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Canadians dominate online interest in buying homes in the U.S. as boycott thaws
The number of Canadians considering moving to the U.S. has rebounded in the first quarter of 2026, after plunging last year in the wake of President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs. According to a new report by Realtor.com , interest in buying homes in the U.S. among Canadians has increased by 3 per cent compared with…
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Mother of newborn found dead in N.S. has died, Halifax police say
The 23-year-old woman was in critical condition when she arrived in hospital on Friday. A newborn baby was found dead two days later in a wooded area near Halifax.
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Bitcoin falls below US$73,000 despite Trump’s crypto capital push
Bitcoin briefly fell below US$73,000 despite a fresh push from Donald Trump for the CLARITY Act , suggesting pro-crypto messaging from Washington is losing its ability to drive gains in digital assets . Trump used a Truth Social post late Wednesday to tout the United States as the “crypto capital of the world,” praise the…
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Korea’s Hanwha offers rockets in bid for Canadian submarine deal
As Canada prepares to award a rich contract to build as many as 12 submarines , Hanwha Corp. of South Korea is sweetening its bid by offering to help in another realm: space . Hanwha Aerospace Co. is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Canadian spaceport operator Maritime Launch Services Inc. , according…
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Poilievre, embassy call torn-down posters of missing Toronto girl ‘vile hatred against Jews’
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has added his voice to the growing chorus of outrage over the tearing down of posters that have been put up to aid in the search for a missing 14-year-old Jewish girl in Toronto. Esther, affectionately known as Esti, was reported missing on Friday, May 15, in the area of…
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Carney says ‘Canada Strong will help make America great again’ in conciliatory New York speech
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney praised the “dynamic” United States and argued that the country’s economic future “should include a new partnership with Canada,” in a conciliatory speech to an American audience on Thursday. Carney highlighted the mutual benefits of the cross-border relationship, saying that “Canada Strong will help make America great again,” during…
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Alberta and Quebec separatist movements are ‘not the same,’ Avi Lewis says
OTTAWA — The NDP’s Sherbrooke declaration, a foundational party document which recognizes Quebec’s right to self-determination and a simple majority to secede from Canada, would not apply to Alberta, said NDP Leader Avi Lewis. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Lewis dismissed the legitimacy of the separation movement brewing in Alberta, saying it has “no point…
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Want to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada? Cut taxes, says new report
OTTAWA — It’s been 33 years since a Canadian team last hoisted the NHL’s Stanley Cup, a drought that looks likely to continue with the Montreal Canadiens falling to a 3-1 deficit in the Eastern Conference finals. Gabriel Giguère, an analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) and die-hard Habs fan, says that part of…
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Canada is ‘on notice’: Ottawa turns to Saab as U.S. defense pressure builds
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada has put more than $65 billion toward defence and security over the past year and reached NATO’s 2 per cent of GDP benchmark — but that is no longer enough for Washington. The United States has paused its participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD), a World War II–era…
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Ottawa on track to achieve NATO’s 5% spending target by 2035, Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is on track to meet the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ’s target for defence spending of five per cent gross domestic product by 2035, but turning that into sustained economic growth may be a different challenge, according to defence industry watchers. He said his government is “working…