67 m. ago Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher. The agency says the unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February. The drop in jobs reverses some of the gains made by […]

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1 hour ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Smokey at Aviary, Mile Zero Horizons Cabaret and No Other Land

Smokey: It’s local musician and public art master Smokey Johnson’s 45th birthday and, in honour of it, he’s released a beautiful, rather chipper new indie pop song called Ready to Die. You can watch the preposterously charming jumping-kids video online, but the awesome, re-emerging local promoter Double Lunch has also put together a great lineup […]

Transport

1 hour ago Cook This: 3 Caribbean recipes from Kin, including sweet and sticky reef chicken

Make Marie Mitchell's mango chutney, reef chicken and sweet tangy coleslaw

Transport

1 hour ago Letters, April 4: Don’t expect Liberals to be any better under Mark Carney

Should Edmonton class sizes be smaller? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CARNEY’S NO IMPROVEMENT One positive thing, which came out of the Chiang fiasco, is it basically exposed as to what kind of a leader Mark Carney would be while leading this nation for the next four years. From snowboard instructor to bean-counter, can […]

Transport

1 hour ago FIRST READING: The Liberals may have just lost their most winning issue

Canada is no longer an outlier in its Trump fight, which is bad news for Mark Carney

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2 h. ago Letters April 4, 2025: ‘We need a different government, not just a different leader.’

Carney’s no improvement One positive thing, which came out of the Chiang fiasco, is it basically exposed as to what kind of a leader Mark Carney would be while leading this nation for the next four years. From snowboard instructor to bean-counter, can the incumbent federal Liberals slide any further down the septic pipe? Canadians […]

Politics

3 h. ago Bitget Secures El Salvador Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) License After BSP Approval

VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has obtained the Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license from El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), expanding its regulatory framework within the country. This development comes after the earlier acquisition of the Bitcoin Services Provider (BSP) license […]

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3 h. ago Avi Benlolo: Where did Canada go? Reclaiming our place in the world

Canada’s presence on the world stage has diminished considerably. We have to bring it back

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3 h. ago Rick Ekstein: What matters isn’t who negotiates with Trump — it’s who rebuilds Canada

Canada doesn’t need a philosopher-king. It needs leadership with courage, clarity, and conviction

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3 h. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Plunging gas prices? More like fake Liberal charity

The Liberals made you pay more at the pump. Now that they've stopped, they expect a thank you

Economics

3 h. ago Anaida Poilievre says she’s ‘not just a prop’ for her husband and the Tories

The former Senate aide and mother of two is a regular fixture on the campaign trail

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3 h. ago Inside Mark Carney’s weirdly dreary campaign, where the dullness is the point

Even in a warehouse full of battery-powered buses, Carney’s speech proved to be the furthest thing from electric

Transport

3 h. ago Opinion: Bolstering national defence is much more critical than tax cuts

As two former defence ministers of different political stripes, we urge all party leaders to support a consensus on the urgent need for action

Events

12 h. ago Liberals drop Edmonton candidate who praised Hamas, Hezbollah in video

Loyola said in the 2009 video taken at an anti-NATO protest that Hamas and Hezbollah, both listed terrorist organizations in Canada, should be lionized, not condemned

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13 h. ago High anxiety over softwood lumber despite tone change from U.S.: B.C. premier

British Columbia’s premier said Thursday he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province’s softwood lumber sector. Premier David Eby said at a media availability in Victoria that he will be travelling to Prince George in central B.C. […]

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13 h. ago Yukon targets Elon Musk’s companies in response to U.S. tariffs

The Yukon government says it’s ending rebates for all Tesla products, as it targets companies associated with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is also a senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump. A statement from Premier Ranj Pillai says the moves are in response to the latest round of tariffs imposed by the United States […]

Economics

14 h. ago RCMP arrest Cuban national trying to enter Canada by running across border bridge

The RCMP said officers arrested a Cuban national attempting to enter Canada from the United States by running across the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge that connects Ontario to New York. The Mounties said their Niagara-on-the-Lake border integrity unit officers, with help from Ontario Provincial Police, arrested the individual last month under the Immigration and […]

Society

15 h. ago Conservatives in the lead for first time in federal campaign, new poll shows

Although the results would likely translate into a Liberal minority government, 'the Conservatives have narrowed the Liberal momentum gap'

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15 h. ago LILLEY: Carney tells another fib – the man can’t recognize the truth

Carney claims we avoided a recession in 2008 thanks to him, but the Bank of Canada declared a recession that year while he was at the helm

Transport

16 h. ago Chris Selley: Standing up for supply management is not standing up for Canadians

Whoever's interests Carney is representing, it's certainly not the majority of Canadians' — and the same goes for Pierre Poilievre

Economics