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Canada

To pay for affordable housing, some non-profits bypass banks and get loans from their neighbours

The Ontario community of Haliburton County bustles in the summer months with cottagers who flock to the area’s lakes to kick…

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Business

Airlines, banks, health care have operations disrupted in global IT outage

A global tech outage was disrupting operations in multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and…

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Politics

Banks to start identifying carbon tax rebates as the ‘Canada Carbon Rebate’ starting today

Starting today, most banks are expected to start clearly identifying quarterly direct deposits of carbon tax rebates as the Canada Carbon Rebate.…

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Politics

This senator wants Canadian banks to fight climate change

Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change.  More…

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Business

TD Bank’s failure to thwart money laundering in U.S. prompts calls for stronger regulation at home

TD Bank CEO Bharat Masrani said during the bank’s second quarter earnings call Thursday that it failed to thwart criminal activity on multiple…

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Business

Canadian banks need to do more to stop abusive e-transfers, survivors say

WARNING: This story contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​intimate partner violence or know someone…

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Politics

Ottawa to force banks to use carbon rebate label for direct deposits

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to…

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Nova Scotia

Cape Breton food banks work to dispel stigma of needing help with groceries

Even though more people than ever are using food banks, staff running them in Cape Breton are worried that stigma is…

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Politics

Banks report an increase in ‘high impact’ breaches as federal cybersecurity bill idles

The number of  “high impact” cyber incidents reported by Canada’s banks nearly tripled last year, according to the industry’s watchdog. The…

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Nova Scotia

MEET THE MAKERS: Something for bees and birds: Rose Banks lets her customers be part of the creative process

YARMOUTH, N.S. — Rose Banks says her primary focus is to create beautiful décor for inside and outside the home.…

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