Move over "girl math" and "quiet luxury," a new personal finance trend is taking off on TikTok.Social media users are embracing "loud budgeting," a concept that went viral after TikToker Lukas Battle mentioned it as something he's starting in 2024.Now, just three weeks into the year, #loudbudgeting...
Netflix took a big step into live events on Tuesday with a more than $6.7 billion ($5 billion US) deal that would make it the exclusive home of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw from January 2025 onward.The 10-year partnership will put Raw on the streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom...
Canada Post is selling off its IT and logistics departments, a move business experts say is an essential first step in saving a Crown corporation that lost more than half a billion dollars in 2022."Canada Post is disappearing before our eyes," said Ian Lee, a business professor at...
Buses will not run Monday in Metro Vancouver after more than 180 workers represented by CUPE Local 4500 walked off the job.The job action, which began at 3 a.m. PT, comes three weeks after the workers began refusing overtime. The union represents transit supervisors, communications supervisors and...
Flippy is making burgers, Chippy is cooking french fries, and Remy is serving up salads. Customers may not even notice them, but robots are becoming more common behind the counter at fast food kitchens.At Food Republic, a quick-service joint in Vancouver, Remy looks like a...
During what Orest Katolyk calls the "wild west" of short-term rentals — the time before regulations were put in place — bylaw officers in London, Ont., would have to rent properties listed on websites like Airbnb to check for infractions."We actually rented a shed several years ago that was near...
First published in 1954, Sports Illustrated could be characterized as a part of sports history.But word of mass layoffs at the magazine on Friday had employees and observers worried for its future.The planned cuts at Sports Illustrated include possibly all of its union-represented workers, the union said in a...
With shipping companies already dealing with disruptions in the Red Sea due to attacks on ships, word comes that another important trade route is being forced to curtail traffic.A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings in the Panama Canal...
Anyone who watches sports is used to seeing betting ads during games, but a collaboration between CBC's Marketplace and British researchers at the University of Bristol found gambling messages fill up to 21 per cent of each broadcast, on average, based on an analysis that...
Slumping oil prices are bringing some relief for drivers filling up their gas tanks this winter, but they're also delivering a financial hit to some provinces as they prepare their next budgets — notably Alberta.Oil prices have fallen by almost 40 per cent since reaching...