News of the day: Bank of Canada holds rate, West Coast pipeline benefits, condo-market government buyout, Canadian chipmaker startup, RBC settles lawsuit and more

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Tiff MacklemBank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem announced the rate decision Wednesday. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key interest rate at 2.25 per cent for the sixth consecutive time despite uncertainty over trade relations with the United States and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the submission of the West Coast pipeline project at TransAm Piping Products in Calgary on July 2. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the submission of the West Coast pipeline project at TransAm Piping Products in Calgary on July 2. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia files

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While pipeline proposals are a long game, industry watchers say Canadian companies could get a bump from participating in the estimated $35-billion to $43-billion buildout.

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Condominiums nearing completion and up for sale in Burnaby, BC Wednesday, May 23, 2024. A record-high 4,295 new condos were completed and unsold in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area in the first quarter, more than double that of a year ago. Photo by Jason Payne/Postmedia

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You bought your high-rise condominium at the top of the real estate market, and now government-led forces are looking to fill the empty units around you with affordable housing for lower-income tenants. It sounds like your condo nightmare got even worse, but what if it helped?

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UCLA PhD Student in electrical engineering, Samuel Wang, points at chiplets diplayed on a semiconductor wafer at the Center for Heterogeneous and Performance Scaling laboratory during the official launch of the Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in Los Angeles, on May 21, 2026. As Big Tech continues to build large-scale data centres to train and run AI systems, their facilities could require tens or thousands of chip timing devices to keep their servers running. Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images

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Many promising companies solving critical problems for advanced semiconductor technology have started up in Canada only to move to the United States or be bought by American companies, but Montreal startup Stathera Inc. wants to change that.

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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The plaintiff alleged Royal Bank of Canada’s subsidiary improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers for services and advice that were never provided. Photo by Della Rollins/Bloomberg

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Two Royal Bank of Canada subsidiaries have agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges some mutual fund investors paid fees they should not have been charged.

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