their money. 

Russian-installed leaders in the occupied Eastern Ukrainian provinces of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia announced plans for referendums to officially join Russia.

Spotify has launched a long-awaited audiobook feature, a small step toward becoming the be-all for audio and one giant leap toward seriously complicating your Spotify Wrapped.

Canadian consumer prices fell 0.3% last month, the biggest monthly drop in two years. 

Ukraine’s war efforts have garnered positive results recently, but the same can’t be said for the country’s economic prospects. 

Rumble, a video site that bills itself as a free speech alternative to YouTube, is planning to use the cash injection from its public offering to build its own cloud service and ad network.

Depending on who you ask, the Porsche 911 Carrera conjures images of either an open desert road or an incoming midlife crisis. And now, a potential goldmine for investors. 

The legroom situation is probably not improving, but one aspect of air travel is about to get a bit better: you’ll soon be able to fly (short distances) in Canada without burning any fuel. Air Canada is buying 30 electric-hybrid planes and says it will offer fully electric short-haul flights as early as 2028.

Why it matters: It’s a first step towards reducing emissions from aviation, which is a sector that’s particularly difficult to decarbonize and accounts for around 2.5% of total carbon emissions.

Central banks around the world have a tall task ahead of them: get the economy running not too hot, not too cold, but just right—or risk plunging the world into a historic recession.

That’s the message the World Bank is sending in a report documenting the risks presented by the most dramatic and widespread tightening of monetary policy since the 1980s (but no pressure, or anything). 

Why it matters: Inflation hurts, but a worldwide recession would be no picnic either—the World Bank estimates it would set the global economy back around 6 years, with GDP not reaching the pre-COVID 2024 forecast until the end of the decade.

When we were 18, we worried about getting into our school of choice or if our favourite band was cringe, but kids these days are all too busy hacking multibillion-dollar companies.

Offices are back up and running, but employers are having trouble actually filling them with employees… who remain perfectly fine at home thank you very much. 

If you’ve been on the internet this week, there’s a good chance you already know that Michelin awarded its first stars to 13 Canadian restaurants. 

But does a Michelin star still offer the same benefits as it used to? 

Adobe has agreed to buy design software company Figma for US$20 billion in what will be the largest acquisition ever of a private software company (if the deal is approved). 

All you Patagonia-heads can rock your puffer vests with pride all winter long after the apparel company announced an unprecedented move in corporate social responsibility.