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Oct 9, 2025 When most people think about investing, they picture stock tickers, market swings, and the rush of watching their portfolio rise and fall. What rarely gets the spotlight is the quiet factor that can make or break a lifetime of financial growth: taxes. In Canada, where the tax landscape is as complex as

Cybersecurity | Oct 9, 2025 Alberta’s Investor Protection Challenge Crowns Stingray Security for Advancing Real-time Fraud Prevention Innovation On October 9, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) announced that Stingray Security had won first place in the ScamShield: Investor Protection Challenge, a collaborative initiative launched last year by the ASC, Edmonton Police Foundation (EPF), and

Oct 9, 2025 The Canadian iGaming sector is thriving, especially online casino gaming. Being part of a wider, highly popular gaming industry in a country that loves video gaming has helped set it up for success, as has government financial support for research and innovation in tech. The move towards regulated markets by provinces such

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Don’t just hear your music. Feel it. In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified Podcast, Michael shares how his team’s Groove Thing Kickstarter campaign skyrocketed past $510,482 in funding, drawing over a thousand backers to a daring new vision for how we experience sound. Michael describes Groove Thing as “the world’s first internal music player,” merging high-fidelity audio with internal tactile sensation. You don’t only listen. You experience. Before Groove Thing, Michael was building products in tech at places like Google and Uber. But the seed of this idea? A lifelong music love, experiments with DIY sound beds, and a conviction that sound could become sensation.  He allowed himself to prototype messy, to fail fast, and to test early. That gave clarity on form, fit, and how real users respond. One prototype looked like a […]

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A tax change in President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill may help startup founders, investors and early employees keep more of their company stock income.

Competition Policy | Oct 7, 2025 Boswell links competition to prosperity, while Minister Joly says Government is 'Hawkish on Competition' On October 1, 2025, the Competition Bureau hosted Canada's Competition Summit 2025, bringing together policymakers, regulators and business leaders to confront Canada's achilles heels being productivity, affordability, consumer choice, and global competitiveness. Minister of Industry,

The price of gold is soaring amid the current state political and financial uncertainty, but other asset classes have more staying power, experts say.

Oct 8, 2025 In today's world, where the majority of sales are now online, it is the speed of development that determines whether a company will be successful in selling online. For a large corporation, a delay of literally minutes or an error in the process can turn into a loss of several millions. That's

Artificial intelligence is most likely to impact white-collar jobs, while those requiring more physical labor and intervention are relatively insulated.

If you're retired and planning to give to charity, you could secure a bigger tax break by making a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD.

Some Gen Z and millennial renters are making certain housing sacrifices to afford wedding events, report finds. Here's what to do instead.

It's not easy to decide between pretax vs. Roth 401(k) contributions. But this lesser-known calculation could help you decide, experts say.

Looking to diversify beyond the traditional S&P 500 index? Here's what experts say to consider.

The new IRS CEO, Frank Bisignano, is also Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Here's why the dual role worries policy experts, consumer advocates.