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Albertans don’t appear to be sold on data centres, and they aren’t overwhelmingly skeptical either, a new Leger survey suggests. Forty-two per cent of those polled said they want a temporary pause on new approvals for large AI data centres until an independent public review examines the effects on electricity prices, grid reliability, water use…

The United States dollar will weaken if the Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged this week, according to TD Securities . How far the greenback will fall will depend on whether all of the central bank’s decision makers are in agreement with Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, said strategist Howard Du, who thinks the market is…

The Nova Scotia man who violently raped, murdered and later dismembered a 12-year-old girl in Ontario almost 40 years ago received another day parole extension this month. And this time, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) awarded 73-year-old Douglas Worth — a man still deemed to be an “above average risk” for sexual violence —…

Economic migrants, who make up the bulk of Canada’s immigrants, have adopted their new country’s behaviour in one significant area — they have very low fertility rates, new research suggests. “Immigrants are feeling the low-fertility pressure of Canada here, like everyone else,” says demographer and sociologist Rachel Margolis, a professor at Western University, and one…

An Alberta man who claimed he had no recollection of sexually assaulting his former wife on multiple occasions as he slept has been found not guilty. The man — identified only by his initials in a decision from the Court of King’s Bench — labelled his condition “sexsomnia,” though his doctor “only used the term…

A company that builds bulletproof cars had its Toronto headquarters shot at early Tuesday morning. Toronto police responded to reports of gunshots heard near Finch Avenue West and Weston Road at 1:53 a.m., the Toronto Police Service said in a post on X. A business was damaged and officers located evidence of gunfire. Nobody was…

Referencing everything from South Park to Leonard Cohen poems, Chrystia Freeland has taken shots at Donald Trump in the pages of the New York Times this week. She even doles out the “b” word — bully — twice. A former MP and deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau, Freeland resigned her seat in Parliament in…

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday in separate, closed-door working meetings. “Both meetings were positive and productive!” White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on X . Referring to Trump as “our friend” in an X post, on July 27, Netanyahu wrote that their…

Eligible Canadians receiving Old Age Security (OAS) payments will see a slight increase when the latest deposit lands in their account on Wednesday or when the cheque arrives in the mail, for those not signed up for direct deposit. Canadian Pension Plan payments are going out simultaneously to eligible recipients, but there’ll be no increase…

Tim Hortons is launching a Harry Potter menu next month to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first film of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. “Harry Potter has been a beloved part of so many of our guests’ lives for decades and we couldn’t be more excited for Canadians to discover the…