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Bracing for ‘a tax season like no other,’ CRA hires private firm to answer Canadians’ questions
Preparing for what promises to be an extraordinarily busy tax season, the federal government is taking the unusual step of hiring a private company to...
Vaccine wars: Nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution
It all seems so long ago now, but as 2019 drew to a close there was a lot of talk about a new “space race.” In...
Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud
Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...
Why cheap wind power is making Quebec’s big, old dams more valuable as a ‘battery,’ say experts
You might think that what with having Canada’s largest hydroelectric capacity, providing almost 100 per cent of its electricity, including exports, a new...
What makes a person a ‘fit’ for Governor General
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Canada might have too much party discipline, but that’s at least better than too little
It is difficult to feel good about the overwhelming power and discipline that political parties exert over the democratic process in Canada. But...
Family hires former Toronto police inspector for ongoing probe into billionaire couple’s deaths
Retired Toronto police inspector Doug Grady is leading the Canadian arm of the Sherman family’s ongoing quest to uncover who was responsible for...
Vancouver man charged for allegedly running makeshift nightclub released on bail
A Vancouver man has been released on strict bail conditions after being charged with violating public health orders by allegedly hosting dozens of...
Airlines suspending certain flights, Ottawa introducing quarantine hotel stays to discourage travel
Canada’s main airlines have agreed to cancel service to the Caribbean and Mexico and the federal government is introducing new mandatory quarantine rules as...
2 Canada Post workers in Regina suspended after refusing to deliver Epoch Times
Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the...
Secret Nygard videos show former fashion mogul charged with sex trafficking travelling with teenage girl
Hours of behind-the-scenes video shot by a whistleblower show former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is alleged to have abused women and...
Why experts argue governments must take risks — besides pipelines — to restart economic growth
It is very likely that the environmentally inclined economist Mariana Mazzucato, whose new book, Mission Economy, hits the shelves today in Britain, would...
Canadian among private space crew paying $55M each to fly to station
The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men, including a Canadian, who are each paying $55 million US ($70 million) to...
Mystery guest takes over Jasper Park Lodge — the entire hotel — for 9-week booking
All 446 rooms at Alberta’s iconic Jasper Park Lodge have been reserved for a nine-week private booking, but hotel management is keeping mum about the...
Appalling incidents like the Keyon Harrold Jr. case happen to Black kids here too
This column is an opinion by Phillip Dwight Morgan, a Toronto-based freelance writer of Jamaican heritage. He is a director of the Conn Smythe...
Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say
Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in...
