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A well-known comedian and actor has died. Bob Newhart passed away yesterday, according to his Publicist. Newhart launched his career in the 1950s as a standup comedian but moved on to further stardom ...

A massive global technology outage is impacting flights, banks and other industries in many countries. The issue affecting Microsoft 365 apps and services was caused by a faulty update from cybersecur...

All major retailers have now agreed to join the grocery code of conduct. Walmart and Costco have now come on board, federal officials announced Thursday. They are joining Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro as p...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is losing one of his cabinet ministers. Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has announced he will resign as of Friday. O'Regan said he will stay on as MP for St. John's South-...

Canadian premiers hope to maintain a good trade relationship with the United States as a presidential election looms. The 13 premiers met in Nova Scotia's capital city this week to discuss political i...

Canada should be exempt from new rules for dogs entering the United States, according to our country's health minister. Mark Holland said he is "quite concerned" about the new rules from the U.S. Cent...

Canada's annual pace of housing starts dropped by nine per cent in June. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 241,672 units. That was compared to 264,929 units in May, acco...

More than 200 people and about 15 unions protested privatized health care in downtown Halifax. The protests were held as Canada's premiers are meeting in the Nova Scotia capital city. Director of poli...

It will soon be more challenging to travel to the United States if you bring a dog with you. New rules from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) take effect Aug. 1. Dogs must be a...

Our country's annual rate of inflation slowed in June, according to Statistics Canada. The Consumer Price Index stood at 2.7 per cent, down from 2.9 per cent in May. The deceleration was largely due t...