Africville had about 400 people, a church, a school, stores and a post office on the Bedford Basin before Halifax razed it between 1964 and 1970.

Statistics Canada’s early 2025 estimate shows about 144,000 more seniors below the poverty line, while the count of Canadians under 65 in poverty fell.

TSX heads into budget day after Wednesday’s 809-point rally, with oil down sharply, the loonie near a two-month high and Friday’s jobs report next.

South Bow reported Q3 net income of US$99 million and said a final decision on a new cross-border pipeline using Keystone XL assets is due in mid-2027.

WSP Global reported Q3 net earnings of $333.7 million on revenue of $5.29 billion, with a record $20.3 billion backlog.

Finance Minister Champagne tables Carney’s second budget this afternoon, with the deficit, immigration levels, airport sales and affordability all in play.

On Nov. 5, 1956, the UN set up its first emergency force and named Canadian Maj.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns to command it, after Lester Pearson’s Suez plan.

On Sept. 26, 1997, a split Supreme Court of Canada restored a Halifax youth’s acquittal and ruled that a Black judge’s remarks on police did not show bias.

Ottawa adds 20% on the first $2,500 a year put into an RESP, up to $500 a year and $7,200 per child, with extra for lower-income families.