I've just joined Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal as a reporter in Barcelona. Write me! [email protected]

@aimlo.bsky.social hired as a reporter for @wsj.com/Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/d...

Canada imported a little less than $1.1 million worth of American wine in May—a 98 per cent decrease from the same month last year. What's going on? Check out The Big Read for @thelogic.co by me and @aimlo.bsky.social thelogic.co/news/the-big... #TradeSky #Wine

Ottawa wants to build 500,000 homes per year, but decades absent from affordable housing might mean they've lost the expertise to do so. Now, experts say Carney must be strategic about what type of home—not just how many—are built. Read my latest for @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/build-c...

Microsoft President Brad Smith's interview with @thelogic.co on data centres, data sovereignty and the tech giant’s open relationship with OpenAI: thelogic.co/news/the-int...

As Trump's war on DEI raged, Shopify laid off teams that supported Black and Indigenous entrepreneurs and shut down initiatives that supported similar work internally. This is the untold story of how Shopify killed DEI. By @muradhem.bsky.social and @aimlo.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/the-big...

This story about the rise and fall of equity initiatives at Shopify, by colleagues @aimlo.bsky.social and @muradhem.bsky.social, is about seven different cautionary tales in one. Phenomenal reporting. thelogic.co/news/the-big...

US investors at Web Summit, one of North America’s biggest tech conferences, are on the hunt—unfazed by the trade war. And founders can’t be choosers if investment isn’t Canadian because the funds ultimately prop up the Canadian economy, say Tailscale and Clio CEOs. thelogic.co/news/web-sum...

This is the whole story of how Shopify shut down its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. thelogic.co/news/the-big...

If you're a Canadian who travels to the U.S. frequently for business, I'd love to speak with you for a story. DM me!

ICYMI: Exclusive - Sanctuary AI will bring in U$125M by selling its majority stake in Apptronik (valued at U$1.4B). Sanctuary also secured two prominent U.S. venture capital firms as co-lead investors in a new U$50M Series B-2 fundraising round. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

Scoop! Great work by my colleagues @aimlo.bsky.social & @catherinemcintyre.bsky.social

Exclusive: The company behind Sheertex rip-resistant tights has raised roughly US$40 million in a deal that would see founder Katherine Homuth step down as CEO. Montreal-based SRTX would otherwise run out of money in April, sources said w/ @catherinemcintyre.bsky.social thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

The tech-forward crew at Build Canada has a lot of ideas for how to strengthen the country in a difficult time. Fourteen papers published so far. Every single one of them led by a man. Colleague @catherinemcintyre.bsky.social talked to them about what's going on there. thelogic.co/news/build-c...

No, Toronto isn’t spending $10.7M to scalp FIFA World Cup tickets thelogic.co/news/toronto...

NEW: Glencore is in talks to acquire Li-Cycle, a Toronto-based EV battery recycling startup once valued at US$1.7 billion that has seen its valuation plunge 99 per cent. thelogic.co/news/glencor...

The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders, my colleagues Laura Osman and @aimlo.bsky.social report in this excellent bit of data-driven journalism for @thelogic.co thelogic.co/news/canada-... #TradeSky #CanadaUSTrade #EggPrices

New: U.S. border officers are now making more seizures of eggs than fentanyl. Since October, officers have made 3,768 seizures of bird and poultry-related products, compared to 352 fentanyl seizures. U.S. egg hunters are now a common sight at border grocery stores. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

More eggs than fentanyl have been seized at the Canadian and Mexican borders since October, as Americans smuggle eggs into the country to contend with rising prices due to the avian flu. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Laura Osman and @aimlo.bsky.social report on egg smuggling across the U.S. border. Either you want to read that or you don't. (You do.) thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Exclusive: Shopify has laid off the team responsible for its social impact initiatives, and ended programs to support Black, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

SCOOP: Shopify has laid off the team responsible for its social impact initiatives, including programs to support Black, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs. Story by @aimlo.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

So a trade war would destroy the Big Mac. For real. U.S. tariffs on Canadian potash, a crucial fertilizer, would bring crushing costs for American farmers—putting pressure on wheat, cattle feed and more: thelogic.co/news/trade-w...

Are you the president of a major country? Do you like McDonald's? OK, now have you REALLY thought through your trade policies? @aimlo.bsky.social has some things for you to consider. thelogic.co/news/trade-w...

Trump's trade war against Canada would destroy the Big Mac. Fun fact: the US relies on Canada for almost all of its potash fertilizer. And that fertilizer is used to grow... everything. The world's other big potash producers? Russia, Belarus, China, and Israel. thelogic.co/news/trade-w...

NEW: Trump’s approach to imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico “blatantly violates” both the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and WTO agreements, according to legal experts. There is a "strong case" for a legal challenge. Story by @aimlo.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

The U.S. has "blatantly violated" trade laws, a legal expert said. There is no clear link between the tariffs and the national emergency declared over border security and fentanyl. They could be challenged in U.S. courts, and by Canada and Mexico. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

How will Trump's tariffs hit Canada? Here's @aimlo.bsky.social from @thelogic.co with a look at the numbers: thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Exclusive: Vancouver start-up Sanctuary AI wants to raise more money. Chief financial officer Philip Smith told investors in an email they want to raise US$10 million via a two-year convertible note offering “in order to finance the company for fiscal 2025.” thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

This is such a fantastic read by @aimlo.bsky.social for @thelogic.co: "Former Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose is taking a walk, literally" thelogic.co/news/the-big...

honestly this is the best story about a yoghurt-eating scandal you'll read all year

Ousted as CEO at robotics startup Sanctuary AI last November, serial entrepreneur Geordie Rose is now about to set off on an 8,000-kilometre walk across Canada. Plus, there's a tangent about yoghurt world records. Edited by @jtemperton.bsky.social for @thelogic.co: thelogic.co/news/the-big...

This story is wild. Pickering, a small city in Ontario, has found itself tangled up in a bunch of alt-right conspiracy theories. Local officials have been accused of being pedophiles, Nazis and fascists. One alt-right figure has said they should get a "baseball bat to the face."

Alt-right conspiracy theories are creating chaos in the city of Pickering, Ont., as online and offline worlds collide—causing confusion for local residents and politicians. What happened when a small Canadian city collided with the alt-right: thelogic.co/news/pickeri...

The climate crisis is getting costly for Canada's ski resorts. “The once-in-100-year events are happening much more often." thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Scoop by @aimlo.bsky.social: RBC has been undergoing a major restructuring after its HSBC Canada acquisition. More layoffs to come in early 2025 thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

Exclusive: RBC laid off about 30 executives, and plans more job cuts in major restructuring, sources say. The bank will continue with a round of junior-level layoffs in early 2025. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

Katherine Homuth’s materials technology startup SRTX has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. It still hasn’t been enough. “Sheertex is not profitable—not even close.” The founder told The Logic why. thelogic.co/news/srtx-ka...

Canada's Big Six banks posted mixed Q4 results this week, with executives and analysts approaching 2025 with cautious optimism. Credit risk was a mixed bag, there's (more) trouble at TD, and lenders reacted to Trump's tariff threat. What's next? thelogic.co/news/big-six...

As OpenAI, Google and others struggle to build more advanced AIs, Cohere is taking a different path. The company says it will now focus on building smaller, more efficient AI agents for businesses thelogic.co/news/cohere-... Story by @muradhem.bsky.social and @aimlo.bsky.social

Just 43 pounds of fentanyl have been seized at the U.S.-Canada border since Oct 2023, while 21,000 pounds have been intercepted at the Mexican border in the same period. @patriquin.bsky.social and I contextualize Trump’s proposed 25% tariff: thelogic.co/news/trump-c...

For important background, @aimlo.bsky.social and @patriquin.bsky.social ran the numbers on the extent of the drug and migration problems that Donald Trump is purporting to want to address.

On Trump's Canada tariff threat... Just 43 pounds of fentanyl has been seized at the US-Canada border since October 2023, compared to 21,000 pounds at the Mexican border. Great reporting by @aimlo.bsky.social, @patriquin.bsky.social and @sebastianleck.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/trump-c...

A small Canadian shawarma chain attracted praise from crypto fans, influencers, and billionaire Michael Saylor after going all-in on Bitcoin. Now it's mapping out a global expansion. thelogic.co/news/canada-...

Wild story out of Quebec. The province's public pension fund manager, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, allegedly participated in and signed off on a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme. Story by @patriquin.bsky.social. thelogic.co/news/cdpq-ex...

Groupe Dynamite broke the Canadian IPO dry spell with a muted debut thelogic.co/briefing/gro...

Exclusive: Robotics startup Sanctuary AI's board forced out its CEO and co-founder earlier this month, setting off a string of personnel changes at the company. thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

Colleague @lookaimee.bsky.social has the newest entry in our "The Logic After Dark" series. She went to the theatre, where the dismal reality of Toronto real estate has been repurposed for the stage.

Home seller June places jumbo metallic bugs around her gold-embellished Toronto residence. The bizarre insect artwork intends to reflect the ugliness within—and does just that for characters brawling over her house in a Toronto play about the city's real estate market. thelogic.co/news/the-bid...

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