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John Anderson, the Country Music Hall of Famer known for Swingin’, Seminole Wind and Straight Tequila Night, has died at 71, his family said.
Meta’s third-quarter profit rose to US$9.86 billion on 26 per cent revenue growth, and its board approved non-voting Class C shares to fund AI.
PSAC will hold strike votes from Nov. 16 to Jan. 22 for 120,000 federal public servants after talks with Treasury Board stalled over wages and job security.
Air Canada now charges $30 per passenger to book by phone and has cut five U.S. routes, including Toronto-Charleston and Montreal-Seattle, from 2027.
Kawhi Leonard scored 23 in his return as Toronto led by as many as 48 points and beat Chicago 135-92 in the Raptors’ home opener.
Electronic Arts is closing Edmonton’s BioWare after 31 years and cancelling the next Mass Effect game, a blow Alberta’s game industry called a gut punch.
How the FHSA, the $60,000 Home Buyers’ Plan, the new GST rebate of up to $50,000, the home buyers’ amount and Ontario, Toronto and B.C. land transfer tax rebates stack for first-time buyers in 2026.
Canadian passport fees rose March 31, 2026, to $163.50 for 10 years. Here are posted processing times, who can renew online, urgent and express service, documents and photo rules.
The maximum CPP retirement pension at 65 is $1,507.65 a month in 2026, but the average new pension is $858.34. Here is what you get at 60, 65 and 70, how the post-retirement benefit and the CPP enhancement add to it, and how to check your own estimate.
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PSAC will hold strike votes from Nov. 16 to Jan. 22 for 120,000 federal public servants after talks with Treasury Board stalled over wages and job security.
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Netflix will release the three-part docuseries The One About Matthew Perry on Oct. 27, one day before the third anniversary of the Friends star’s death.
Pakistan’s president declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Oct. 11 and suspended the provincial government run by Imran Khan’s PTI, as the party prepares a march on Islamabad.
President Donald Trump has chosen conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary, weeks before the U.S. midterm elections.
Alberta will let landowners drain temporary and seasonal wetlands on private cropland without Water Act approval, a change conservationists say puts habitat at risk.
















































