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Why you can’t drive on this new, $616M Toronto-area highway
The $616-million extension of Highway 427 near Toronto sits unused and off-limits to drivers amid a legal dispute between the Ford government and the...
Better paid sick leave might be coming to some provinces, but only after painful delay
Political circumstances and the pandemic’s harsh reality have finally forced the debate over paid sick leave in Ontario a step closer to a...
Soaring steel prices eat into company profits, drive up building costs — and possibly what consumers pay
The president of RJ Steel and Copper Co. in Windsor, Ont., is having a hard time living up to the quotes he has given...
Victims of Ponzi scheme call for reopening of probe into offshore money transfers
Victims of a massive investment fraud that operated for years out of Montreal and siphoned more than $500 million offshore are calling on...
How Much Is Van Jones Actually Worth?
Van Jones has plenty of cash behind him. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the author is worth $5 million as of April 2021...
KPMG disputes leaked emails linking firm to offshore companies suspected in massive Ponzi scheme
KPMG is disputing confidential emails from a leak of offshore financial data that show the Canadian accounting firm helped set up four shell companies...
QMJHL only junior hockey league still going ahead with playoffs
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is now the only major junior league in the country that is still trying to complete its...
Father of 21-year-old student who fell into sea in N.L. recounts tragedy
Don Jayasinghe stands near a search and rescue operation on Thursday afternoon in Flatrock, N.L., a day after his son Supul slipped on...
Woman with dementia locked into 10-year home-heating contract — with a $15K lien on her property
When Matt Fuchs needed money to hire a home-care worker for his 82-year-old mother, who has dementia, he figured getting a line of credit...
Home to Home Run for charity: Sault man logging marathon a day from B.C. to Ontario
Rick Fall ran a marathon in British Columbia on Monday. The 61-year-old finished another 42 kilometres on Tuesday and Wednesday, and aims to keep that pace for another 100...
Conservatives’ climate plan would replace Liberal carbon tax with lower levy of their own
After years of criticizing the Liberal carbon tax, the Conservative party is proposing a climate plan that also puts a price on carbon...
Airline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Once again taxpayers have stepped in to throw a multibillion-dollar lifeline to corporate Canada, but this time it looks as though Canadians may actually make...
‘An ugly stain for years to come’: Laurentian University interests reeling from staff, program cuts
Monday was one of the worst days on record for the Laurentian University community, with the news roughly 100 professors lost their jobs...
Red Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting
Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn’t want her to be frozen in grief. In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and...
New federal budget needs to deliver on government’s social finance and innovation commitments
This column is an opinion by Victor Beausoleil, Marie J. Bouchard and Carole Anne Hilton. Beausoleil is the founder and CEO of Social Economy Through...
Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike
Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in...
