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Southwestern Ontario’s Tyler McGregor named flag-bearer for Paralympics opening ceremony
Hockey captain Tyler McGregor and Para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie will be Canada’s Paralympic flag-bearers for the Milano-Cortina opening ceremony on March 6, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced Friday morning.
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Stellantis’ $36B loss won’t affect day-to-day operations in Windsor, economist says
An economist who worked for more than 20 years for a union representing Canadian autoworkers says the sizable loss reported by automaker Stellantis Thursday won’t affect day-to-day operations of its Windsor Assembly Plant.
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School staffer says nothing physical happened when giving students ride home, court hears
A former public school board employee testified in court that he drove two of his students home one day after school, but maintains nothing sexual ever happened. Michael Hampden-Carter, 39, is currently on trial facing three counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual exploitation. The allegations date back to January 2022 and involve…
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Trump’s ultimatum to Tehran puts Canada on alert
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Talks between Iran and the U.S. ended Thursday amid President Donald Trump’s 10-15 day “deal or bad things” ultimatum. In his State of the Union speech this week, Trump vowed never to let “the world’s number one sponsor of terror” get nukes — after promising protesters in Iran that “help is on…
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This Nanaimo senior challenged years of rent increases, and won
Shane Conn challenged two years of rent increases at a Nanaimo independent living facility at the Residential Tenancy Board. He won and received almost $9,500 in rent deductions and a limit on future increases. But the benefits apply only to him. They don’t apply to any of his neighbours unless they go through the same…
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Frozen blueberries sold in Canada and U.S. recalled over listeria contamination risk, FDA says
A U.S. company is recalling more than 25,000 kilograms of frozen blueberries that were distributed in Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Canada, U.S. officials say.
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Ford’s fight against Trump enters tougher phase as Ontario faces job losses and trade uncertainty
A year after winning a third-straight majority government on a pledge to “protect Ontario’ from U.S. tariffs, the fight against Donald Trump continues to fuel Doug Ford’s policy and politics. And experts watching the province’s struggling economy say the year ahead may prove even more challenging for the Ford government as key trade talks between…
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Posthaste: Canada’s housing affordability ‘crisis’ spreads, but this city is still a bright spot, says CMHC
Canada’s affordable housing plight once centred on Toronto and Vancouver , but that’s changed with the “crisis” having spread to Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax, says Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp . (CMHC). “It’s clear the crisis is no longer limited to Toronto and Vancouver,” it said in a report released on Feb. 25. Based on…
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20 Surrey, B.C., school teachers have their licences suspended after crucial emails sent to spam folder
The president of the Surrey Teachers’ Association said the teachers missed critical emails about updating their criminal record checks because the notice went to their spam folders.
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Canada’s economy shrinks, dragging 2025 growth to slowest pace since height of pandemic
Canada’s economy lost momentum at the end of last year as real gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, Statistics Canada said Friday, and annual growth dropped to its slowest pace since 2020. GDP expanded by just 1.7 per cent in 2025, the agency said, a result of lower exports,…