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Nunavut, Newfoundland and Labrador: Marking milestones

Population and demography
March 28, 2024, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Article
Canada’s youngest territory and youngest province, close geographically to one another, are about to hit milestones on back-to-back days.
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Rabbit on the move

Agriculture and food
March 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Article
We counted 1,486 farms with 154,873 rabbits hopping about during the 2021 Census of Agriculture. Every province had at least four farms raising rabbits.
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Cardboard boxes from the factory floor to your door and beyond

Manufacturing
March 26, 2024, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Article
It’s a scene that’s replayed in every neighbourhood across Canada. Vans and trucks coming and going, delivering goods in cardboard boxes large and small. On paper garbage collection day, cardboard boxes pile up at the end of driveways, waiting for the recycling trucks to take them away. Let’s follow the trail of cardboard boxes in Canada, from the factory floor to your door and beyond.
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Sales at food services and drinking places decline in seven provinces in January

Business and consumer services and culture
March 25, 2024, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Databyte
Sales (seasonally adjusted) at food services and drinking places declined 1.9% to $7.9 billion in January. Full-service (-6.4%), special food services (-1.8%) and drinking places (-0.5%) reported lower sales, while limited-service eating places (+2.4%) reported higher sales.
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The number of active businesses continues its downward trend in December

Business and consumer services and culture
March 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Article
In December 2023, the business closure rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 4.9%, following two consecutive months of decline. The business opening rate edged down to 4.5% in December, after holding steady at 4.6% over the two previous months.
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To buy, or not to buy: Fix is the answer, for appliances

Business and consumer services and culture
March 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Article
The 2021 Census of Population counted nearly 15 million private dwellings nationwide occupied by their usual residents, giving us an idea of just how many refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and other appliances Canadians need for day-to-day living.  
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How happy are Canadians?

Health
March 20, 2024, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Article
How would Canadians rank their own life satisfaction, and in what ways? Canada’s Quality of Life Framework can help answer this question, as it brings together data from the Canada Social Survey and other sources to form 84 indicators that measure objective and subjective well-being.
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Lentil you find a better one, here’s a good story

Agriculture and food
March 19, 2024, 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Article
If you’re vegetarian or vegan, or simply want to incorporate more plant-based protein into your diet—lentils are one of the top sources for it, according to Canada’s food guide.
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Which Canadian businesses are using generative artificial intelligence and why?

Business and consumer services and culture
March 18, 2024, 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Article
Businesses are always looking for a competitive edge and generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been heralded as a transformative labour- and money-saving technology. In the first quarter of 2024, approximately one in seven Canadian businesses were already using (9.3%) or had plans to use (4.6%) generative AI.
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Putting a price on potholes

Prices and price indexes
March 15, 2024, 2:15 p.m. (EDT)
Article
We’re well into March, which means milder weather for much of the country. And it also means more potholes popping up all over the roads, as the freeze-thaw cycle goes into overdrive. For drivers, it’s a minefield. For road crews, it can be an exhausting game of whack-a-mole!
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