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Toronto Tempo sign Canadian guard Kia Nurse ahead of inaugural WNBA season
The Toronto Tempo have signed Canadian guard Kia Nurse ahead of the franchise’s inaugural WNBA season, the team announced Tuesday.
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Canada remains more safe for women than the U.S. despite rising domestic violence
Canada has once again ranked higher than the U.S. in a global report on women’s safety. The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index , which is produced by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo and supported by the Government of Norway, ranks 181 countries on…
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Manitoba still unsure when or if Mantario Trail will reopen in 2026
Almost a year after a forest fire scorched the Mantario Trail, Manitoba parks officials remain unsure whether the province’s most popular distance-hiking trail will reopen in 2026.
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FOI documents reveal Ontario’s ‘unprecedented’ jail expansion plans: experts
The province’s jails are bursting and have been significantly over capacity for years, with the situation worsening. Ontario plans to add nearly 6,000 jail beds by 2050, according to FOI documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers.
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Liberals promise measure to lower gas prices by 10 cents per litre this summer
OTTAWA — On the first day of his majority government, Prime Minister Mark Carney ripped part of a page from Pierre Poilievre’s policy book, announcing a summer reprieve on the federal gas excise tax. On Tuesday morning, Carney promised to pause the application of the federal excise tax on consumer and aviation fuels from April…
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‘It bodes well’: New sightings bring hope endangered wolverine is returning to Labrador
For decades, this ferocious scavenger has been absent from the Labrador landscape but there’s renewed hope the endangered wolverine might be making an official comeback.
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2 ‘shocking’ N.L. shootings were acts of intimate partner violence, RCMP say
In a news conference on Tuesday, the RCMP confirmed that the two shootings in Grand Falls-Windsor last week were incidents of intimate partner violence.
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These U.S. companies think Trump’s tariffs are great. Here’s why
The White House is on a push to showcase the success stories of U.S. manufacturers who are benefitting from tariffs, one that saw U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, a member of Trump’s cabinet, setting out last week on a two-day tour of factories in Ohio and Michigan.
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Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel
A day after sweeping three byelections in Ontario and Quebec that gave him a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gas and diesel.
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Canada needs to invest $1.8 trillion over the next decade in six key sectors, says RBC
For every dollar that flowed into Canada between 2015 and 2024, two dollars left the country, with the net outflow of $1 trillion being the “ most significant capital exodus ” in modern Canadian history, according to a new study by the country’s biggest bank. Canadian investment abroad isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it…