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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 26, 2025 2:10 pm Updated June 26, 2025 2:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s inflation-adjusted GDP grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter. The province’s statistics institute says the growth is mainly from…
A climate advocacy group says oil and gas representation on the boards of Canada’s big public pensions raise concerns about conflicts of interest. In a report out Thursday, Shift said that as of June 1, the boards of five of Canada’s largest public sector funds had members who are also involved with fossil fuel companies….
An additional 293,500 Canadians enrolled as members of a registered pension plan in 2023, Statistics Canada data released Tuesday showed. According to a StatCan report, the number of Canadians who were active members of a registered pension plan (RPP) grew by 4.2 per cent to a total of roughly 7.2 million in 2023. Of these,…
Emma Stretton has a different approach to the tooth fairy Emma Stretton(Image: Jam Press/Emma Stretton) A mum has hit back after being called a “cheapskate” for giving her children IOUs instead of cash from the tooth fairy. Emma Stretton, from Manchester, says that rather than leave coins under the pillows she leaves her kids handwritten…
The City of Edmonton doesn’t have enough money to maintain its existing infrastructure, let alone build anything new. In a fiscal update on Tuesday at City Hall, administration said there is $1.5 billion capital funding shortfall. The money goes towards grants, neighbourhood renewals, fleet replacements and also for debt finance infrastructure. Edmonton isn’t unique in…
Grim news from Experian: in 2024, the company found that attending a wedding cost guests about £450 each, or an average of almost a fifth of their monthly income. And given that Monzo says one-tenth of us went to eight weddings or more in 2023, it’s easy to see how the costs stack up. That’s…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 4, 2025 9:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area remained weak in May while inventory levels were up — giving more negotiating leverage to potential homebuyers. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says 6,244 homes were sold in May,…
Canada does not know what it would cost to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence program, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Wednesday. “I’m not in a position to evaluate the numbers. We’re going to bring a budget out in the fall, and when we bring a budget out we’ll have a…
I knew instantly he was having a stroke (Picture: Sam Helsby) The evening of September 9 had started like any other. My husband, Paul, had just come home from his volunteer work at the local prison; he’d said hi to our two kids before joining me in the kitchen, where I was making a cup…
There are plenty of terrible cars from years gone by – too many to name, in fact. But few garnered a reputation quite as bad as one particularly infamous 1980s motor produced in former Yugoslavia that became Britain’s cheapest car of the decade. While thousands were sold in the UK, it has gone down in…
