# Canadian regulators warn against ‘gambling style’ advertising and marketing in guidelines for crypto companies

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“# Canadian regulators warn against ‘gambling style’ advertising and marketing in guidelines for crypto companies ” The Canadian Securities Administrators, or CSA, and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, or IIROC, have issued guidelines for crypto trading platforms operating in the country to avoid “advertising and marketing materials that could mislead investors.” In a Thursday…

# Netflix to release documentary about QuadrigaCX CEO’s mysterious life and death

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“# Netflix to release documentary about QuadrigaCX CEO’s mysterious life and death ” Online streaming platform and production company Netflix will be producing a film on deceased crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten. In a Sept. 23 tweet from Netflix, the platform announced Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King documentary will premiere…

#Amazon faces Teamsters union drive at 9 Canadian sites

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“#Amazon faces Teamsters union drive at 9 Canadian sites” The Teamsters Union has launched campaigns to organize employees in at least nine Canadian facilities of Amazon, according to Reuters interviews with union officials. The influential union took the first step earlier this week to organize employees at one of Amazon’s Canadian facilities, and the interviews reveal it is…

# Canadian politician says he supports Bitcoin as federal election looms

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“# Canadian politician says he supports Bitcoin as federal election looms ” Maxime Bernier, founder and leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has said he supports the adoption of cryptocurrencies in the country. In a Tuesday tweet, Bernier said cryptocurrencies are “another new and innovative way” to counter the actions by central banks, which…

#2nd member named to NY Cannabis Board has weed experience

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“#2nd member named to NY Cannabis Board has weed experience” A lawyer from Buffalo whose expertise includes advising clients on the marijuana industry was named to the state’s new Cannabis Control Board on Wednesday. Adam Perry was appointed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx), who got to choose one of the board’s five members….

#Federal election leaders’ debate 2021: Live video

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“#Federal election leaders’ debate 2021: Live video” Five federal leaders take part in the English-language debate, starting at 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 9 Stay tuned: The English-language debate will begin Thurs., Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. ET. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O’Toole, Green Party of Canada Leader…

#What’s coming to Disney+ Canada in September 2021

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“#What’s coming to Disney+ Canada in September 2021” A Billie Eilish concert film, a Doogie Howser reboot and more Star Wars Disney Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (Friday, September 3) An unusual thing about this concert film is that the pop star’s new album, also entitled “Happier Than Ever,”…

#‘Solarpunk’: The word of the month

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“#‘Solarpunk’: The word of the month” The term to add to your vocabulary this month is all about a utopian future Solar panels masquerade as roads and stained-glass windows. Plant life is intertwined with infrastructure, and colourful handcrafted wares are sold along pedestrian walkways. There may be airships, but a Victorian-inspired, ominous steampunk landscape this…

#$29 billion Canadian bid for US railroad screeches to a halt

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“#$29 billion Canadian bid for US railroad screeches to a halt” The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Tuesday rejected a voting trust proposed by Canadian National Railway for its $29 billion deal to buy US railroad operator Kansas City Southern. The rail regulator’s ruling is a blow to Canadian National, which is locked in a takeover battle for Kansas City with smaller rival Canadian Pacific. “The Board finds that the…

# Canadian investment firm plans to plant trees matching buys in Bitcoin ETF

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“# Canadian investment firm plans to plant trees matching buys in Bitcoin ETF ” Accelerate Financial Technologies is planning to match each investment in its pending Bitcoin exchange-traded fund with the planting of thousands of trees. According to a Friday report from Bloomberg, the Calgary-based investment services company has pledged to plant 3,450 trees for…