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Premiers show united front on tariffs
Canada's premiers are showing a united front when it comes to American tariffs. They say we have to tighten up the border and increase defense spending, not just to appease the Americans, but because ...
Tim Davidson Dec 16, 2024
NDP call for Trudeau to resign after Freeland leaves cabinet
The federal NDP leader is calling on the prime minister to step down. It's a bombshell comment from Jagmeet Singh as his party has been keeping the Liberals in power. Singh says they are looking at al...
News Dec 16, 2024
Annual pace of housing starts up 8% in November
Canada's annual pace of housing starts increased by eight per cent in November. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 262,443 units. That was compared to 242,207 units in Oc...
Brad Perry Dec 16, 2024
New Google computer chip is unfathomably fast
Google has created one of the fastest computer chips on the planet. The company says this new Willow chip is a major breakthrough for quantum computing. In five minutes, it can do a calculation that w...
Jacob Moore Dec 16, 2024
Federal tax holiday explained
The federal tax holiday is in full effect. That means, you won't have to pay any taxes on certain purchases from now until after Feb. 15. The list of tax-free things includes food from restaurants and...
Jacob Moore Dec 16, 2024
Canada Post employees heading back to work on Tuesday
Striking Canada Post workers are heading back to work this week after a weekend ruling by a labour board. On Friday, the federal labour minister asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to s...
Brad Perry Dec 16, 2024
Geminids meteor shower to peak December 13 and 14
If you have some free time tonight, between all of your festive celebrations, look up. The 2024 Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight and tomorrow night. Environment and Climate Change Canada says it's...
Tara Clow Dec 13, 2024
Canada Post workers could be forced back to work
Canada's labour minister has asked the industrial relations board to step into the nearly month-long strike by Canada Post workers. "The federal mediator has now informed me that the negotiations betw...
Brad Perry Dec 13, 2024
Premiers discuss border plan with Trudeau after Trump tariff threats
Canada's premiers met with the prime minister to discuss border plans before Donald Trump takes office. This comes after the president elect threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian go...
Jacob Moore Dec 12, 2024
Thousand of users reporting issue with Meta services
Meta users worldwide are reporting widespread outages impacting various services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Reports first began coming in shortly after noon (EST) with users claiming ...
Evan Taylor Dec 11, 2024





