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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.
Carney’s Liberals swept three byelections Monday, but the real story is a Senate appointment and floor crossings that built this majority — and what it means for Poilievre.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked Canada’s naval capacity by invoking West Edmonton Mall’s tourist submarines — a ride that closed in 2005 and was scrapped in 2012, well before the current trade fight began.
Late August to late September is prime time to overseed a Canadian lawn. Here’s the full step-by-step process, from mowing and aerating to watering and first mow.
An Ontario Superior Court judge has paused the province’s new cash bail deposit rules Monday, ruling the CCLA and Criminal Lawyers’ Association raised serious constitutional questions worth a full hearing.
Unifor starts Stellantis talks Sept. 1 with GM, Ford deals banked. Unlike its rivals, Stellantis has told the union it may sell Brampton Assembly outright.
Xanadu’s new $195-million federal loan for a Toronto quantum computing hub is part of a nearly $300-million tab Canadian taxpayers have already picked up.
Meta’s Sturgeon County AI data centre starts up years before the dedicated power plants meant to supply it — a timing gap that’s already reshaping Alberta electricity prices.














































