CanadaJul 28, 2025
Can Canadians expect any relief on interest rate?
Canadians expect no relief on interest rate front. Ahead of the Bank of Canada meeting, most economists and market analysts say that the central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady at 2.75 per cent for the third consecutive time, given the strength in core inflation and jobs.
Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, said that according to the Bank of Canada, core inflation is still slightly above 3 per cent.
He said that the impact of Trump's tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles was limited to these sectors, while other sectors saw good job growth in June. Meanwhil
CanadaJul 28, 2025
Ottawa cuts Confederation Bridge tolls, ferry fares in Atlantic Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that tolls on Prince Edward Island's Confederation Bridge will be reduced starting Aug. 1, along with a handful of other Atlantic travel fees.
Starting Friday, the bridge toll for an average vehicle will drop from $50.25 to $20.
The government is also cutting fares in half for passengers, vehicles and commercial traffic on federally supported Eastern Canada ferry services, and eliminating all fuel surcharges for those services.
Marine Atlantic, a constitutionally mandated ferry service connecting Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, will reduce traveller fares by 50 pe
CanadaJul 28, 2025
3 arrested after early-morning stabbing in North Vancouver: police
Mounties in North Vancouver say three women have been arrested after two of them were injured in a stabbing resulting from a dispute.
Police say the incident Saturday at 2:45 a-m saw officers respond to calls of a distraught woman at Lonsdale Quay.
Officers arrived and found the injured victim, and the following investigation located two other women nearby on the second floor above the bus loop, one of whom also having similar injuries.
Police say investigators have determined the three were involved in a dispute resulting in the assault, and all three women in their 20s have been ta
CanadaJul 25, 2025
NDP releases official rules for leadership race to replace Singh
The NDP has released the official rules for its leadership race, which include requirements that candidates gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters in diverse regional, racial and LGBTQ+ groups.
At least 10 per cent of a candidate's signatures must come from young New Democrats aged 25 years or under.
Candidates must also collect at least 50 signatures from each of five different regions in Canada — the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, and B.C. and the North.
A new permanent leader to replace Jagmeet Singh will be chosen through a ranked ballot vote, allowing party memb
CanadaJul 24, 2025
Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.
Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.
The report, written by senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives David Macdonald, says the federal public service could lose up to 57,000 employees by 2028.
CanadaJul 24, 2025
Surrey Council approves lease for new covered practice facility at Cloverdale Athletic Park
Surrey, B.C. – At the Regular Council Meeting on July 14, Surrey City Council approved the execution of a 30-year lease agreement with Surrey United Soccer Club (SUSC) to build, maintain and operate a new covered soccer practice facility at Cloverdale Athletic Park.
“This is an exciting milestone as we advance our partnership with Surrey United Soccer Club and take the next step in delivering this much-needed practice facility,” said Mayor Brenda Locke. “By providing the land for this facility at Cloverdale Athletic Park, we’re creating high-quality, year-round training opportun
CanadaJul 24, 2025
Former UCP caucus members trying to resurrect PC name in Alberta
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.
The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party.
But now two former members of Premier Danielle Smith's U-C-P caucus want to resurrect the P-C name and use it for a party to run against Smith. The U-C-P says it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the two members, saying the P-C name still belongs to them and can't be legally appropriated.
The two former members _ Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair _ were booted out o
CanadaJul 24, 2025
Saskatchewan getting military personnel, helicopters to help fight wildfires
Saskatchewan is set to get help from Ottawa as dozens of wildfires burn in the province. Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski says she has approved a request for federal assistance and that Armed Forces personnel and helicopters are being deployed.
It comes after Saskatchewan's public safety minister, Tim McLeod, said he wrote to Olszewski asking for up to 300 crew members to mop up blazes.
He said the province requested helicopters for bucketing and to move crews, and it also needs water haulers and sprinklers to protect communities.
Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchew
CanadaJul 24, 2025
Ruling today in hockey players' sex assault trial
An Ontario judge is set to deliver her ruling today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team, the culmination of a complex case that has fuelled ongoing conversations on consent and sports culture.
Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an encounter that took place in a London, Ont. hotel room in the early hours of June 19, 2018.
McLeod, who prosecutors allege was the “ringleader” that night, has also pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of being a party