25 m. ago Letters: The city’s talk of new traffic safety approach punishing drivers

Do you support more day shelter spaces? Vote in our daily poll! As usual, Andrew Knack has gone off the deep end in going after drivers. He breathlessly says we desperately need more enforcement of traffic laws. What we need is more oversight of driving schools. I live just off Downtown, and every day is […]

Transport

37 m. ago All aboard! Holiday train led by restored locomotive provides Heritage Park new winter attraction

Part of a push to make Heritage Park a four-season destination

Society

53 m. ago AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Transfers the Majority of its Equity Investment in Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation to Sprott Mining for a Net Consideration of $24.1 million

AMC converted the majority of its Hycroft investment into cash, receiving an amount approximately equal to the original capital invested in the transferred securities. AMC retains both an equity investment and warrants for more than one million shares to participate in the ongoing success of Hycroft. The transaction re-allocates capital towards attractive opportunities in AMC’s […]

Economics

1 hour ago CRA warns of ‘aggressive tax schemes’ involving critical illness insurance

Agency says Canadians could unknowingly participate in the tax scheme and face serious consequences

Economics

2 h. ago Council approves $9 million to increase CTrain security patrols during afternoon rush

Pilot project will focus security enhancements at 12 CTrain stations, scalable up to 20

Economics

2 h. ago Here’s all the Alberta politicians facing citizen recall petitions

As of Friday, 17 Alberta legislature members in UCP caucus are officially facing recall petitions from constituents, and one has also been approved for NDP MLA Amanda Chapman.

Politics

3 h. ago TERRAZZANO: Creative accounting for Mark Carney in five easy steps

WARNING: This advice for creative government accounting is both satirical and based on real-world events.   DISCLAIMER: See fine print regarding side effects.    Step one: Balance half the budget   Cutting $78 billion from the budget is hard. And caucus gets whiny about cuts to pet projects.    So, here’s a simple solution: Split the budget and only […]

Economics

3 h. ago Donald Trump awarded innaugural FIFA peace prize: ‘World is a safe place now’

U.S. president, who had pushed for Nobel recognition, praised during World Cup draw

Other

3 h. ago Hundreds of public sector workers warned their jobs could be cut, union says

A federal union says hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service.

Society

3 h. ago Supreme Court will hear EMSB appeal regarding Quebec secularism law March 23

The EMSB is appealing a February 2024 Quebec Court of Appeal decision that removed charter protections for English school boards.

Other

3 h. ago Manitoba informs residents of revised location for supervised drug consumption site

The Manitoba government appears to have chosen a new location for its proposed supervised drug consumption site.

Other

4 h. ago Mexico a travel hotspot as Canadian travel to U.S. continues to fall

Data from Statistics Canada finds fewer Canadians visiting the U.S. (and vice versa) but domestic and international destinations are more than picking up the slack

Other

4 h. ago Notable early reaction to Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros.

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. studio and its film and television operations drew quick reactions Friday. Film and television industry entities including guilds and the lobbying group for movie theater owners criticized the deal, warning it would harm consumers and cinema owners. In announcing the deal, Warner Bros. […]

Other

4 h. ago Netflix’s US$59 billion loan for Warner Bros. among biggest ever

Wells Fargo & Co., BNP Paribas SA and HSBC Plc are providing the unsecured bridge loan

Economics

4 h. ago «Ça n'a aucun sens»: Trump veut renommer le «soccer» américain

Donald Trump a déclaré qu'il faudrait rebaptiser le football américain et l'appeler «football» au lieu de «soccer» aux États-Unis.

Sport

4 h. ago 2 more Alberta cabinet ministers and NDP MLA latest targets of recall campaign

Alberta's chief electoral officer confirmed Friday that he has approved petition applications to recall four more members of the province's legislative assembly.

Politics

4 h. ago U.S. Supreme Court to weigh Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship

The court took up the appeal of a lower ruling that blocked Trump's executive order telling U.S. agencies not to recognize citizenship of migrant children born in the U.S.

Other

5 h. ago Enhance office productivity with savings on Microsoft Office

There's no better time to save on this top-rated assortment of productivity apps

Technology

5 h. ago U.S. national security strategy warns of ‘civilizational erasure’ in Europe

The strategy reinforces Trump’s “America First” philosophy, which favors nonintervention overseas, questions decades of strategic relationships and prioritizes U.S. interests.

Society

5 h. ago Mi’kmaq chiefs, former attorney general disappointed with N.S. cannabis directive

Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Michelle Glasgow says in a letter she and her council are “appalled” by the province’s directive.

Other