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The Unsaid truth of Rudy Guiliani’s son’s Andrew Giuliani, COVID-19 diagnosis
Rudy Guiliani’s son’s Andrew Giuliani made nationwide headings after he checked favorable for COVID-19, including his name to the growing list of contaminated...
Buyer beware: Ottawa fails to track thousands of puppies, some carrying diseases, imported to Canada each year
The federal government fails to maintain a central database to track the thousands of puppies imported to Canada every year, CBC’s Marketplace has...
Saskatchewan staved off bankruptcy in the ’90s. Is there hope for N.L., too?
Roy Romanow says he still loses sleep over decisions he made 27 years ago. The former NDP premier of Saskatchewan came to power amid...
Home sales slowed in October but average price up 15% in past year, CREA says
The average price of a Canadian resale home has risen by more than 15 per cent in the year up to October, the...
Package didn’t arrive? Don’t get caught between retailers and shipping companies
A Calgary online shopper is told his almost $2,000 drum set was lost in shipping and he’ll have to eat the cost. A Vancouver...
Indie booksellers thriving during pandemic thanks to new ways of connecting with customers
Ask Mosaic Books owner Michael Neill about business during the pandemic, and he gets a little embarrassed. “Overall, it’s amazing,” he said. “The past...
Calls to Kids Help Phone have surged. Now some counsellors are making a distress call of their own
Kids Help Phone, the charity that offers 24/7 counselling services to young Canadians in distress, needs to listen to the concerns of its stressed staff if...
Owner of all-electric Nissan Leaf frustrated by difficulty of getting new battery
You might think that Nissan, the first car-maker to achieve widespread success with a zero-emissions electric vehicle, cares deeply about the environment. But Clayton...
Retail sales grew for 4th straight month in August — but September looks flat
Canadian retailers logged $53.2 billion in sales in August, the fourth month in a row that sales have increased since cratering in April...
Alberta has highest rate of mortgage deferrals as bank programs wind down
Alberta continues to have the highest rate of mortgage deferrals in the country. According to numbers shared by the Canada Mortgage and Housing...
Watching Friday’s jobs data for the dreaded K-shaped recovery
“We’re all in this together” has a friendly reassuring tone. Used by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and many others,...
Collaborating artist and model say they will no longer work with Vancouver fashion designer
An Indigenous artist who has collaborated with Vancouver fashion designer Chloë Angus says he will no longer work with her in response to...
Members fighting sale of MEC say planned COO hire clashes with Canadian company’s values
Members of Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) fighting its takeover by an American investment firm say the hiring of an executive from a U.S. company...
Top-secret records show New Brunswick, Alberta companies received millions in ‘suspicious’ transfers
Off the coast of Mauritania in northwest Africa, thick black smoke billowed from a massive fishing trawler, trapping the crew on a vessel...
PST in Alberta has long been taboo. Is Jason Kenney the one to finally sell it?
Premier Jason Kenney’s conservative ideology and long-term opposition to tax increases could work in his favour if he tries to introduce a provincial...
Squamish businesses suffer triple hit as they face pandemic and 2 seasons without gondola
It’s been a devastating year for B.C. businesses — especially for business owners in Squamish, B.C., who are heading into fall faced with the...
