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Investor-occupants made up almost 10% of B.C. homeowners in 2020: Statistics Canada

Investor-occupants made up almost 10% of B.C. homeowners in 2020: Statistics Canada

Investor-occupants made up almost 10 per cent of homeowners in British Columbia in 2020, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. A new report from the data agency shows B.C.
How improving your financial literacy can help ease stress in a tough economy

How improving your financial literacy can help ease stress in a tough economy

Nineteen-year-old Logan Robbins knows that learning to make a household budget is part of his journey to independence.
Dye & Durham buying South African legal software company GhostPractice

Dye & Durham buying South African legal software company GhostPractice

TORONTO — Dye & Durham Ltd. has signed a deal to buy South African legal software company GhostPractice Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
NuVista restarts most of its operations as wildfire concerns ease

NuVista restarts most of its operations as wildfire concerns ease

CALGARY — NuVista Energy Ltd. says it was able to restart most of its operations over the weekend as more favourable winds and weather helped ease the wildfire situation near its operations in Alberta.
No debt ceiling agreement in White House meeting, though Biden and McCarthy call talks productive

No debt ceiling agreement in White House meeting, though Biden and McCarthy call talks productive

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy both said they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement
TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana's 1st-in-nation ban on the video sharing app

TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana's 1st-in-nation ban on the video sharing app

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Social media company TikTok Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app
Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed ahead of talks to avoid U.S. default

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close as Wall Street waits to see whether a pivotal meeting later in the day will help the U.S. government avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The S&P 500 closed little changed Monday.
Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US

LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users' personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S.
Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Tech, sustainability key to attracting young talent to an evolving agriculture sector

Canada’s farmers are getting older, and most don't have a clear succession plan, leaving a big question over who will take over the agriculture sector as a wave of retirements loom.
Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

Greece's center-right in landslide election victory, but will need new vote to form government

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After a most tantalizing of victories, having inflicted the heaviest defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece's center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed Monday that he would seek a second national elec