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Mark Carney let it slip he finds economics “sexy,” but at least he was in a safe space when he did it. The prime minister was in Halifax on Friday to address a ballroom full of Nova Scotia’s business leaders and got caught up in his optimism around the province’s future. While discussing the region’s…

An imminent 2% federal tax hike on alcohol is coming under fire from critics who say it will only worsen Canadians’ affordability challenges and cost jobs. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation estimates the 2% hike, taking effect April 1, 2026, will add about $41 million in extra tax revenue to Ottawa’s coffers. The hike is expected…

WINNIPEG — Frontrunner Avi Lewis vowed to unify the NDP in his last media scrum before the party’s new leader is announced on Sunday, but he stood by attacks on two prominent moderate figures within the party. Lewis doubled down on earlier comments he made criticizing Thomas Mulcair, former federal NDP leader and Quebec lieutenant,…

David Fletcher says he would love to see his father, sister, niece and nephew again. But he can’t. They were all killed by a drunk driver in Beauport, Que., on Sept. 2, 2021. The driver, Éric Légaré, has now been granted unescorted temporary absences from prison once a month.

Advocates say the recent trial of a Burlington, Ont., couple is a symptom of nationwide failures in the child welfare system.

A Pasadena man is speaking out after losing his home in a fire earlier this year, saying he and his son can’t access emergency shelter options because of his son’s dog.

The final words of one of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., have been shared by his family: “Tell my parents that I love them so much.” The local MP says the message was delivered by a “hero” classmate who helped care for Abel Mwansa, Jr. and others hurt in the…

Manitoba’s 2026-27 budget includes optimistic assumptions about revenue and risk.

For those who knew Dr. Ismail Peer, they say he was a humble man more focused on helping others than shining light on the ways he supported the community.

The owner of three tigers and a hyena that are no longer living on a property in Wainfleet, Ont., is hopeful he’ll someday be reunited with his animals, but it won’t be in that rural township in Niagara that had ordered them removed for contravening an exotic animals bylaw.