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winnipegfreepress. com > arts-and-life > life > sci-tech > 06/16/2026 > shopify-shareholders-shoot-down-proposal-to-create-ai-policy

Shopify shareholders shoot down proposal to create AI policy

2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (533+ words) Winnipeg 20" C, Windy Shopify Inc. shareholders have voted against the company creating an artificial intelligence policy. The idea was shot down at the Ottawa-based tech company's annual general meeting, but Shopify has yet to reveal how many shareholders opposed the…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > arts-and-life > life > sci-tech > 06/15/2026 > shopify-board-fighting-shareholder-push-to-create-ai-policy

Shopify board fighting shareholder push to create AI policy

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (133+ words) Winnipeg 18" C, Partly cloudy Shopify Inc. shareholders will vote Tuesday on whether the tech company should create an artificial intelligence policy. The creation of the policy is being pushed by the Shareholder Association for Research and Education on behalf of…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > business > 06/02/2026 > shopify-announces-us3-billion-increase-to-existing-share-repurchase-program

Shopify announces US$3-billion increase to existing share repurchase program

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (143+ words) Winnipeg 20" C, Light rain with wind Shopify Inc. is boosting its ongoing share buyback program by US$3 billion." The company says the increase is for the repurchase of Class A subordinate voting shares and brings its aggregate repurchase authorization to…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > arts-and-life > life > sci-tech > 05/12/2026 > amazon-looks-to-redefine-a-need-for-speed-with-30-minute-deliveries

Amazon looks to redefine a need for speed with 30-minute deliveries

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1167+ words) The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U. S. and foreign cities to cater to shoppers who can't or don't want to wait for cough medicine to…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > business > 05/08/2026 > feds-greenlight-673-million-to-keep-canada-post-afloat-this-year

Feds greenlight $673 million to keep Canada Post afloat this year

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (363+ words) Winnipeg 13" C, Cloudy with wind OTTAWA " The federal government is handing hundreds of millions of dollars to Canada Post to keep the money-bleeding mail service afloat for the current fiscal year. A cabinet order gives the beleaguered Crown corporation up…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > business > 05/05/2026 > shopify-reports-us581m-q1-loss-revenue-up-34-per-cent-from-year-earlier

Shopify leaning deeper into AI, reports US$581 M Q1 loss

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (774+ words) Artificial intelligence is behind well over half the coding done at Shopify Inc." "What that actually means is that our best engineers aren't writing few lines of code or doing less. It means they're operating at this much higher level,…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > business > 03/30/2026 > competition-commissioner-loses-bid-for-amazon-data-at-federal-appeal-court

Competition Bureau loses bid for Amazon data in fake reviews case

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (431+ words) Winnipeg -2" C, Blowing snow The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a decision keeping the competition commissioner from getting access to Amazon data it hoped would help prove the company hosts fake reviews on its website. A decision issued by…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > business > 02/02/2026 > importing-frustration-niche-business-vs-cbsa-online-portal-case-study

Importing frustration: niche business vs. CBSA online portal "case study

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (782+ words) A local matcha maven is breathing a sigh of relief after receiving a $12, 000 tea order from Japan after it was held up at the border for three months. Maro Matcha has specialized in matcha and hojicha green tea sourced directly…...

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winnipegfreepress. com > opinion > editorials > 12/30/2025 > the-environmental-cost-of-instant-delivery

Opinion: The environmental cost of instant delivery

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (620+ words) Winnipeg -11" C, Blowing snow The box arrives before you've finished your coffee. That, in a nutshell, is the modern miracle " and modern problem " of online shopping. With a few taps, whatever you want appears on your doorstep the same day,…...

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