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Who wanted to kill the Digital Services Tax?

U.S. Chamber of Commerce and tech companies spent years fighting the controversial DST

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Investigative Journalism Foundation nominated for LION Publishers award

Zak Vescera’s reporting with CTV on international fraud is up for collaboration of the year

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Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps’ firm sues for share of $2 billion federal contract

BTNX says if Copps' firm lobbied on its behalf, "then it did so by illegal means"

Fishing boats and houses on Grand Manan island, New Brunswick.

Facing trade uncertainty, New Brunswick hopes to strengthen ties with francophone Africa

Seeking new markets, New Brunswick sets its sights on six African countries to expand its global economic footprint

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Keir Starmer, Mark Carney and Aidan Gomez wear suits in front of U.K. and Canadian flags

Cohere has spent about $1M lobbying the EU, U.K., U.S. and Canada since 2023

The Canadian company has been attempting to shape global AI rules for nearly two years

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Criminals laundering Chinese money through Canadian real estate, agency report says

August 2024 intelligence report says criminals use bogus mortgages to clean dirty cash

Mazin Zaim looks over his shoulder at the camera as he prepares food on a camping stove.

Alberta has rejected excited delirium as a cause of death, but it’s all over this police-related autopsy report

Mazin Zaim’s 2023 death after arrest by Edmonton police remains under investigation

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Tenders and awards from BC and the federal government.

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Agency review found 18 Canadian small banks not following anti-money laundering rules

Internal document reveals 18 banks had gaps in systems designed to stop the flow of dirty money

The Investigative Journalism Foundation earns two nominations for national RTDNA awards

Open by Default database and story about lobbyists’ connections in Ottawa recognized

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Alberta government PR branch moved under premier’s office

Transfer makes Premier Smith the minister responsible for Communications and Public Engagement department.

Share of Canadian businesses and nonprofits using AI doubles over past year

Firms more likely to shrink workforce than expand it after adopting AI, survey finds

The metal poles of a teepee reach into the sky, as a memorial to the 19 boys who died in a fire at Beauval Indian Residential School in 1927.

Possible burial sites found near former Saskatchewan residential school, First Nation says

A search near the former Beauval Indian Residential School in northwest Saskatchewan has identified 60 “potential unmarked burials” outside the bounds of the community cemetery, says English River First Nation.

A smiling Kevin Hart is shown from the waist up, wearing a beige sweatshirt and holding an orange electric toothbrush.

Founder of Kevin Hart-backed Vancouver toothbrush startup accused of stealing $20M from its coffers

Lawsuits accuse Bruush CEO Aneil Manhas of fraud and say other company leaders enabled it

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