Sarah Mills: LEGO is for everyone, but only the rich can afford the bigger sets
Sarah Mills has a bone to pick with LEGO. A lot of the newer and more complex sets are geared towards adults, but the pr...
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More 'Buy BC' ads coming as Eby touts local food in response to U.S. tariff threat
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says it has been "absolutely inspirational" to see people step up across the province and Canada to support homegrown businesses in response to the tarif...
Feb 28, 2025
N.S. Tories criticized for removing online data about people seeking family doctor
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government is facing criticism after it took down an online dashboard that provided detailed information about the number of people waiting for a famil...
Feb 28, 2025
Independent Ontario candidate wins rare and resounding second election victory
Bobbi Ann Brady set out in this Ontario election to prove that her win in Haldimand-Norfolk as an independent in 2022 was not a fluke, but winning by the second-largest margin in the province is "mind...
Feb 28, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith touts budget's income tax cut despite $5.2B deficit
CALGARY - Premier Danielle Smith defended on Friday the massive income-tax break in Alberta's proposed 2025 budget, as critics accused her of giving with one hand while taking with the other. "We felt...
Feb 28, 2025
Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister Friday after a scandal with the auto insurance board's online platform forced the resignation of ric C...
Feb 28, 2025
Advocates decry proposal to fine air travellers who breach confidentiality
MONTREAL - Passenger rights advocates are raising alarm bells about a proposed rule change that would give the country's transport watchdog new powers to penalize air travellers. The Canadian Transpor...
Feb 28, 2025
Quebec could extend religious symbols ban to school staff other than teachers
MONTREAL - The Quebec government might extend its ban on religious symbols following a report on the state of secularism in several public schools. Education Minister Bernard Drainville announced Frid...
Feb 28, 2025
Ottawa posts $21.7 billion deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $21.7 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $23.6 billion for the sam...
Feb 28, 2025
Trump calls Freeland 'a whack' and Poilievre 'not a MAGA guy' as tariff threat looms
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in this week on domestic Canadian politics, firing insults at Chrystia Freeland and saying Pierre Poilievre is not a "MAGA guy" as his deadline to impo...
Feb 28, 2025
Doug Ford's Ontario PCs win re-election, with tariff threats approaching
TORONTO - Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won't have long to sit back and bask in the glow of winning a third majority government, with an imminent tariff threat around the corner. The Tories wo...
Feb 28, 2025
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