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HINTON, Alta. — It's been hard to find a hotel room in Hinton, Alta., lately.

As kids head back to school, many will be logging onto TikTok to connect with classmates or bust boredom with an endless scroll of videos.

Back to school could mean back to the hot seat for Big Tech.

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.

MONTREAL — As tensions build at the bargaining table, the country's two main freight railways are turning away a growing number of goods ahead of a potential work stoppage next week that could disrupt supply chains and industry.

OTTAWA — The annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June as starts of multi-unit projects shot higher for the month, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says.

Triple Point Resources Ltd. CEO Julie Lemieux wants people to understand the sheer size of the Fischell Salt Dome, a geological formation on Newfoundland's west coast she says could play a key role in the green energy transition.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $69.6 billion in June, as sales for the transportation equipment, chemical product and primary metal subsectors moved lower.

OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has rejected a request from Canadian National Railway Co. for binding arbitration as the clock ticks down to a potential lockout of its employees.

OTTAWA — Canada's housing market softened slightly in July from a month earlier as sales of existing homes dipped and new listings inched up, the Canadian Real Estate Association said. Sales were down 0.