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Temperatures will creep up to 16 C by the weekend.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Canada’s defence minister says the Liberal party is a “big tent” as divisions emerge over its decision to back the U.S. strikes against Iran, calling its supreme leader who was killed in the assaults a “force for evil.” David McGuinty travelled to Australia alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney on the second part…

An 86-year-old B.C. man and former teacher recently given an eight-year federal sentence for historic sexual crimes against young boys will have to await the outcome of his appeal from a prison cell, a B.C. judge has ruled. In a decision posted last week, Chief Justice Leonard Marchand and two other judges dismissed Brian Melicke…

Notorious child rapist and killer Michael Rafferty has been convicted of assault with a weapon after attacking an inmate in the prison where he is serving time for the brutal murder of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, National Post has learned. Charges of assault with a weapon and threatening death or bodily harm followed a jailhouse…

Some Canadian companies are using creative ideas and solar technology to power up rural Africa, from battery swapping to rent-to-own rooftop solar. They say the continent is full of opportunities to make money and make a difference.

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to delay next steps in the fight over tariff refunds for importers, after the United States Supreme Court struck down the president’s signature economic policy. In an order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took immediate steps to reopen the legal proceedings…

Elon Musk’s brief effort to back out of buying Twitter Inc. in 2022 is the focus of a trial starting this week over claims the world’s richest person manipulated the company’s stock price to get himself a better deal. Musk eventually paid US$44 billion for Twitter that fall, closing the buyout at the US$54.20-per-share price…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive Jamie Dimon warned that inflation could become a “skunk at a party” for the United States economy . “There’s some risk there’s more inflation than people think, and that could be like a skunk at a party if that ever happens,” Dimon said Monday in a CNBC interview at…

After saying for years that major accounting firms were unwilling to provide auditing services, Tether Holdings SA received a sign-off from Deloitte on the first-ever reserve report for its USAT stablecoin that was launched to comply with new United States regulations . The world’s largest accounting and professional services firm examined the report provided by…

OTTAWA — A new study from free-market think tank the Montreal Economic Institute finds that new federal procurement rules favouring domestic firms will lead to costlier projects, shoddy infrastructure and make Canadians worse off. The study estimates that the federal government’s Buy Canadian policy , which came into effect in December, could inflate the cost…