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Capital, rates, the dollar, and the public companies that set the price of Canadian life.

• Canadian cleantech VC falls while global investing rises

  September 10, 2026

  Queen’s Institute for Sustainable Finance: Canadian cleantech VC hit $590 million last year, down 43% from 2024 as global investing rose 8%.

• Canada’s Trade Surplus Narrows to $769 Million

  September 3, 2026

  First export drop in six months. Gold and crude led the slide. Auto imports hit a record.

• Canada's Real-Time Rail Could Save Up to $14.5 Billion

  September 2, 2026

  Instant payments launch this quarter. Ten-year savings: $5.3 billion to $14.5 billion. Cheques and cash do most of the dying.

• Cantaloupe Up 63%. Ground Beef Still $16.49 a Kilo.

  September 2, 2026

  July scanner prices. Strip loin $38.36 a kilogram. Stickers, not CPI.

• Helcim Raises C$53 Million as Canada’s Payments Stack Changes Hands

  August 21, 2026

  The Calgary processor is raising into a vacuum created by bank-owned merchant acquirers selling to U.S. private equity.

• Wealthsimple Raises Up to C$750 Million at a C$10 Billion Valuation

  October 27, 2025

  Dragoneer and GIC are paying up for a profitable Canadian consumer-finance company that just crossed C$100 billion in assets.