9 h. ago BAT Announces 70% of Policy Experts Continue to Misidentify Nicotine as Primary Cause of Smoking

Multi-market survey of 450 policy experts1 shows that they continue to see nicotine as a primary cause of smoking-related disease, despite the growing weight of evidence to the contrary Conducted in 2024 and 2025 across 15 different markets, this research also highlights regional disparities in nicotine risk perception due to regulatory barriers and lack of […]

Politics

16 h. ago This $3 million Toronto home from the 1960s is delightfully weird

Toronto real estate has no shortage of glassy new builds and cookie-cutter flips, but every so often, a house comes along that feels like it belongs in both an architectural magazine and a fever dream.Enter 38 Purdon Dr., a ravine-side 1960s modernist with cathedral ceilings, a sunroom bar that literally glows, and a backyard waterfall fed by rainwater.From the street, you know you're not in typical North York territory.The front entrance. The façade glows pink at night, with what can only be described as dinosaur-egg decals on its exterior. And the deeper you go, the stranger it gets.The living room. Originally designed by a local architect in the mid-'60s, the home was completely reimagined in 2002 and again in 2024, fusing mid-century bones with eclectic modern finishes.The dining room. The result? About 5,000 square feet spread across three and a half levels, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two kitchens, and four separate entrances.The foyer.&nb...

Economics

32 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Stats, studies back Poilievre's call for tighter bail laws

Whenever someone like Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggests tightening up bail laws in Canada, someone else — a criminologist, prisoners’ rights advocate, Liberal cabinet minister — is quick to point out that crime fell 3.6 per cent across the country in 2024. For instance, last fall when Poilievre first suggested his “Jail, Not Bail” reforms […]

Events

33 h. ago What Mark Carney’s data breach tells us about the perils of insider threats

A junior bank employee didn't need malware or stolen password to reach the prime minister's records.

Transport

36 h. ago The Big AI Trade in Europe Is All About Data Centers and Power

As the artificial intelligence frenzy drives global equities to record highs, in Europe the momentum is flowing into industries critical to powering the technology.

Economics

40 h. ago Deux mois gratuits pour attirer des locataires: la pénurie de logements tire à sa fin

Depuis l’automne 2024, les montants des loyers affichés sont en recul, la construction locative a explosé et la demande s’essouffle.

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46 h. ago What is Project 2025 and why is Donald Trump now embracing it?

During his 2024 election campaign, Trump disavowed Project 2025, distancing himself from the content and its creators

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46 h. ago What is Project 2025 and why is Donald Trump meeting with a man who helped write it?

During his 2024 election campaign, Trump disavowed Project 2025, distancing himself from the content and its creators

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47 h. ago This TSX stock is up nearly 195% this year, but analysts aren’t convinced it will last

The week in stocks: Government shutdown versus stocks, are stock market bubble fears justified, and Constellation's consternation

Economics

47 h. ago Calgary woman physically and mentally abused for months before husband strangled her, court told

Manpreet Kaur was found dead in her Redstone home in April 2024

Events

47 h. ago Stock markets carry on amid absent U.S. jobs data, leaving Fed without its ‘compass’

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 300 points in a broad-based rally, while U.S. stock markets were mixed on Friday as investors carried on without U.S. jobs data. “I think the market resilience that we have seen over the past several months continues in the face of the standstill in Washington. […]

Economics

47 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison on prostitution charges

Sean Combs has been behind bars since his September 2024 arrest, and the sentencing marks the conclusion of the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s New York trial.

Events

48 h. ago Canada Post tables new offers to union that include job cut provisions

Canada Post’s latest contract offers to striking postal workers has many of the same terms as its “final offers” in May, but removes a signing bonus and now has provisions related to job cuts expected ahead. The offers presented Friday come a little over a week after the federal government announced plans to transform the […]

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49 h. ago BCGEU escalates strike with more liquor, cannabis stores behind picket lines

Friday's escalation saw almost 900 additional workers from 22 worksites joining the job action, 20 more B.C. Liquor and cannabis stores and front-line staff from other unions.

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50 h. ago Loblaw closing No Name discount grocery stores in Ontario after just a year

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is slowly winding down its ultra-discount No Name grocery store program, with two of the three pilot locations in Ontario now closed or slated to shut down just over a year after they first opened. The stores were originally launched in September 2024 and gave shoppers access to even lower prices than the company's existing discount chains, like No Frills. The concept aimed to reduce operating costs through shorter store hours, a smaller assortment of products, limited marketing, no refrigeration, and fewer weekly deliveries. At the time, the company said that the stores would help customers save up to 20 per cent on everyday essentials; however, it looks like the concept didn't exactly land with consumers, as its reduced operating costs meant shoppers would have to shop elsewhere for refrigerated items like dairy or fresh meat products. The bare-bones stores carried just 1,300 products, compared to the 7,000 items typically carried in sm...

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53 h. ago Sienna Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results Release Date and Conference Call

MARKHAM, Ontario, Oct. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sienna Senior Living Inc. (“Sienna” or the “Company”) (TSX: SIA) announced that it will report its 2025 third quarter results after market close on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Nitin Jain, President and Chief Executive Officer, and David Hung, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Investments, will host […]

Culture

54 h. ago Toronto real estate prices plummeting and here's what the average home costs now

Toronto's turbulent real estate market has been accelerating nose-first into the ground for months, and while home sales in the region are actually showing signs of a rebound in the second half of the year, there is still a long road ahead to recovery.However, despite the doom and gloom, the latest monthly figures from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) offer some hope for buyers and sellers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).September home sales in the GTA spiked year-over-year, with declines in average home prices and increased flexibility in negotiations, as sellers are accepting offers well below the asking price, helping to lure cost-conscious buyers out of hibernation. This is thanks in part to the runaway supply of unsold units.A few factors are driving the 5,592 home sales reported by TRREB in September –  a noticeable 8.5 per cent bump over the same month last year. One factor cited by TRREB President Elechia Barry-Sproule is the recent Bank o...

Economics

55 h. ago Russia’s Spare Oil Export Capacity Running Out as Drones Hit Refineries

Russia’s ability to divert its crude to the global market is diminishing fast as the nation’s oil refineries come under attack from Ukrainian drones.

Economics

56 h. ago Emerging Market Stocks Extend Rally as Investors Bet on AI Deals

Emerging market stocks rose Friday, heading for their biggest weekly gain in three weeks, as investor optimism over artificial intelligence lifted tech shares to a fresh record high.

Economics

59 h. ago GTA Housing Market Sees Boost in September Following Interest Rate Cut

TORONTO, Oct. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — September home sales increased in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) compared to a year earlier, as more homebuyers sought to take advantage of more affordable monthly mortgage payments. Buyers continued to respond to substantial choice in the marketplace by negotiating the average selling price downward. “The Bank of […]

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