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Metaverse real estate sales boom as businesses try to stake a claim in a 'risky' virtual world
Businesses are spending thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars to acquire virtual plots of land in the metaverse, but experts warn it could be a risky investment that might not live up to the hype.
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Rising tuition, student debt weigh heavily on post-secondary students
Facing ever-rising tuition as well as higher prices for food, housing and other necessities, Canadian students shared their costs of living and the financial pressures worrying them.
Some WestJet customers still waiting on refunds for flights cancelled in 2020
Two years after the pandemic ruined their travel plans, several frustrated WestJet customers say they're still waiting for promised refunds — or confirmation they even qualify for one — after the airline cancelled their flights or vacation packages in 2020.
How pent-up pandemic demand may have redefined what's essential
Unifor head Jerry Dias retires, citing health issues
Think gas prices are bad? Flights are next; banks waiving Ukraine transfer fees: CBC's Marketplace Cheat Sheet
Ambassador Bridge owner wants to mend relations with Canada in wake of blockade
This young worker quit amid anxiety and exhaustion. Here's how the pandemic pushed some people to rethink work
Targeting super yachts owned by Russian oligarchs could hit a nerve in Moscow
Why some global fast-food chains remain open for business in Russia
Canada added 337,000 jobs last month, twice what was expected
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Little — and expensive — house on the prairie
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A landlord hiked rents again and again. Canada's housing agency rewarded him every time
Analysis
Why the oil market's 'gone berserk' and where our bumpy energy transition goes from here
U.S. inflation rate heats up to another 40-year high at 7.9%
Updated
McCain Foods scraps plans for Russian plant
Not just gasoline — experts expect oil price spike to soon impact cost of plane tickets, too
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Hamilton family struggling to find a place to live in city's unaffordable rental market
Oil prices are too high — even for those in the oilpatch
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Why Canada is losing affordable rental housing faster than it's being built
Crypto prices surge as Biden orders central bank to explore own digital currency
CBC Explains
How much are taxpayers really subsidizing Canada's fossil fuel industry?
Validation in Canadian oilpatch as world focuses on energy security, abandons Russian crude
McDonald's, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi join companies suspending business in Russia
