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A much-convicted, 71-year-old schizophrenic man now free after brutally strangling a cellmate remains “a significant threat to the safety of the public,” according to a new ruling that singles out his unauthorized use of marijuana for concern. George Veerman of Hamilton, Ont., was released in 2015, seven years after being found not criminally responsible for…

Royce Mendes, head of macro strategy for Desjardins Group, talks to Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the Bank of Canada‘s upcoming rate decision and how the central bank’s policy is not going to respond to weakness in home prices any time soon. Labour crunch looms for Canada, says RBC economist Americans are gaining interest in…

An Ontario Provincial Police officer who was once in charge of security for the premier of Ontario is suing his police service and his police union claiming he was ruined by an arrest on gun charges that were later dismissed by a judge who savaged the flawed prosecution — including concerns that police witnesses lied.…

OTTAWA — No matter what the decision is, the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on Quebec’s controversial secularism law will probably inspire violent extremist rhetoric, warns a federal intelligence assessment. In a March intelligence brief, Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) said it was “very unlikely” that violent extremists would target the court’s four days of…

A federal judge struck down a US$100,000 fee President Donald Trump ordered for H-1B visa applications , providing a reprieve for United States technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers . The president’s decree dramatically increasing the cost of the popular visa is an unlawful tax and must be vacated, U.S. District Judge…

Betting on continued United States dollar strength is the cleanest way for foreign-exchange traders to take a position on a new regime of higher rates and inflation , according to BMO Capital Markets . Traders in the US$9.5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market are “too eager” to price in the U.S.-Iran war resolution, Mark McCormick, BMO’s…

The easiest way to understand crypto used to be to look at bitcoin . When the world’s largest cryptocurrency rose, money flooded into startups, venture funds, exchanges and thousands of speculative tokens. When it crashed, businesses disappeared, funding dried up and activity slowed across the industry. Bitcoin wasn’t merely the biggest digital asset . It…

Apple Inc. investors gave a tepid reception to the next generation of its artificial intelligence platform, which is key to the company’s bid to catch up with Silicon Valley peers in a critical market. The new Apple Intelligence system — underpinned by Google technology — was unveiled during a keynote presentation at the company’s Worldwide…

National Post reporter Sharon Kirkey has been honoured by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, the third straight year a Postmedia journalist has won the group’s Medical Journalism Award. Kirkey received the prestigious award Monday night at the CAEP’s annual conference in Winnipeg. Her feature story diving deep into “Canada’s shockingly violent hospitals” ran in…

Justice Trina Simms had choice words for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Justice and Public Safety, after the start of a murder trial was delayed nearly two hours due to staffing problems on Monday morning.