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OTTAWA — Canada’s new immigration plan will maintain current admission targets while offering permanent residency to as many as 200,000 temporary residents already living in the country. Under the 2027-2029 immigration plan, the federal government plans to welcome…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s new immigration plan will maintain current admission targets while offering permanent residency to as many as 200,000 temporary residents already…
Rebel News, Juno News and other critics say public funding compromises journalism, but that does not automatically make the program unconstitutional OTTAWA –…
Facebook’s Canadian news blackout continues as Ottawa, Meta and the CRTC explore separate paths toward a possible settlement Ottawa and Meta have reopened…
The people, decisions and developments shaping the North.
Indigenous leaders have launched new court challenges against the federal government’s plan to fast-track the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline, saying Ottawa failed…
THUNDER BAY — The City of Thunder Bay has released the official list of school board trustees elected during the municipal election. Eight…
Jobs, industry, mining and the regional economy.
Sending Christmas cards and letters will cost Canadians more starting in 2027. The federal budget proposes increasing the price of a stamp from…
Canada and China have agreed to extend a trade deal that gives Canadian farmers and seafood producers continued access to the Chinese market…
U.S. defence and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has completed its $3.45-billion acquisition of Ultra Maritime, an undersea defence company based in Dartmouth, Nova…
Community voices, leadership, culture and opportunity.
Paramedic students at a northern Ontario career college are facing financial struggles after the provincial government paused student aid funding, including grants designed…
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Walmart has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant for customers in Canada. Called Sparky, the tool is available in English and…
Technology and its impact on people and communities.
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is approaching a historic milestone, but engineers are investigating a recent communication problem that briefly left the probe out…
Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro arrives November 6, but the best purchase depends on your workload, memory needs and budget October 31, 2026 TORONTO…
Hackers stole about US$6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts believe could be the biggest financial theft ever.…
Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe former senator and judge who led Canada’s groundbreaking Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) investigation into the country’s residential school…
Research shows that 85% of diabetes-related amputations can be prevented. To raise awareness and funds for essential foot care, local organizations joined forces…
At 15.4 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 continues its journey in interstellar space, but its time may be running out. Recently, NASA’s…
NASA’s 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft, now over 15 billion miles from Earth in interstellar space, recently resumed communication after a brief halt using…
Ontario will head out to buy beer, wine, or ready-to-drink cocktails at grocery and big-box stores, Costco will soon be an option. The…
At least 250,000 Washington Post readers have canceled their subscriptions since the paper announced last Friday that it would stop endorsing presidential candidates,…
Police in Kamloops, B.C., are urging parents and guardians to inspect their children’s Halloween candy closely after a report of a mother finding…
The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), introduced last year to reduce dental costs for Canadians with an annual income of less than $90,000,…
The Alberta government introduced new bills on Thursday to restrict gender-affirming care for minors, mandate parental notification for name or pronoun changes in…
