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• 34% of Ontarians cutting back this holiday season: TD survey

  08-12-2025 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  A new survey from TD shows 34 per cent of people in Ontario are cutting back on holiday spending, but things like flash sales could lead some to blow their budgets.
  
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• Ride-hailing companies like Uber should face more municipal scrutiny: Halifax report

  09-12-2025 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  A new staff report for Halifax regional council is recommending requirements for ride-hailing services should be brought in line with those covering all taxi and limousine drivers.
  
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• NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named Canada's athlete of the year for second time

  09-12-2025 19:36 via cbc.ca
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who led the NBA in scoring last season and later grabbed league MVP and Finals MVP honours, was named Canadian athlete of the year by sports journalists on Tuesday.
  
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• Carney says U.S. trip memorable, first time he didn't dance to Y.M.C.A. and the comment he wanted rolled back

  09-12-2025 19:21 via nationalpost.com
  Mark Carney talked about his memorable Washington trip and how it was the first time he didn’t dance to Y.M.C.A. The quip came during a conversation hosted by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on Monday where the prime minister spoke about new government initiatives. The popular disco song by The Village People has become an unofficial anthem for U.S. President Donald Trump. It was played during many of his rallies, and the group even sang it live on the eve of Inauguration Day 2025. Last week,
  
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• Home prices in Toronto and Vancouver expected to drop as the rest of Canada sees a hike: LePage

  09-12-2025 19:05 via nationalpost.com
  The latest annual report from real estate company Royal LePage is forecasting a modest hike in home prices of one per cent by the fourth quarter of 2026. But that overall figure is hiding a significant drop in two of Canada’s most expensive cities, Toronto and Vancouver. Calling 2026 “a crucial reset year for Canada’s housing market,” the Royal LePage Market Survey Forecast predicts that the average price of a home in Canada is expected to rise to $823,016 in the fourth
  
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• If Trump tariffs fertilizer, U.S. lacks reserves ‘to meet domestic demand’

  09-12-2025 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  In a statement, Fertilizer Canada said increasing fertilizer production 'cannot happen overnight and can take 10 to 15 years to increase.'
  
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• N.S. is still below targets set in federal agreement for $10 a day daycare: report

  09-12-2025 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Nova Scotia government says the province needs more money from the federal government to reach their 2021 target of creating 9,500 new affordable childcare spaces.
  
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• Air Transat says these flights are cancelled as pilots’ strike looms

  09-12-2025 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  Air Transat announced the flight cancellations late Monday night as a strike, led by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), could hit the airline as soon as Wednesday.
  
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• Liberals to support Bloc move to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws on Tuesday: source

  09-12-2025 17:54 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — After a week of delays and uncertainty, the Liberals say a deal is back on the rails with the Bloc Québécois to remove religious exemptions from Canada’s hate-speech laws in exchange for support to help pass the government’s bill targeting hate and terror symbols. A senior government source confirmed to National Post that the Liberals on the House of Commons justice committee, which is currently doing a clause-by-clause study of Bill C-9, are expected to
  
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• Two never-before-seen photos of ex-snowboarder Ryan Wedding released by the U.S.

  09-12-2025 17:46 via nationalpost.com
  The U.S. authorities released two photos of former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding alleged to be the leader of a violent narco cartel on Monday. The FBI, which has ranked the Thunder Bay, Ont. native among its Top Ten Fugitives, posted on X what it called “a new obtained photograph” of him lying in bed shirtless, a large lion tattoo visible on his chest. Wedding is sporting a scruffy beard with his short, cropped hair revealing a receding hairline. It’s unclear whether the image
  
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• Liberals seek to declare 'femicide' as first-degree murder, restore mandatory minimum sentences

  09-12-2025 17:13 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled a new crime bill on Tuesday, seeking to stiffen punishments for offences committed against children and women, while also proposing to restore mandatory minimum sentences for a slew of offences.  The 167-page bill includes proposals to criminalize a pattern of behaviour seen in abusive relationships known as “coercive control,” and also declare that when a woman is murdered in the context of a controlling intimate partne
  
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• Ontario business owner fined $36.9M for failing to declare exported used vehicles

  09-12-2025 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Canada Border Services Agency says its investigation determined the Ontario business owner failed to declare hundreds of used vehicles exported from Canada.
  
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• Als, Ticats will kick off 2026 CFL regular season

  09-12-2025 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats will kick off the 2026 CFL season on June 4.
  
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• Family of 15-year-old shot dead by police near Montreal sues officers, city

  09-12-2025 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police in an off-island suburb of Montreal in September is suing the officers and the city of Longueuil, Que.
  
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• Microsoft pledges $7.5B in AI investment in Canada for next 2 years

  09-12-2025 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  The $7.5 billion will be invested over the next two years, bringing Microsoft’s total AI investment in Canada between 2023 and 2027 to $19 billion.
  
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• Liberals to lay out plan for ‘generational’ Criminal Code updates

  09-12-2025 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  The changes are 'one of the most consequential updates to Canada's Criminal Code in generations to confront modern threats and protect victims,' Sean Fraser’s office said.
  
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• Liberals adding femicide, pornographic deepfakes to Criminal Code

  09-12-2025 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  The bill introduced by the Liberal government would also outlaw engaging in a pattern of coercive or controlling conduct against an intimate partner.
  
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• Final Rivalry Series games against U.S. a crucial test for Canadians before Olympics

  09-12-2025 15:59 via cbc.ca
  The games on Wednesday and Saturday in Edmonton will be the last Canada will play before the Olympic tournament opens on Feb. 5 in Italy. The U.S. outscored Canada 10-2 over two games in November.
  
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• FBI shares new Ryan Wedding photo as search for alleged drug lord continues

  09-12-2025 15:52 via globalnews.ca
  The FBI has released a new photo of a Canadian Olympian-turned-alleged cocaine kingpin who the organization's director says is a 'modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar.'
  
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• Poilievre to force vote on motion about Liberal support for pipeline

  09-12-2025 14:29 via globalnews.ca
  Liberal MPs will be forced to reaffirm their commitment to a new pipeline to the West Coast and a possible overriding of the B.C. tanker ban under the Alberta-Ottawa energy deal.
  
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• Postpartum depression pill gets approval in a 1st for Canada

  09-12-2025 14:21 via globalnews.ca
  Manufactured by Biogen, the drug has been approved for use in the United States since late 2023 and is also authorized in the U.K. and the European Union. 
  
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• NAC's new president, CEO is Annabelle Cloutier

  09-12-2025 13:41 via cbc.ca
  The National Arts Centre has promoted Annabelle Cloutier to president and CEO, saying she is the first francophone woman to hold those roles.
  
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• Inuit man gets reduced sentence for attempted murder due to his Indigenous status and mental illness

  09-12-2025 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  A Nunavut judge knocked nearly two years off the sentence for an Inuit man convicted of trying to choke a woman to death because she stood up for his abused sister-in-law, citing his Indigenous status, mental illness and the fact that a shorter sentence would not require him to leave Canada’s northernmost territory to serve the remainder of his time behind bars. Laimiki Toonoo was sentenced in the Nunavut Court of Justice to eight years and two months in prison for the attempted murder of
  
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• Toronto condo projects stall as buyers stay away, leaving thousands of units frozen

  09-12-2025 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  Between 2020 and 2025, 25 projects have stopped sales on more than 3,200 new units in and around Toronto, numbers pulled together by BILD.
  
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• Rogers Satellite service launches in remote parts of Ontario after beta period

  09-12-2025 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  Rogers new satellite cell service will bring access to apps like Google Maps or WhatsApp to remote areas of Ontario. During a trial, Algonquin was the area with the highest usage.
  
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• Rogers offers first satellite mobile service in Canada

  09-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  Rogers Communications on Tuesday announced the rollout of a new satellite-to-mobile service, the first of its kind in Canada. Rogers Satellite provides voice and video calling and a number of popular apps for weather and navigation information, vastly increasing the company’s coverage. “This is really an important technology that’s a game changer for our industry,” Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri told National Post in an interview. “We’re really excited about t
  
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• Liberals won't vote for Conservative pipeline motion, calling it a 'cheap political stunt'

  09-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Liberal MPs won’t support a motion brought forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre calling on MPs to support the construction of “one or more pipelines” to export bitumen to Asian markets. Conservatives are planning to force a debate and a vote in the House of Commons Tuesday about the recent deal struck by Ottawa and Alberta to build a new oil pipeline on the West Coast, in hopes of exposing divisions inside the Liberal c
  
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• Conservatives hope to expose cracks in Liberal caucus with oil pipeline motion

  09-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Conservatives are planning to force a debate and a vote in the House of Commons Tuesday about the recent deal struck by Ottawa and Alberta to build a new oil pipeline on the West Coast, in hopes of exposing divisions inside the Liberal caucus. The motion, brought forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, calls on MPs to “take note” of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta struck on Nov. 27 and to support the construction of “one or more pipeli
  
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• U.S. ambassador 'encouraged' by Carney's energy pact with Alberta, expects more oil shipments to U.S.

  09-12-2025 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — The U.S. ambassador to Canada says he is “encouraged” by the energy deal Prime Minister Mark Carney struck with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, saying he believes it will lead to more oil and gas production — increasing expectations that more product will flow south of the border. Pete Hoekstra’s comment come as Carney weathers some domestic political fallout since the signing of that agreement, with critics of it, such as B.C. Premier David Eby, saying no
  
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• 'Not going to stop until I find him': First Nation man's family search for more remains in Ontario murder case

  09-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police have stopped looking for the rest of Mekhi Pelly’s remains as two people face charges in the murder case, but the Kenora-area man's family vows to keep searching. Here's what we know about the investigation as a range of people, including from Manitoba, help in the search.
  
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