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Manitoba sets aside $1 million a year to spend on its U.S. trade office — $200,000 more than the NDP government previously disclosed, according to documents obtained by CBC News. The province has allocated $1 million Cdn to cover the annual cost of salaries, office space and other expenses for …
Read More »Ambassador Hoekstra wants American booze back on Canadian shelves next year
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra’s speech at his Fourth of July party in Ottawa included …
Read More »Trump’s crypto businesses took in about $1.2B US last year, federal filing shows
U.S. President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion US from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors suffered losses. Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed in revenue much of his …
Read More »Fact check: How have grocery prices changed in a year?
Grocery prices keep rising more than a year after Carney said Canadians would hold his government to account based on ‘their experience at the grocery store.’ Here are the facts. News Source link
Read More »Ottawa cut therapy sessions for refugees to 10 hours per year. Now some are pushing back
When the federal government introduced supplemental health copayments for asylum seekers and refugee claimants earlier this spring, it also quietly brought in a 10-hour yearly cap on mental health sessions for them, CBC News has learned. Mental health practitioners have been lobbying for a reversal since, with limited success. No …
Read More »Montreal mayor says husband, who is Black, was stopped last year ‘at least 5 or 6 times — for nothing’
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says a moratorium on police checks would be a “good first …
Read More »1 year after acquittal in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial, Carter Hart could win Stanley Cup
WARNING: This article references sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone impacted by it. As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart — whose journey has been highly …
Read More »A Quebec studio won game of the year. So why doesn’t the game look Canadian?
A Quebec-made video game set in a fictionalized version of the American Deep South, called South of Midnight, won the top prize at last week’s Canadian Game Awards — a fitting example of a larger tension in Canada’s game industry. Canada is one of the giants of the global games …
Read More »My phone was one of thousands snatched in London this year. Like many others, it was trafficked to China
It took only a second for my phone to be snatched from the mount on my bike handlebars at an intersection in central London near the end of April. And less than four weeks for it to travel more than 9,000 kilometres and pop up on the streets of Shenzhen, …
Read More »After more than a year of litigation, former AHS CEO’s wrongful dismissal lawsuit has much to sort out
Last week, during a lunch break as part of what has become an expansive and complicated legal process, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was asked by a reporter whether she imagined being at this stage when she launched her wrongful dismissal suit in February 2025. “No,” Athana Mentzelopoulos …
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