The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday — here’s how it works
This Saturday marks the beginning of the Liberal government's two-month GST/HST holiday that it says will give Canadians a break on the cost of some essential goods. In order for an item to be sold ...
Tensions rising between Canada Post, union as strike nears 4-week mark
Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are in a war of words as a countrywide strike is on its 27th day. On Wednesday, Canada Post said the union's new demands are unaffordable and ...
Toronto fraud victim recovers most of $355k lost in international romance scam: police
The victim of a romance cryptocurrency fraud, who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, has had most of their money returned ...
Rebel victory in Syria exposes horrors of Saydnaya prison as families search for traces of the disappeared
A 2017 report by Amnesty International called Saydnaya a slaughterhouse, documenting abuse on what it called an industrial scale including rape, torture and executions. People were often disappeared ...
Trudeau says Kamala Harris’s election loss was a setback for women’s progress
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Kamala Harris's loss in the U.S. presidential election was a setback for women's progress — and cited several recent incidents that he said suggest ...
Trudeau holding 2nd meeting with premiers to talk about Trump’s tariff threat
Trudeau has said Canada is readying some sort of response if Trump does go ahead with a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods destined for the U.S. Canada slapped retaliatory tariffs on some U.S.
Freeland celebrates Bank of Canada cutting key rate to 3.25%
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the rate cut is ‘good news’ especially for homeowners and businesses. The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by 50-basis ...
Annual rents just hit a 15-month low — but they’re still way higher than they were 3 years ago
The report says that despite those declines, average rents in Canada are still 6.7 per cent higher than two years ago and ...
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 3.25%
The Bank of Canada lowered its interest rate by 50-basis points to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday. Economists were largely ...
Poilievre’s ’Santa Claus’ quip trivialized Inuit presence in Arctic, says national Inuit leader
The U.S. recently appointed Alaskan Michael Sfraga as ambassador-at-large for Arctic affairs. Greenland plans to open a ...
As Canada Post strike drags on, frustration mounts over ’prohibitive’ courier costs
He was charged $35.29, and it took over a week to arrive at its destination. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went ...
She posted about her PhD, and went viral in the worst possible way
When Ally Louks posted last week that she was PhDone with her English literature thesis, she didn't expect to find herself at ...