10 h. ago Royal Canadian Navy ship takes ‘amazing’ four month voyage to Antarctica and back

HMCS Margaret Brooke, an Arctic and offshore patrol vessel, carried both sailors and scientists on the 46,300 kilometre mission

Events

10 h. ago Edmonton, Calgary mayors call potential separatism referendum ‘dangerous’

Calgary — Alberta’s two big-city mayors say a separation referendum would be “devastating” to their local economies and is a needless distraction during a period in which the country should be focused on unity. “It is very dangerous talk,” Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “It is dangerous talk […]

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14 h. ago Vital Battery Metals Announces Effective Date of Name Change to Aventis Energy Inc.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vital Battery Metals Inc. (“Vital” or the “Company”) (CSE: VBAM | OTC: VBAMF | FRA: C0O), announces that effective Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the Company’s name will change to “Aventis Energy Inc.”. The Company’s common shares will begin trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange on May 13, 2025 under the new […]

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14 h. ago Telus CEO decries ‘race to the bottom’ through price matching with competitors

The chief executive of Telus Corp. says there’s more the company can do to attract new customers without necessarily having to lower prices to match its competitors. President and CEO Darren Entwistle said Friday he was encouraged by Telus’s performance in its first quarter as it added 218,000 net new customers, up around 9,000 compared […]

Economics

14 h. ago Habemus domum! Leo XIV’s ‘immaculately rehabbed’ childhood home being sold

The small brick home in Dolton, just outside Chicago, had been listed at $199,000 but the owner is considering raising the price

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16 h. ago Canadian researchers reach ’major milestone’ in search for ALS treatment

Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone. There’s a white spot on the image, right where Bill Traynor’s motor cortex is. The 70-year-old patient is lying on the MRI bed with his head inside a dome that sends focused […]

Politics

17 h. ago Delta, Korean Air buy 25% stake in Canadian carrier WestJet in US$550 million deal

The 25% stake is being sold by Onex Partners and affiliated funds and co-investors of the group. The Onex group will continue to own and control WestJet

Economics

17 h. ago Canadian man finds father’s wartime signature in Dutch church: ‘Amazing’

Don Drissell recently travelled to the village of Groesbeek after learning an inscription signed by his father, a Canadian soldier in the Second World War, had been found.

Culture

18 h. ago Statistics hint at surge in domestic tourism in B.C. as Canadians avoid U.S. travel

"We're tracking a very significant surge in travel within Canada with Canadians staying in Canada looking for the quintessential Canadian experience." — Charles McDiarmid, owner of The Wickaninnish Inn

Economics

19 h. ago NOVAGOLD Closes $179 Million Underwritten Upsized Public Offering of Common Shares

All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. (“NOVAGOLD” or “the Company”) (NYSE American, TSX: NG) closed its previously announced upsized public offering of 47,850,000 common shares of NOVAGOLD at a price to the public of $3.75 per share. All of the shares […]

Economics

20 h. ago French Power Price Plunges Below Zero as Solar Floods the Grid

French day-ahead power tumbled below zero for the first time since July last year as solar generation this weekend is set to overwhelm the grid.

Economics

20 h. ago Unemployment rate rises to 6.9% in April as trade war hits factory jobs

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector started to strain under the weight of tariffs from the United States, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added 7,400 jobs last month, the agency said, slightly outpacing economist expectations for a gain of 2,500 positions. […]

Economics

21 h. ago Air Canada’s U.S. bookings to drop by ‘low teens’ in next 6 months: CEO

Air Canada previously said its decline in U.S.-bound bookings over the next six months mirrored an industry-wide drop of roughly 10 per cent.

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21 h. ago Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the […]

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21 h. ago Canadian unemployment increased again in April, says Statistics Canada

Canada's job market continues to shrink as Statistics Canada reported in April XXX jobs were lost and unemployment increased to XXX from 6.7 per cent in March.

Economics

21 h. ago Economy adds 7,400 jobs in April as unemployment rate rises to 6.9%

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector started to strain under the weight of tariffs from the United States, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added 7,400 jobs last month, the agency said, slightly outpacing economist expectations for a gain of 2,500 positions. […]

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21 h. ago The price of some Canadian meats has gone up by over 60% in a year

Meat prices in Canada have changed noticeably over the past year, with the cost of beef climbing as the price of pork drops. But just how much have prices changed?On May 8, Statistics Canada published its latest report on monthly average prices for selected food products, including items commonly purchased by Canadian consumers. Prices are obtained directly from Canadian retailers."Transaction data provides a comprehensive electronic record of the transactions made through a retailer's point-of-sale system and contains relevant pricing information, such as product descriptions and quantities sold," reads the report.Previously, we compared how egg prices had changed in one year in different countries; this time, we’re focusing on how meat prices in Canada have fluctuated since last year.Scroll on to see how prices have changed from March 2024 to March 2025.BeefBeef stewing cuts2024: $16.68/kg, 2025: $19.33/kgBeef s...

Economics

21 h. ago Ritchie Bros. Sells CA$224+ Million of Heavy Equipment Assets and Vehicles at Premier Canadian Auction Event

EDMONTON, Alberta & WESTCHESTER, Ill. — RB Global, Inc. (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA), the trusted global marketplace for insights, services and transaction solutions for commercial assets and vehicles, today announced Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold 11,000+ equipment items, trucks and vehicles at its premier Canadian auction event in Edmonton, AB, last week. The five-day auction generated […]

Economics

22 h. ago Five reasons for Flames fans to watch the IIHF World Championship

There are six Flames set to participate in the annual spring tournament — and head coach Ryan Huska will be on the Canadian bench, too

Sport

24 h. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Treaties can’t be relied upon to stop Alberta from leaving

That said, Indigenous sovereigntists and Alberta separatists are both antagonistic to the Canadian project

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