A Bank of Canada report says rapidly rising housing costs are driving household debt to dangerous levels. The Bank also warns that businesses continue to need access to massive CEWS subsidies, now rising to over $110 billion.
Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date
With stockpiles of AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire on May 31 in Ontario and Manitoba, there's still no announcement about what's next for the 2.1 million Canadians who got a first dose of AstraZeneca.
Researchers suggest Ottawa eliminate health transfers, give provinces room to tax
Quebec business school researchers call for end of health transfers that support the principles of the Canada Health Act and instead let federal government give provinces the tax points saved by federal cuts.
Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers
A University of Calgary report says investors who abandon oil and gas wells are an unfair burden on Albertans -- and now more than half of oil and gas wells don't produce and haven't been cleaned up.
Corporate landlords favoured by government are making housing unaffordable
As home prices and rents skyrocket in Canada, more and more people are being squeezed out of the housing market.
First All-Indigenous Modelling Agency Wants to Fix a ‘Messed-Up’ Industry
Supernaturals is likely the first agency with plans to bring in elders to support the models—and to be models themselves.
Ontario PC MPP Denounces ‘Woke’ Elementary School Students
One of Doug Ford's MPPs railed against grade school children for trying to ‘cancel’ Queen Victoria.
'Crisis delayed': experts say drop in N.S. suicides in 2020 doesn't tell full story
A number of factors have helped delay the suicide crisis, experts say. But mental health problems are expected to continue.
Statistics Canada reminds people to fill out 2021 census, may follow up in person
A pandemic is a difficult time to complete a census, but it has to be done says the agency.
Here’s Why Communities Become COVID Hotspots
We dug into health reports and census data to find why some neighbourhoods are hardest hit. And it’s not bad luck or carelessness.
Ottawa professor Hassan Diab must stand trial in Paris bombing: French court
A French court says Ottawa professor Hassan Diab, who was extradited and held in a French prison for years before charges were dropped, must stand trial.
Quebec can modify part of the Canadian Constitution unilaterally: Trudeau
PM says federal government analysis gives ok to Quebec law affirming Quebec is a nation within Canada and it's official language is French.