Murray Wood: America is becoming a flyover country for many Canadians
The exchange rate is a factor for some, but Murray Wood says many are responding to what The Wall Street Journal called ...
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Global Affairs laying off highest-skilled diplomats, union says, as GAC sets targets
OTTAWA - The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wai...
Mar 25, 2026 The Lester B. Pearson Building, the headquarters of Global Affairs Canada, is pictured in Ottawa, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
From mortgage costs to utilities, developers getting creative with incentive offers
If lower interest rates can't push homebuyers off the sidelines, perhaps a year's worth of free borrowing costs will. That's the hope for one developer whose offer joins a growing list of incentives a...
Mar 25, 2026 New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election for a Florida state House seat on Tuesday, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago. The Republic...
Mar 24, 2026
Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
OTTAWA - Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada's advisory committee...
Mar 24, 2026
Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
QUBEC - Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to ov...
Mar 24, 2026
Ford says privacy commissioner opposing record restrictions 'politically driven'
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is "politically dr...
Mar 24, 2026
Tax help and affordability: Highlights from the Manitoba budget
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: - The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at ...
Mar 24, 2026
TikTok returns to Junos as sponsor after reversal of federal shutdown order
TikTok is hitting play again on Canadian arts sponsorships, coming back to the Juno Awards after a federal shutdown order forced it to press pause last year. The tech company says it will serve as a P...
Mar 24, 2026
North Carolina Senate leader, conservative architect Phil Berger concedes primary loss
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina government's most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his legislative seat on Tuesday, shaking the pow...
Mar 24, 2026
Google fights fees after losing constitutional challenge in ad competition case
Google is arguing it shouldn't have to pay about $370,000 in legal fees and other costs the Competition Commissioner is seeking after the tech giant lost a constitutional challenge. In a new filing ma...
Mar 24, 2026
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