Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is “deeply concerned” over Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed plans to withdraw the province from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). In an open letter to the premier Wednesday, Trudeau said he has instructed his cabinet and officials to do “everything possible” to ensure the CPP remains intact, warning that
Mounting debt costs are spurring stress for Canadian households heading into the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision next week, according to the MNP Consumer Debt Index. The insolvency firm’s quarterly survey tracks how Canadians are feeling about their ability to pay down debt, and the latest instalment released Wednesday shows a mixed picture of
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Scotiabank says it’s cutting about three per cent of its global workforce as a result of changes at the bank and customers’ day-to-day banking preferences, as well as ongoing efforts to streamline operations. It will also take several charges that total $590 million after-tax, or about 49
A Chinese military jet intercepted a Canadian Armed Forces Aurora aircraft in an “aggressive manner” on Monday in international waters off the coast of China. “They became very aggressive and to a degree we would deem it unsafe and unprofessional,” Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston told Motorcycle accident toronto today. A man on board the aircraft can be heard
The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday released declassified photos and videos showing what it called a series of “coercive and risky” intercepts of American military aircraft by Chinese jets over the past two years, which officials say have spiked dramatically. The Pentagon’s disclosures came a day after a Chinese military jet intercepted a Canadian Armed
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2023 4:06 pm Updated October 17, 2023 10:17 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The jury in a British Columbia Supreme Court murder trial has been told that an expert witness didn’t finish her testimony because she is dead. Justice Lance Bernard told the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the bombing of a hospital in Gaza is not legal and is calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.” Trudeau was responding to unfolding reports coming out of Gaza, where the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that an Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, including people
Britney Spears has revealed that she got pregnant while dating Justin Timberlake and had an abortion when he decided that they were “way too young” to have a baby. The bombshell report, first detailed by People, comes via Spears’ upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me. (The book is out on Oct. 24.)“But Justin definitely wasn’t
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Tiferet Lapidot was a citizen of Israel and Canada. She was solely a citizen of Israel. An Israeli citizen with Canadian roots is confirmed to have died during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,400.Tiferet Lapidot, 23, had been missing since
Inflation cooled to 3.8 per cent nationally last month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, down from 4.0 per cent in August and snapping a streak of two consecutive monthly accelerations. The annual rate of inflation saw a “broad-based” slowdown in September amid signs of continuing relief at the grocery store, the agency said.StatCan said Canadians saw