Alex_Ari

Advanced Analytics & Geospatial Consultant. Schulich MBA, TMU (Ryerson) & Rotman Post-Grad Instructor. Analytics trends posted here first. Open Data advocate.

[Alex_Ari @Alex_Ari]

@The_Big_Chifa_ Blue Lights
https://t.co/OAagC8xE7y

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

#NEWS: U.S. cafe chain Dunkin' Donuts is returning to Canada through agreement with Foodtastic and set to open hundreds of locations across Canada by 2027. 🇨🇦 🍩

[Koyfin @KoyfinCharts]

The trend in Software vs Semiconductors is an all-time low.

[Retail Insider Canada @RetailInsider_]

Woodbine Mall filed for CCAA last week, marking a pivotal turning point for the Etobicoke shopping centre and underscoring broader structural challenges facing secondary malls across Canada.
https://t.co/XhVvaPUwmN

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Claire's shuts all 154 standalone stores in UK and Ireland with loss of more than 1,300 jobs https://t.co/Xal1ukkoQ8

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@waynecheung29 @rpoconnor Peak bureaucratic silos. Inconveniencing riders secondary

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@remarks Canceling these routes will save them. 0.1% of fuel. It will make non stop service from JFK to Singapore, Auckland + Mumbai much less convenient making Air Canada's options better in comparison. Also true for many secondary European and African destinations.

[Retail Insider Canada @RetailInsider_]

Top Canadian Shopping Centres by Sales Per Square Foot in 2025 #CraigPatterson #ICSC #ShoppingCenters #shoppingcentres @RI_EIC
https://t.co/4Tuodb2zHU

[Alex_Ari @Alex_Ari]

@Anthony_Bonato Post COVID this has become a serious issue. They were indoctrinated that zoom classes cameras off would still get you a good Mark. Just following through on that

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@DK3OffTheT @BBGreatMoments Hit over 400 one season

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇨🇦 Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says.

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@Ben13Porter What about all the italo-americans??

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: After pouring nearly 90 billion dollars into its metaverse vision, The Meta company has announced that they will now be shutting down its VR platform on June 15.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Photos and scans from Pokémon Go players created a dataset of 30+ billion real-world images now being used to help delivery robots navigate streets without GPS.

So yeah, people thought they were catching Pikachu.

Turns out they were also training robots the whole time.

Source: NewsForce

[Alex_Ari @Alex_Ari]

@CityNewsTO "eschewed" maybe something more relatable to your readers like me

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@PhysInHistory Ai was originally built on real human created data. Over time it will ingest more and more AI generated content which includes AI slop and incorrect information. This pollution will reduce the effectiveness of AI over time.

[CP24 @CP24]

Retailer Roots launches review of strategic alternatives including possible sale https://t.co/gW8bvD0TI3

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: Premier Doug Ford says his government is going to announce a renovation of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Ford Ontario is currently known as one of the "worst convention centre places anywhere in the world."

He says the current facility is "only on 6, 7 acres" and is a bit of a maze.

#onpoli

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@BenRabidoux Don't forget to add 9% for the drop in the Canadian dollar over this time

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@JMC9787 But then the deeper team might not win and NBC / CBC would lose millions