3 d. ago Ottawa city council passes contentious 2026 budget directions

The budget directions, first unveiled in August, pitched a property tax hike of around 3.75 per cent and an increase in transit fares of between 2.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent.

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5 d. ago Average rents dip 2.3 per cent in August, continuing downward trend

A new report says average asking rents fell in August compared with a year ago to mark 11 months of straight declines. The Rentals.ca and Urbanation report says the average rental rate across Canada was $2,137 in the month for a 2.3 per cent decline from a year ago, though still up one per cent […]

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5 d. ago Rents in Canada fall for 11th straight month. Which cities saw biggest drops?

Compared to August last year, rents in Canada were down 2.3 per cent last month to $2,137 a month, according to the latest National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation.

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8 d. ago Toronto real estate getting desperate as homes sit on market for ages

The rocky road for Toronto real estate continues as property owners face a dire new reality where sales are falling flat, values are inching downwards, new developments are at a standstill and units that would have once sparked a bidding war are now near-impossible to sell.Though this summer has brought glimmers of a rebound as far as sales volumes — a number which, as recently as May, has been down double-digit percentages compared to the same time last year — there are still a substantial number of properties sitting stagnant on the market, and, per the latest report from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), they are taking progressively longer to sell, if they sell at all.In August, 14,038 new condos, townhouses, semi-detached houses and standalone homes came to market across the GTA (9.4 per cent more than in August 2024), making for a total of an astounding 27,495 active listings — less than the 32,082 ho...

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8 d. ago Alberta unemployment rate took big jump in August, now 2nd highest among provinces

The unemployment rate in Alberta jumped from 7.8 per cent in July to 8.4 per cent in August, the highest rate since August 2017, outside of the pandemic.

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8 d. ago The U.S. job market stalled in August with unemployment ticking up to 4.3%

The job market in the United States showed another sign of cooling amid the ongoing trade war as unemployment ticked up in August to 4.3 per cent.

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8 d. ago Unemployment rate climbed to 7.1% in August as economy lost 66,000 jobs

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row as the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period. Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.1 per cent in August, its highest level since August 2021, as the economy lost […]

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9 d. ago Unemployment rate hit 7.1% as Canada shed 66,000 jobs in August

Statistics Canada says unemployment in Canada climbed for the second straight month in August to 7.1 per cent from 6.9 per cent in July, while shedding 66,000 jobs last month.

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9 d. ago Auto sales in August post first annual decline since February: DesRosiers

DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says the auto market has started to show signs of stress from the broader economic slowdown and trade disputes. The firm estimates 160,000 vehicles were sold in August, down 2.9 per cent from last year — the first year-over-year sales decline since February. DesRosiers says sales are still well below pre-pandemic […]

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1 week ago Greater Toronto Area home prices slip as listings outpace sales

The average sale price was down 5.2 per cent in August from last year to $1.02 million

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1 week ago Amid sale discussions, Calgary clean tech company slashes 60 jobs, delays AGM

Exro Technologies' second-quarter earnings from this year revealed revenue of $2.9 million, down from $4.7 million in the second quarter of 2024

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1 week ago Calgary home sales down 9 per cent in August as high inventory driving price declines: CREB

Both the number of homes sold and the average selling price of a home declined slightly in August, compared to a year earlier, according to the Calgary Real Estate Board.

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2 w. ago Golf Superstore Uses Descartes Sellercloud™ to Unify Omnichannel Operations

ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Chattanooga-based Golf Superstore is using Descartes Sellercloud™ integrated with its Lightspeed point-of-sale (POS) system to drive order and inventory management efficiencies by unifying operations across its brick-and-mortar store and multiple ecommerce channels. […]

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