What's driving Canadian winter travel trends? Hint, it's not the Zika virus

The panic around the Zika virus reached a peak this week, with the World Health Organization declaring it was 'spreading explosively.' But so far, the outbreak hasn't affected the travel plans of Canadians looking for fun and sun destinations this winter...

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Beer for a better world? Quebec microbreweries get socially active

Have a beer and help save a whale? More and more Quebec microbreweries are finding ways to support social causes, and marketing experts say it's a win-win approach to business...

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CBC Forum: How are you dealing with rising food prices?

The University of Guelph Food Institute predicted last month that the average Canadian household will spend $345 more on food in 2016 than last year, and many people have already noticed the difference. Are the rising food prices affecting how you spend your money...

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Oilpatch wins the day in royalty review

The collective sigh of relief in downtown Calgary was probably audible Friday morning, as Alberta’s royalty panel decided against asking the energy sector to pay more in royalties...

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Rates, risk and reward points: BUSINESS WEEK WRAP

January’s volatile markets have Canadians afraid to stay invested and the U.S. Fed slowing its approach to raising rates. In her weekly roundup of business news, Jacqueline Hansen explains why and gets you thinking about how to pass your reward points to your heirs...

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Top 10 Most Embarrassing Money Topics

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Currency exchange: How to get more for your downward dollars

Travelling outside Canada or sending money abroad? Here's how to get a better deal exchanging your Canadian dollars for other currencies...

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8 Millionaire Money Tips for the Rest of Us

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"El Chapo" Shirts Are Flying Off the Shelves at $128 (and Reselling for More)

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Hard-hit Alberta may get federal relief, Morneau says

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Alberta could be eligible for payments to help offset double-digit revenue declines in resource prices...

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CBC proposes new fund to boost local TV news coverage

A new fund should be created to act as an incentive for TV broadcasters to produce more than a basic threshold of local news programming, the CBC told the CRTC Friday...

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Stocks continue their recovery after Japan cuts rates

North American stocks moved higher for a fourth straight day following a strengthening of global markets after Japan's decision to cut interest rates...

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Ottawa runs $400M surplus in November, $1B in the black so far for 2015-16

The federal government ran a budgetary surplus of $400 million in November — thanks in large part to a boost in corporate tax revenues compared to a year earlier...

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Xerox to split into 2 companies under pressure from Carl Icahn

Xerox is separating into two independent publicly traded companies, following pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn to break up the company...

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Molson Coors to tap markets for $2.3B to fund big beer deal

Molson Coors Brewing Co. says it will raise $2.3 billion US with a public offering of 27 million shares this spring to help fund its deal to take over the Miller brand worldwide...

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Sugar Mobile could shake up cellphone oligopoly in Canada

Sugar Mobile is offering cellphone plans that start at $19 per month, about half the price of the big players. The approach relies on a hybrid model that uses both Wi-Fi and 3G networks and allows Sugar to make an end run around Canadian telco rivals...

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Canada's GDP grows by 0.3% in November

Canada's economy grew by 0.3 per cent in November, thanks mainly to increases in trade, manufacturing and oil and gas extraction. The monthly growth follows no growth at all in October and and a drop of 0.5 per cent in September...

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Alberta royalty review findings to be unveiled today

Alberta's energy sector is nervously awaiting changes to the province's royalty structure that are due later this morning. CBC News will bring live coverage of the announcement starting at 11 a.m. MT...

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Coffee cups: 3 months later, are they being recycled at Tim Hortons and Starbucks?

After a CBC Marketplace investigation last fall revealed that cups collected by some Starbucks and Tim Hortons stores for recycling are being sent to landfill, questions remain about what the coffee chains are actually doing with all those used containers...

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​CBC adopts SecureDrop to allow for anonymous leaks

CBC News is adopting SecureDrop, a powerful online tool to help those with important information or sensitive documents contact our journalists using encryption and anonymous messaging...

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Japan sets negative interest rate in hopes of boosting economy

The Bank of Japan on Friday introduced a negative interest policy in a move to boost a stumbling recovery in the world's third-largest economy...

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Corporate tax: Going after Google

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Corporate tax: A digital dust-up

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Natural gas: Step on it

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Free exchange: The Italian job

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Robots v humans: Machine earning

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Pipeline industry hopeful despite new Liberal policy changes

Despite delays and new rules, Canada's pipeline industry is confident the change in policy unveiled by the Liberal government will still lead to the approval of new oil export projects...

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HSBC limits mortgages to some Chinese buying U.S. property amid Beijing crackdown

Europe's biggest bank will no longer provide mortgages to some Chinese nationals who buy real estate in the United States, a policy change that comes as Beijing is battling to stem a swelling crowd of citizens trying to get money out of China...

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Penn West slashes capital budget by 90%

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. is cutting its capital budget for 2016 to only one-tenth of what it spent last year as the conventional oil and gas producer lowers its average daily output, shuts in wells and works to reduce expenses...

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5 Retirement Planning Mistakes and How to Fix Them

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Tuition-Free Colleges

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How Volunteering Can Save You Money

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Tories threaten to block Liberal efforts to repeal controversial union laws

The new Liberal government is moving to reverse controversial labour laws passed by Stephen Harper's Conservatives, but the Tories say they could use their majority in the Senate to block passage of the legislation...

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Barbie gets a new body (or 3) in reality-inspired makeover

Barbie, the world's most famous doll, has a new body. In fact, she has three new bodies — petite, tall and curvy. Nearly 60 years after the impossibly busty and narrow-waisted blue-eyed Barbie was first introduced, California-based toy maker Mattel has released new models, which it says better reflect a changing world...

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Bombardier dives to penny stock status as rivals continue to sign deals to sell jets

Bombardier shares were reduced to penny-stock status for the first time since 1991 on Wednesday as the plane and train maker continues to have trouble selling its next generation of aircraft...

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'Breakthrough year' for Ford as profit soars on strong sales

Improving sales in most of the world helped Ford Motor Co. achieve a record pretax profit in 2015, and the company says the numbers could go even higher this year...

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CIBC cuts Canada's economic growth outlook to 1.5% for 2016

Less than a month into the year, CIBC is downgrading its outlook for the Canadian economy, forecasting growth of just 1.5 per cent, down from an earlier estimate of 1.7 per cent...

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CSIS repeatedly obtained confidential taxpayer data without warrants, watchdog says

Canada's spy agency CSIS improperly obtained taxpayer information from the Canada Revenue Agency without a warrant on "multiple" occasions, according to the annual report of an independent federal watchdog...

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The Economist asks: Jeremy Hunt and Mark Britnell: What would the world's best health system look like?

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Elderly savers; cast adrift like Captain Bligh

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Legal pot taxes could add $5B a year to government coffers, CIBC says

A new report from CIBC World Markets says Canada's federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5 billion annually in tax revenues from the sale of legal marijuana...

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OECD, EU countries plan to share tax data in effort to curb tax avoidance

The European Commission plans to step up efforts to tackle tax avoidance, including a proposal for tax authorities to share information on the tax profile of multinational companies...

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Smaller Alberta businesses will slash investment 27% in 2016, survey finds

A new survey shows small and medium-sized businesses in Alberta will slash spending more than expected this year as the oil downturn hits every level of the province's economy. The government-owned Business Development Bank of Canada says smaller businesses in the province plan to invest about $11 billion this year, 27 per cent less than last year...

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The crazy world of credit

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Step on it

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A digital dust-up

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The wages of sin

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Against the odds

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Chop chop

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Machine earning

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