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The future of the fur trade — and Canada's economic pulse as a new season begins

As the economy, perhaps, begins to recover from COVID-19 related restrictions and shutdowns, a lot of change is on the horizon as the seasons change. Plus we explore the future of Canada's fur industry.

We look at the economy in fall 2020 as everything starts to change once more

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Furs are displayed at an auction in North Bay, Ont., and a school bus pulls up to a school in Stratford, P.E.I. (Tracy Fuller/CBC, Jane Robertson/CBC)
Cost of Living27:30The future of the fur trade: what Canada's oldest industry is going through and what comes next

We head to North Bay, Ontario, for the only wild fur auction happening in North America this year despite a global pandemic.

So what is happening to the fur trade, a business that predates this country itself, amid not just the coronavirus but changing cultures and consumer demands internationally?
Cost of Living15:20What is happening to a business older than Canada itself, and what does it means if the fur trade vanishes?

Paul Haavardsrud and producer Tracy Fuller talk to industry players and to an economic historian about what it means when a legacy industry is struggling

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As well, with the fall comes lots of changes. Kids are going back to school, businesses are reopening and government programs around the COVID-19 economic fallout are wrapping up or changing.
Cost of Living10:13An economic check-in for fall 2020 as everything starts to change… again

We take the pulse of where the economy is at, and where it might go — by checking in with an economist, and re-checking-in with a small business owner you've heard from on the program before.

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