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c. Car thefts. The number of vehicles reported stolen in Canada dropped 19.1 per cent in the first half of this year, according to insurance industry group Équité Association. That is an encouraging year-over-year trend, but police still have a lot of work to do. More than 23,000 vehicles were reported stolen during the first six months of 2025.
d. More than 50,000. The CNE says it received more than 54,000 online job applications for jobs ranging from cashiers to game attendants. That is the highest number of applications it has ever received and reflects a dismal job market for young people.
a. Nuclear power plants. AtkinsRéalis, the company formerly known as SNC-Lavalin, is pushing its nuclear technology in a U.S. market that is trying to keep up with galloping growth in demand for electricity.
b. Baby bonuses. China unveiled its first nationwide subsidy for children as it tries to stop its already low birth rate from declining even further. The country that once had a one-child rule will now pay parents a subsidy equivalent to US$500 a year for each child under the age of 3.
d. Its stock crashed. Novo Nordisk’s share price fell more than 20 per cent the day after it slashed its sales outlook, blaming growing competition from copycat “compounder” drugs.
b. Starlink. Mr. Ford had vowed during his winter re-election campaign to rip up the province’s $92-million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink communications company in retaliation for U.S. tariffs. This week, his team announced he had done so. But how much did the province pay to get out of the deal? It won’t say.
a. Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific. Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a deal that would create the first transcontinental railway in the United States. If regulators approve the mammoth merger, it could spur more consolidation in the industry.
a. American Eagle's ad has attracted a backlash from critics who claim it encourages the notion that blonde, blue-eyed people, such as Ms. Sweeney, represent a genetic ideal.
d. An exemption for low-value shipments. The provision used to permit shipments valued at under US$800 to avoid U.S. duties. Its suspension could prove devastating for Canadian retailers who rely on U.S. shoppers.
c. Three times. It was the third consecutive time the Bank of Canada held its benchmark rate steady at 2.75 per cent. The central bank’s reluctance to cut borrowing costs was not great news for homeowners who took out mortgages when rates were much lower five years ago.
b. Pick mushrooms. 4AG – that’s pronounced “forage,” get it? – makes mushroom-picking robots. It brought its first robots into service last year and has sold 53 of the machines at more than $300,000 each.
c. About $90,000 a year. You think child-care costs a lot in Canada? Annual wages for a full-time nanny in London jumped nearly 10 per cent over the past year and now top £50,000 ($91,000), according to Nannytax, a payroll provider and employment consultancy.