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Why market bets for interest rate hikes in Canada are so high
The future path of interest rates in Canada is up for debate, with most economists coming down on the side of holds, while market bets are rising for two, perhaps even three, rate hikes by the end of this year. “Traders that are pricing in Bank of Canada tightening believe that (the war in Iran)…
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Posthaste: Many Canadians could be committing insurance fraud — and don’t even know it
Many Canadians are committing insurance fraud even if they don’t know. More than 90 per cent believe others commit small insurance frauds by omitting information in a claim, while only seven per cent of respondents believed they have done so themselves, according to a recent survey by Toronto-Dominion Bank. “Many Canadians don’t realize that small…
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What we’re eyeing on March 25
Housing development announcement, and murder or manslaughter in 2022 killing in Windsor
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Family of man killed in Ontario police shooting says he’d asked for help, reflecting ‘gaps’ in the system
A 39-year-old man was killed in an Ontario Provincial Police shooting this month after they responded to a call about a person in crisis. CBC News was in touch with Nash Prystie’s family, who said he’d previously “reached out for help during times when he needed it most.” Here’s what the family shared as the…
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Can Canadians ask to deal with TSA rather than ICE at the airports? What a lawyer says you should do
Due to a partial government shutdown in the U.S., many Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are calling in sick or quitting over a lack of pay, resulting in long airport wait times. To help out, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel have being deployed to major U.S. airports starting March 23. National Post reached out…
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Who is Hamdi Lataj, the Balkan ex-bank burglar living large among Canada’s A-listers?
Hamdi Lataj is a convicted bank burglar who police suspected once trafficked drugs with Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and who was targeted in an illegal gambling and money-laundering case involving alleged members of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Today, he lists his address as being in one of Toronto’s most exclusive condo towers. He sits…
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Ontario running out of time to pass bill to deal with misbehaving municipal politicians, critics warn
Ontario is running out of time to beef up rules that would crack down on negligent and misbehaving municipal politicians ahead of the next civic election, some experts and opposition critics warn.
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Canada is pitching its energy ambitions in Texas — can the oil and gas industry be convinced?
Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s enthusiasm, they still say they want to see considerable action before they can be sure Canada’s federal government is serious about changing the country’s reputation as being reluctant to expand the energy sector, especially oil…
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N.S. budget bill vote shut down by singing protesters
As the final vote to approve Premier Tim Houston’s controversial budget was about to begin, members of the crowd in the Province House gallery broke out in song.
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Sponsored international travel by MPs drops to 15-year low outside of COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Parliament last year went on the fewest sponsored international trips in the last 15 years, excluding the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.