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Will TikTok vanish on campus? Universities debate its future as app-maker cries foul

TikTok, a move the app-maker calls “ill-conceived.”The University of British Columbia (UBC), Dalhousie University, McGill University and Memorial University of Newfoundland have either implemented or are planning to enact policies or recommendations on the use of the popular social media app. Read more: UBC encourages students to uninstall TikTok app, citing ‘not yet’ proven data risks Canada has joined a growing number of countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region that have banned TikTok from government devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns increase.

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Soft, hard or ‘bumpy’ landing? Gauging Canada’s odds of a recession

Ottawa’s 2023 budget — will Canada’s previously roaring economy coast into a so-called “soft landing” as it slows, or tumble sharply into a recession?Ongoing calls from a chorus of economists predicting a recession to hit Canada in 2023 have come up against surprisingly strong economic data in the early part of the year, making the tea leaves of an economic downturn especially hard to read.A recession is a widespread decline in economic activity over a certain period of time – usually defined as two straight quarters of negative growth.Ottawa’s 2023 budget bases its economic forecast on a consensus of private sector economists.That document, released March 28, showed that economists’ place the odds of a recession higher than when they were last polled for the 2022 fall economic update.But if the economy is supposed to be slowing down right now, someone might want to tell the economy.January’s gross domestic product (GDP) figures outpaced initial estimates from Statistics Canada with 0.6 per cent growth, rebounding from the flat reading in the final quarter of 2022.Canada’s labour market meanwhile held tight with a 5.0 per cent unemployment rate through the first quarter of 2023. The country’s employers have been in a hiring mood as of late, with net 383,000 positions added since last September.

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RCMP arrests two women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria

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A grocery rebate scam is targeting Canadians. How to avoid getting tricked

Scammers are using Ottawa’s proposed grocery rebate to target unsuspecting Canadians, cybersecurity officials say.

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Ottawa spends millions on 944K phone lines. Nearly a third are ‘dormant’

In the 2023 federal budget, the Trudeau government vowed to find savings of more than $15-billion over four years.

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Canada’s carbon pricing is going up again. What it means for your wallet

carbon price is set to go up starting Saturday.The fuel charge is rising by 30 per cent from $50 per tonne of emissions to $65 on April 1. This will translate to an increase of roughly three cents per litre for gas, reaching a total of 14 cents per litre.The scheduled increase will apply in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon and Nunavut.Meanwhile, the carbon price jump will go into effect in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island on July 1.

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