7 h. ago As Canada Post strike hits 2 weeks, most businesses want reform: survey

Nearly nine in 10 small businesses (87 per cent) in Canada are calling for changes in the way the Crown corporation is run, a new survey shows.

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12 h. ago Senior Bank of Canada official calls for more competition in banking

A senior official at the Bank of Canada is calling for more competition in the banking sector to better serve Canadians and the economy. Senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers laid out her case for a more competitive Canada in a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto on Thursday morning. Rogers sounded the alarm in […]

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12 h. ago What’s in Trump’s Gaza peace deal? Here are the details so far

Although Israel and Hamas have agreed to the terms of the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, the two-year old conflict may still be far from over.

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13 h. ago Prime Minister Carney says next 48 hours crucial in Gaza peace process

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is urging all parties involved in the U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan to follow through. Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a plan that would pause the fighting and see Hamas release the 20 living hostages while Israel pulls troops back to an agreed-upon […]

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14 h. ago Canada calls for ‘immediate’ flow of aid under new Gaza peace plan

On the social media platform X, the prime minister offered his congratulations to U.S. President Donald Trump for orchestrating the deal.

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24 h. ago Oil Declines With Gaza Peace Plan and US Inventories in Focus

Oil edged lower as traders focused on cooling tensions in the Middle East and higher US inventories.

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28 h. ago Trump says ‘we’re very close’ to deal with Hamas, Israel on Gaza peace plan

Trump said Wednesday he’s considering a trip to the Middle East within a matter of days. Then he received a note from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in front of reporters.

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28 h. ago Trump says Israel, Hamas agree to 1st phase of Gaza peace plan

'This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.

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29 h. ago Canada’s justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause

Canada's Justice Minister has rejected calls from five premiers that he rescind a request for the Supreme Court of Canada to put limits on use of the notwithstanding clause.

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61 h. ago Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as conflict in Gaza grinds on

A divided Israel marks two years since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 2023, which sparked a conflict in Gaza that continues amid renewed peace talks.

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3 d. ago Kitsault Energy Proposes Bold Initiative for Canada’s Economic Prosperity and India’s Energy Security

WASHINGTON — Dr. Krishnan Suthanthiran, founder and president of Kitsault Energy (KE), has renewed calls for a Canada–India energy partnership centered around a dedicated pipeline corridor to Kitsault, British Columbia. The project aims to supply Indian markets with Canadian crude oil and natural gas in the form of liquid butanol—an alternative to LNG with lower […]

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6 d. ago Trump tells Israel to ‘immediately stop’ bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostages, negotiate peace

‘We agreed to the plan in principle based on its main points, but its implementation requires negotiations,’ a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera

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6 d. ago Hamas says it accepts some parts of Trump’s Gaza peace plan amid ultimatum

The statement came hours after Trump said that Hamas must agree to the deal with Israel by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught.

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6 d. ago Canada Revenue Agency not direct on how many more workers they will add to call centres

Public Service Notebook: The CRA has not provided numbers on some of the hiring done for its call centres.

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Feds' notwithstanding clause court application could harm the federation

The federal government is attempting to neuter the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause. They claim to be doing so to preserve Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms from callous provincial politicians. But, in effect, the Carney Liberals are looking to accomplish the biggest federal power grab since the Constitution was repatriated from Britain, and the Charter added […]

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8 d. ago FINLAYSON: Governments must change policies to better leverage Canada’s well

Canada is well-endowed with what economists call “human capital.” According to one widely cited report, Canada is among the world’s most “talented” countries, surpassing the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Norway, among others.

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9 d. ago Israeli troops kill 31 in Gaza as Qatar says discussion needed on Trump peace plan

CAIRO — Qatar said Tuesday that further talks were needed over details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, as Hamas weighed its reply. In Gaza, Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians, local hospitals said. The comments by Qatar, a key mediator, appeared to reflect […]

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9 d. ago PM Carney welcomes Trump’s peace plan proposal for Israel and Gaza

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic new Middle East peace plan,” which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. Trump’s plan to put the Gaza Strip and its 2.1 million Palestinians under an international security force has been endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]

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9 d. ago This is how people in Ontario are marking National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Today officially marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which recognizes the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools in Canada, reflecting on the children who never returned home, Survivors, their families, and communities. The holiday was officially proposed back in 2015 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which, under Action 80, called upon the federal government (in collaboration with Indigenous peoples) to establish a statutory holiday to ensure that "public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process." Sept. 30 is also known as Orange Shirt Day, which was established in 2013 and honours Phyllis' story, whose new orange shirt was taken on her first day at a residential school when she was only six years old. The orange shirt symbolizes the loss of culture and freedom that many Indigenous children experienced in these schools, and serve...

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1 week ago Liberals say they’re confused by Poilievre’s call to ‘argue’ against B.C. land

Poilievre told reporters on Monday that the court got 'property rights wrong' in the contentious ruling

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