32 h. ago University of Toronto once again the top school in Canada in one key category

And the hits just keep coming for the University of Toronto.In addition to being the top school in Canada and the second most sustainable university in the world, U of T can also applaud itself for being the number one research university in the country.Research Infosource Inc. released a report this week outlining the top research universities, colleges and hospitals in Canada, as well as the Top 15 Federal Government research & development performers. Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2025To determine the universities' rankings, factors such as faculty headcount, graduate student enrollment and financial data from Statistics Canada were closely looked at.For a second year in a row, U of T nabbed the top spot for receiving $1,588,932 in funding in 2024, up 10.8 per cent from the previous year.Of the 50 top universities, 17 others are in Ontario.University of Ottawa and McMaster University round out the top 10, taking the 7th and 9th spots, respec...

Society

48 h. ago Ottawa’s ‘refreshed’ AI strategy delayed to next year, minister says

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon told a House of Commons committee the updated strategy will come next year, after saying in the fall it would come this year.

Politics

1 week ago EQAO standardized test results to be released next week after delay: Minister

Ontario students’ standardized testing results are set to be made public next week, Education Minister Paul Calandra said Monday after he delayed their release, suggesting changes may be coming. Results from math and literacy testing by the Education Quality and Accountability Office are normally released earlier in the fall for the previous school year, but […]

Politics

1 week ago Ontario plans to release delayed EQAO results next week, after ‘deep dive’

EQAO results are generally published sometime toward the end of September and offer a snapshot of numeracy and literacy in the province. 

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2 w. ago Ahead of Holiday Season, Visa Identifies Five Transformative Forces Reshaping Global Payment Security

New Biannual Threats Report Reveals Fundamental Shift in Fraud Operations as Criminals Adopt Industrial-Scale Tactics SAN FRANCISCO — To celebrate International Fraud Awareness Week, Visa (NYSE: V) today released its Fall 2025 Biannual Threats Report, revealing five forces that are transforming the global payments security landscape. The report, produced by Visa’s Payment Ecosystem Risk and […]

Society

2 w. ago Calls for justice system reform follow release of man who killed two Indigenous women

A woman whose cousin was killed says the release last week of a man who killed two women is another outrage from a justice system that victimizes Indigenous women and girls.

Events

3 w. ago US Stocks Little Changed Despite Tech Rebound, Data Resumption

US stocks gained for the week thanks to a rebound Friday in mega-cap technology stocks and the expected return of regular economic data releases next week with the US government reopening.

Economics

3 w. ago Greenwashing rules to be scaled back, but scope of change remains unclear

Canada’s greenwashing rules are being scaled back, but it remains to be seen what the changes mean for businesses wanting to talk about their environmental record. In the federal budget released last week, the government said it plans to remove parts of the greenwashing laws, passed in June last year, that are part of the […]

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4 w. ago Ottawa to restore accidentally deleted privacy provision in streaming bill

OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision to the Online Streaming Act, more than two years after it was accidentally deleted. The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to “restore the right to privacy of individuals to the interpretation provisions and remove a […]

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