The number of Canadians living alone has more than doubled in the past 35 years, making single-person households the most common type, a new report by Statistics Canada shows.
China says pest concerns justify ban on Canadian canola
Amid escalating trade and diplomatic tensions, China has cited fears of insect infestation for blocking some exports of canola from Canada.
Facebook CEO says he’ll double down on privacy
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will start to emphasize new privacy-shielding messaging services, a shift apparently intended to blunt privacy criticisms of the company.
Can a 34-year-old Canadian business school dropout rescue Britain’s HMV?
Canadian Doug Putman, 34, is making a big bet on the return of the retail music industry in Canada and now abroad. The president of Sunrise Records recently purchased 100 HMV stores in the U.K. after the music chain filed for bankruptcy protection.
Trudeau considering a statement of contrition over SNC-Lavalin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrapped his public agenda and returned to Ottawa Tuesday for high-level discussions to plot next steps in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin controversy — steps that may include Trudeau making some display of contrition over how officials in his office conducted themselves.
Time is money: Here’s how your commute is costing you both
New numbers from Statistics Canada show an increasing number of Canadians take an hour or more to get to work. Research suggests that’s not just bad for our health, but for our wallets, too.
What is the Green New Deal — and why do Americans seem so obsessed with it?
It’s an economic blueprint to save the planet from climate catastrophe. It’s an enviro-socialist nightmare that will take away Americans’ burgers. Exaggerations abound about the Green New Deal. Here’s what you need to know about what the ambitious plan actually says.
Doug Ford’s role in OPP turmoil raises questions of political interference
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are political opposites who right now share something: both face allegations of political interference in the justice system.
SNC-Lavalin CEO urged Ottawa to change anti-corruption rules
The head of SNC-Lavalin told the Canadian government it had to change its anti-corruption rules “as expeditiously as possible” in a 2017 letter to the minister in charge of procurement, just as her department was helping oversee public consultations on lighter punishments for corporate misconduct.
Health Canada looking into 2 pot firms’ sponsorship of children’s charity event
Health Canada says it is looking into whether two cannabis companies’ sponsorship of a children’s charity event last October violated promotion restrictions in the Cannabis Act.