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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA’s Anil Menon spent nearly seven hours outside the space station Thursday installing the final roll-out solar array.
The Bank of Canada and the federal government agreed Thursday to keep the 2 per cent inflation target for another five years, to Dec. 31, 2031.
An independent inspector told Alberta that Calgary’s water system was poorly governed and underfunded for two decades. The report makes 20 recommendations.
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.
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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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Elections Alberta told a legislature committee the Oct. 19 separation referendum cost $84 million, more than double the 2023 election, and won $59 million more.
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On Sept. 1, 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan joined Canada — but the man who fought hardest for provincehood was frozen out of leading either one.
As the five-year Disaggregated Data Action Plan concludes and Budget 2025 flags Statistics Canada for a 15% cut, neither the agency nor Finance Canada will specify what happens to the program built to measure anti-Black and anti-Indigenous disparities.
Protect your mower’s engine from a Canadian winter with these expert-backed steps for fuel, oil, the blade, and proper storage before the snow flies.
The $150 CDB top-up covers Disability Tax Credit fees, but a federal ombudsperson found CRA approval waits run nearly double its own standard.














































