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PENTICTON, B.C. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rallied his caucus on Wednesday in the Okanagan Valley by vowing to take a big cut out of government spending. Poilievre’s own climb up the political mountain is looking steeper than ever and, with a new parliamentary session opening next week, he told the majority of his caucus…

Monetary policy makers at the Bank of Canada were confident that the economy was on stronger footing ahead of the latest round of tariffs but concerned about whether that momentum could be sustained amid heightened inflation risks and trade war uncertainty, as they debated where to take the policy interest rate earlier this month. The…

Air Canada says they are investigating after antisemitic comments were made by an in-flight service director on social media. Airline spokesperson Sean Davidson confirmed to National Post in a written statement on Wednesday that the individual was “removed from service” and there is a “full investigation underway.” A Facebook account with the same name as…

B.C.’s Conservative Party has been rocked with defections in recent weeks, mere months after Kerry-Lynne Findlay was elected leader. The events are the latest in a couple of years of turmoil in right-of-centre politics in B.C. as the Conservative Party has grown as the main opposition to the governing NDP. Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer…

Two men charged in the spectacular Toronto Pearson Airport gold heist have had all charges against them dropped. Both men, Ali Raza and Amit Jalota, were accused of helping to move and melt the stolen gold after the heist in which a shipping crate containing $22 million in gold and cash was stolen from an…

In April, I wrote here about what Canada does best: producing food, energy, commodities, manufactured goods and services the world needs. This week, the Government of Canada hosted the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto. It brought together global investors, Canadian CEOs and public sector representatives with the single aim of accelerating new investment into Canada.…

Global investors that came to the Canada Investment Summit over two days in Toronto this week did not pour money into the 167 project touted the deal book presented, but the head of one of Canada’s largest pension funds says many left armed with the intention to do more in this country. “I think if…

The federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) will cost taxpayers $1.4 billion this year, according to the 2026–27 Main Estimates . And an analysis of federal grant data by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) reveals this money is being spent on ancient temple brewers, Arctic climate comics, low-carbon videogames and Justin Trudeau’s…

STRASBOURG, FRANCE — What does it mean for Canada to become an “associate member” of the European Union? At the European parliament, no one seems to have a clue. And while some members of the continental parliament seem excited at the prospect, the move has blindsided European governments, who were never asked to sign off…

Canada’s housing market appears headed for a “bleak autumn” of retreating prices and reversing momentum based on the latest Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data, economists say. The market had been experiencing a nascent recovery, with a few months of rising sales under its belt. Now, one economist is calling for prices to decline, while…