Applied commerce
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Small towns and temporary foreign workers
4 minute read Monday, Apr. 20, 2026On any given day in a small town, restaurants should be busy. Orders coming in. People being served. The steady rhythm of a place that’s part of the community.
Instead, more and more locations are running below capacity; not because customers aren’t there, but because there aren’t enough staff.
This is the reality in many rural and tourism communities across Canada.
Recently, Ottawa took a small but important step to begin to address it.
Former minister Catherine McKenna blasts the heads of Canadian oil companies
5 minute read Preview Monday, May. 11, 2026Credible journalism takes time, effort, human intelligence
5 minute read Saturday, Apr. 18, 2026There’s an idiom in journalism: the goat must be fed. The proverbial goat has changed over the years. It used to be the next day’s paper. Then it was the 24-hour news cycle. Then the 12-hour news cycle. Then it was websites.
Hiring processes, expectations, communication out of alignment in slow market
5 minute read Saturday, Apr. 18, 2026The unemployment rate is increasing across Canada. Which should mean there are more people looking for work, but if you ask most employers, it certainly does not feel easier to find the right person.
B.C. ‘chemical fingerprint’ scheme to track illicit drugs is likened to DNA tests
4 minute read Preview Saturday, May. 9, 2026Boeing commits $36M for Winnipeg projects
4 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 17, 2026AI-driven app like a grain market ‘analyst in your pocket’
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026Dozens protest outside legislature over expiring federal work permits
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026False information, misleading images rife in Manitoba-based AI-driven 'news' service
19 minute read Preview Friday, May. 1, 2026AI content should be labelled, heritage committee says
2 minute read Preview Saturday, May. 9, 2026Gatorade, inventor of the sports drink, is getting a rebrand targeting non-athletes
5 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 7, 2026AI-rendered Val Kilmer debuts in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ trailer
3 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 7, 2026Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
5 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 7, 2026EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
6 minute read Preview Saturday, May. 9, 2026A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. But first read this
5 minute read Preview Monday, May. 11, 2026Walmart is repackaging its Great Value brand to reflect changing consumer habits
3 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 7, 2026Tesla leader believes Shanghai factory operations will play a role in robot mass production
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 6, 2026Crop-enhancement firm eyes potato prosperity
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2026NDP pushing for ban on AI surveillance pricing as Lewis makes Parliament Hill debut
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 5, 2026The need for regulation in a digital age
5 minute read Monday, Apr. 13, 2026Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and co-founder of Facebook, has been under increased scrutiny in past months after being forced to testify in a Los Angeles courtroom over allegations that Meta-owned Instagram is designed to be addictive, especially when it comes to kids.