4 h. ago Jack Mintz: Mamdani’s socialist agenda will take a bite out of the Big Apple

If mayoral front-runner is elected, New Yorkers will soon discover that free stuff isn't so free after all

Technology

13 h. ago City politicians Wednesday threw their support behind London Hydro creating  an “affiliate” that would be able offer additional services than the utility, generating more revenue.

An affiliate, overseen by city hall, would not be regulated and can move more freely in the private sector, said the chief executive London Hydro.

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7 d. ago Economy lost 41,000 jobs in July but unemployment rate held steady at 6.9%

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July as young workers and the private sector bore the brunt of the losses, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cent as the number of job seekers was roughly unchanged from June. The economy lost 51,000 full-time positions in […]

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9 d. ago Jack Mintz: Mark Carney must combat antisemitism — not fan its flames

Carney's plan to recognize a Palestinian state, and his overall disparagement of Israel, takes Canada in the wrong direction

Sport

9 d. ago Residents at Red Oak Retirement Home call on management to pay fair wages

OTTAWA, Ontario — As the union representing the workers at Sienna-owned Red Oak Retirement Home prepare for interest arbitration tomorrow, a group of residents have issued a letter to the management team. In the letter, these residents call on Sienna, which has reported record-breaking profits from their private sector retirement homes, to meet the union’s […]

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1 week ago Ford government started studying Hwy. 401 tunnel after private

A slew of internal documents from the Ministry of Transportation reveals how three private-sector bids helped spark Doug Ford's plan to tunnel an expressway under Highway 401.

Politics

4 w. ago Jack Mintz: Governments may overproduce, but not the private sector

Only if they're subsidized can private firms constantly produce more than they can sell. Markets discipline firms that do that

Politics