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An Ontario man found not criminally responsible for murdering his neighbour with a machete has moved to independent living, only has to report to his handlers once every two weeks and is free to go on longer international trips with a minder even though he still presents a significant risk to public safety. Jermaine Wood’s…

Sonia Keuroghlian’s husband, a radiologist, has seen cancer in people in their 20s and 30s, younger than the ages recommended for most publicly funded cancer screening. So, when the Toronto couple turned 40, he suggested they undergo full-body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans at a private clinic in Vancouver, where her husband is from, and…

STRASBOURG — European Union President Ursula von der Leyen extended an invitation to Canada on Wednesday to become the European Union’s first ever “associate member.” Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was seated just a few feet to her left, was beaming while European Parliamentarians erupted in applause. The rest of von der Leyen’s speech in…

PENTICTON, B.C. — Canada’s leading taxpayers’ watchdog is calling on the Carney government to make about $60-billion in annual spending cuts, including the end of taxpayer support for corporations, the CBC, the Senate and expense accounts for past governors general. In its pre-budget recommendations to the federal government, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) also calls…

Nearly $500 billion in new investment has been committed at the Canada Investment Summit as the federal government said it is seeking private investments for the country’s airports, making major tax-related announcements and making changes that may speed up the permitting processes for key economic projects. Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked the day off by…

Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper delivered the closing speech at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on Tuesday. The summit was organized by the Liberal government and hosted in partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Harper, who currently serves as chairman…

Goldy Hyder , chief executive of Business Council of Canada , talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn from the floor of the Canada Investment Summit on the exciting momentum building around the country. Few places to hide in markets as oil prices stay higher for longer, warns David Rosenberg ‘You can’t do a deal that…

Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off the Canada Investment Summit ‘s Tuesday program by announcing that Ottawa will seek private investment to operate the country’s four biggest airports and use the capital raised — expected to be in the “tens of billions of dollars” — to reinvest in other priorities. “Following best practice in other…

If Canada and the U.S. were homes on a street, they’d be locked in what could be politely called one of the worst neighbour disputes their quiet town of North America has ever seen. One neighbour complains about how the other treats their kids, while the second neighbour is worried the first is going to…

Bell Canada’s newly-announced expansion of its AI data centre in Sherwood, Sask. (just outside of Regina), is being called not only the largest digital infrastructure play in the country but possibly the largest domestic infrastructure build, period. The project’s scope has been quadrupled — to 1.2 gigiwatts from 300 megawatts, at a cost of $52…