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Alberta’s plan to introduce Canada’s first recycling fee on solar panels is drawing criticism from the renewable energy industry. Sector leaders argue the $14 charge per panel is disproportionately high and could discourage investment in what was once the country’s hottest green energy market. Source link

Canada Post said Thursday it has officially signed its new collective agreements with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), ending years of tense negotiations and strikes amid questions about the Crown corporation’s future. Source link

Under the agreement, Bell will provide data centre capacity at its facility in Merritt, B.C, while two other companies will provide hardware and cloud-layer capabilities. Source link

Canadian retail investors will be able to access prediction markets through a Canadian company this summer, after the platforms had been banned for years. Prediction markets are experiencing explosive growth, and seen as both a financial vehicle and as gambling. Source link

Unifor, which typically uses pattern bargaining for its auto sector negotiations, will go toe-to-toe with Ford first , just as it did three years ago. Talks with Stellantis and GM are expected to follow. Source link

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers ‌expect a hike in borrowing costs later this year amid growing concerns about inflation lodged above the U.S. central bank’s two per cent target. Source link

Canada’s population dipped by about 55,000 people in the first three months of this year, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which on Wednesday set the population at 41,417,056. Source link

Prominent tech businesses pushing to use AI intensively have been stung by sky high AI costs, especially for agentic chain-of-thought purposes. Now, they’re looking at getting beyond experimentation to tokenomics: really breaking down the return on investment for big AI spending. Source link

Despite year-over-year drop, activity was up 5.5 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared with April this year. Prices have also begun to stabilize as buyers and sellers increasingly see eye to eye, according to CREA’s senior economist Source link

Bell and Telus are facing scrutiny from Canada’s telecom regulator for introducing wireless fees the regulator says appear to violate new federal regulations. Source link