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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 31, 2023 6:22 am Updated March 31, 2023 7:59 am

Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. will go ahead after it received the final sign-off it needed from Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. He called the merger a “watershed moment” for the telecom sector that he claimed would drive wireless prices down for Canadians while growing the combined firm’s overall headcount.The merger, a

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Around this time last year, Métis historian and educator Mitchell Case exited the grounds of St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic shrines in the world, after just having met Pope Francis.In a news conference televised

For the second time in four years, a professor at the University of Waterloo has created a cheat code for improving the odds at winning Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win contest. Michael Wallace, an associate professor specializing in statistics at the University of Waterloo, studied the contest and believes that the best time to

By Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Posted March 30, 2023 7:32 am Updated March 30, 2023 10:23 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don’t file their taxes get their benefits. This week’s federal budget

A Halifax tenant says he’s being forced out of his home in a lease “loophole” allowing landlords to increase the rent. Jonathan Hird, a photography student, came home from class one day earlier this year to a note on his door, “which is usually not a good thing,” he said.He’s been renting a one-bedroom apartment

As a family buried an 11-year-old Cree boy who killed himself while in the care of Alberta Children’s Services, the urgency for one of his family members to get custody of her own daughter back from the system has increased to desperation. “The system is a beast,” said the family member, who can’t be identified

A Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man Monday night in Louiseville, about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal in the province’s Mauricie region. The Sûreté du Québec said authorities were called around 8:30 p.m. to intervene in a dispute in an apartment building on St-Laurent Avenue. The suspect, a 35-year-old

Emergency crews are on the site of an explosion and house fires in Calgary’s Marlborough neighbourhood. Calgary Fire Department Chief Steve Dongworth said a house in the 700 block of Maryvale Way N.E. exploded at around 8:50 a.m. on Monday.“The crews actually felt it in the fire station at 12 Station in Forest Heights, and

The Canadian Armed Forces is under fire for its plan to cut thousands of troops off a cost-of-living allowance without much notice. The military announced last week that about 7,700 Armed Forces members will no longer receive the top-up starting in July, when it will be replaced by a new housing benefit that commanders say