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I've just joined Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal as a reporter in Barcelona. Write me! aimee.look@wsj.com

Dow Jones Newswires hires Look as reporter in Barcelona - Talking Biz News Dow Jones Newswires has hired Aimee Look as a reporter in Barcelona. She has been a general assignment reporter at The Logic in Toronto since October 2024. Before that, she interned in the Toronto bur...

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

Who's winning and who's getting crushed in Canada's war on U.S. wine - The Logic California winemakers are feeling the pain of bans and boycotts. So are the Canadians who sell their products

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

Why Canada can’t just build its way out of the housing crisis - The Logic Mark Carney wants the government to get back into building homes. Decades of neglect might put a wrench in his plans.

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
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Why Microsoft is still bullish on Canada - The Logic President Brad Smith on data centres, data sovereignty and the tech giant’s open relationship with OpenAI

Microsoft President Brad Smith's interview with @thelogic.co on data centres, data sovereignty and the tech giant’s open relationship with OpenAI:
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The untold story of how Shopify killed DEI - The Logic Shopify says it wants to make commerce better for everyone. Insiders tell a different story.

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.

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The untold story of how Shopify killed DEI - The Logic Shopify says it wants to make commerce better for everyone. Insiders tell a different story.

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.

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U.S. investors’ dominance of Canadian tech doesn't matter, industry says - The Logic Founders can't be choosers if investment isn't Canadian because the funds ultimately prop up the Canadian economy, say Tailscale and Clio CEOs

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.

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The untold story of how Shopify killed DEI - The Logic Shopify says it wants to make commerce better for everyone. Insiders tell a different story.

This is the whole story of how Shopify shut down its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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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!

Sanctuary AI is selling its stake in Apptronik as it tries to raise US$175M - The Logic

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

SRTX has a deal to raise roughly US$40M as it scrambles to stave off insolvency - The Logic The company secured commitments from key investors as founder and CEO Katherine Homuth agreed she will step down

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
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Build Canada has published 14 policy ideas—all of them written by men - The Logic Senior figures behind Build Canada say it’s wrong to characterize the project as male-led and that questions about diversity distract from the issues it is trying to address.

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.

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No, Toronto isn't spending $10.7M to scalp FIFA World Cup tickets - The Logic Toronto is one of several World Cup host cities considering selling hospitality packages in an attempt to recoup costs through a deal with FIFA

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

Glencore is in talks to acquire Li-Cycle, the beleaguered Canadian EV battery recycling company - The Logic Once expected to be a prominent player in Canada’s EV supply chain, Li-Cycle’s valuation has plunged nearly 99 per cent

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.

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The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders - The Logic Since October, U.S. customs officers have made 3,768 seizures of bird and poultry-related products, including eggs, compared to 352 fentanyl seizures.

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-...
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OTTAWA and NIAGARA FALLS — United States customs officers are making more seizures of poultry products, including eggs, than fentanyl, according to an analysis of official data by The Logic. The U.S. has reported a 36 per cent jump in people trying to bring eggs into the country illegally since October, compared to the same period last year, as avian flu drives up costs. At the northern border with Canada, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Detroit field office also recorded a 36 per cent increase during the same period. The San Diego field office, close to the border with Tijuana, Mexico, saw the number of egg seizures fly up 158 per cent.

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.

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The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders - The Logic Since October, U.S. customs officers have made 3,768 seizures of bird and poultry-related products, including eggs, compared to 352 fentanyl seizures.

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.
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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.)

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Shopify lays off team supporting Black, Indigenous and women entrepreneurs - The Logic The layoffs coincided with the closure of major diversity initiatives at Shopify, sources said, with major partners ghosted and Slack communities left abandoned

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

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Shopify lays off team supporting Black, Indigenous and women entrepreneurs - The Logic The layoffs coincided with the closure of major diversity initiatives at Shopify, sources said, with major partners ghosted and Slack communities left abandoned

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.

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A trade war would destroy the Big Mac - The Logic The U.S. depends on Canada for almost all its supply of potash, a crucial fertilizer ingredient. Tariffs will strain the supply chain for everything from fast food to fresh fruit.

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.

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A trade war would destroy the Big Mac - The Logic The U.S. depends on Canada for almost all its supply of potash, a crucial fertilizer ingredient. Tariffs will strain the supply chain for everything from fast food to fresh fruit.

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.

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Canada has ‘strong case’ to launch legal challenge against Trump’s tariffs - The Logic The U.S. has used fentanyl as an excuse to declare a trade war with Canada and ‘blatantly violated’ trade laws

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.

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Canada has ‘strong case’ to launch legal challenge against Trump’s tariffs - The Logic The U.S. has used fentanyl as an excuse to declare a trade war with Canada and ‘blatantly violated’ trade laws

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.
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These numbers show how Trump's tariffs will hit Canada - The Logic The auto parts industry is a ‘poster child’ for how tariffs will affect supply chains across North America, economists warn

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-...

Humanoid robot startup Sanctuary AI is trying to raise more money - The Logic The Vancouver company recently ousted its CEO and co-founder amid investor concerns

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.”
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Former Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose is taking a walk, literally - The Logic

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...