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Nine toddler gift ideas from real Amazon.ca listings, from an $11.95 picture book to a $179.99 wooden play kitchen, with prices, ratings and safety notes.
Our plain-language guide to Budget 2026: who gets money and when, what changes for taxes, where the $62.3-billion deficit goes and what the budget leaves out.
Telus said a small number of calls in Eastern Canada were interrupted on Thursday morning and that all services were restored, with 911 fully operational.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s budget projects a $62.3-billion deficit for 2026-27, creates a $25-billion sovereign wealth fund Canadians can invest in, and adds a one-time boost to the groceries benefit.
A diaspora group plans a rally outside Benin’s consulate in Montreal on Sunday, saying two Canadians held in Benin, including opposition party founder Richard Boni Ouorou, are political prisoners.
Callers posing as Langley RCMP officers investigating identity theft are faking the detachment’s phone number to ask for personal information, police said.
Timed, app-controlled, camera and microchip cat feeders sold by their own brands on Amazon.ca, compared on price, capacity and power, with who each one suits.
14 black skirt fall outfit ideas, from leather minis to tulle maxis, with Canadian styling tips and where to shop.
Residents within two kilometres of London’s Labatt Brewery will hear a three-minute siren Monday between 11 a.m. and noon during an emergency exercise with the London Fire Department.
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The federal budget commits $32 billion over 10 years to First Nations infrastructure, while the AFN says more is needed and Métis leaders note no dedicated funding.
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We compared five hair dryers sold by Amazon.ca or the brand, from a $85 travel dryer to Dyson’s $580 Supersonic, using listing specs and prices checked Nov. 5.
The Canadian Flight Attendant Union says 99 per cent of voting members at Jazz Aviation backed a strike mandate after nine months of bargaining, raising the prospect of a work stoppage at the carrier that flies most Air Canada Express routes.
Health Canada’s new Controlled Substances Regulations take effect Oct. 1, letting pharmacists substitute controlled drugs during shortages — but not in Ontario.
Regina-based cluster commits up to $2.2M to AI for Ascochyta blight forecasting and LiDAR grain-bin scanning, as strobilurin resistance raises the stakes on spray timing.
Twenty-three AI, cloud and telecom companies have signed Canada’s Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, a federal framework that asks operators not to shift electricity costs onto other ratepayers. It carries no binding definitions and no penalties, and the AI minister says provinces are the ones who can add legislative teeth.
Divide spring and early-summer blooming perennials in fall, and get every division back in the ground at least four to six weeks before the soil freezes: roughly late September across the Prairies and northern Ontario and Quebec, early to mid-October in southern Ontario, the Lower Mainland and much of Atlantic Canada. Most perennials need dividing every three to five years. Hosta, peony, Siberian iris, Oriental poppy and coralbells are good fall candidates. Asters and chrysanthemums should wait until spring, and false indigo should not be divided at all.
Canada’s Study Permit Proof-of-Funds Bar Hits $23,448 — More Than Double What It Was Three Years Ago
Canada’s study permit proof-of-funds threshold rose to $23,448 on Sept. 1, a 134 per cent jump since 2023. Here is the full cost, and who it screens out.
Ontario restarted Toronto bike lane removal on Bloor Street West on Sept. 1, but has not said how long the stretch is or who covers the city’s $48M estimate.

















































