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Canada’s largest private-sector union says former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died. He was 81. In a statement Sunday, Unifor says Basil (Buzz) Hargrove was “a beloved and iconic figure in Canada’s labour movement” who “was a tireless advocate for working people and a deeply respected leader.” Hargrove was …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A legal expert says suing for medical malpractice can come with a long list of challenges. The comments come after a Nova Scotia woman says she was wrongly told she had terminal breast cancer just weeks after being told she had no …

Canadian Summer McIntosh smashed the women’s 400-metre freestyle world record Saturday night, touching the wall in three minutes 54.18 seconds at the national swimming trials in Victoria. McIntosh eclipsed the mark set by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus (3:55.38) in 2023 at the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan. She beat the other swimmers by more than 13 …

Canada’s post-secondary institutions are looking for new ways to assess students as they respond to fears about AI being used to cheat on exams. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most university exams were moved online. Then came generative AI tools like ChatGPT, capable of producing essays and answering complex questions in seconds. In the U.S., …

In dark waters near Collingwood, Ont., a giant yellow machine with metallic claws precisely snatches tiny rock balls from the lakebed, kicking up sediment with each grab.  While it looks like a claw game at an arcade, for Impossible Metals, it’s a demonstration of the technology the company plans to …

Israel’s military recovered the bodies of two hostages, Canadian Israeli Judih Weinstein and her husband, Israeli American Gadi Haggai, who were held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The Israeli army said in a statement that the bodies of the husband and wife were recovered in a special …

Global economic growth is slowing more than was expected only a few months ago, as the fallout from the Trump administration’s trade war continues, the OECD said on Tuesday, and Canada is among the countries where the downturn is most concentrated. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revised down its …

Hudson’s Bay is expected to return to court Tuesday morning to seek approval for a $30-million deal it signed with Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. If the deal gets the OK from Ontario’s Superior Court, Canadian Tire will be able to buy the rights to Hudson’s Bay’s intellectual property, which includes …

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. After you’ve met someone briefly, there can be that moment when you think: There was something I didn’t get a chance to say. Maj. Casey Anderson, a …

The divisive, little-seen yet still-controversial Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice managed to grab the brass ring on Sunday, taking home the top award of best motion picture at the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards.  It beat out stiff competition in that top category from filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s Universal …