Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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'Buy Canadian' policy takes effect, changing rules for federal procurement
OTTAWA - The federal government's 'Buy Canadian' policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the str...
Dec 16, 2025
Ottawa launching softwood lumber task force aimed at industry competitiveness
OTTAWA - Natural Resource Minister Tim Hodgson says he'll launch a task force early in the new year to look at ways to ensure the long-term health of the softwood lumber industry. Speaking in Toronto,...
Dec 15, 2025
How did Canada's young people become its unhappiest generation?
VANCOUVER - As a teen growing up in Toronto, Bhavik Sharma imagined what life would look like at 25. He and his high school friends would be starting families. They'd be on six-figure salaries and liv...
Dec 15, 2025
B.C. Housing Minister Boyle rejects calls for repeal of high-density housing laws
VICTORIA - A coalition of municipalities in British Columbia is calling on the province to repeal housing legislation designed to increase supply through higher density, but the housing minister says ...
Dec 11, 2025
Rent growth slowed in 2025 as national vacancy rate continued to rise: CMHC
Canada's housing agency says the pace of rent growth ticked lower this year as vacancies continued rising, while increased rental supply also contributed to softer market conditions. Canada Mortgage a...
Dec 11, 2025
Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase
VANCOUVER - An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of "uncertainty" caused by ...
Dec 11, 2025 The Versante Hotel is pictured in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Inside the Ring of Fire: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything
WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. The...
Dec 10, 2025
Why northern First Nations still rely on diesel fuel — and what could power the coveted Ring of Fire
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. D...
Dec 10, 2025
Carney announces $400M joint fund with city of Ottawa for affordable housing
OTTAWA - The federal government is partnering with the city of Ottawa to put $400 million to help build up to 3,000 affordable homes in the capital, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. The city wi...
Dec 08, 2025
Dewdney reopening brings 'instant turnaround' for Rebellion Brewing
The CEO of Rebellion Brewing says the reopening of Dewdney Avenue delivered an immediate boost to business after two years of construction that kept customers, traffic and energy away from the Warehou...
Dec 08, 2025 “We definitely noticed more customers coming in, more people just on the streets,” Mark Heise said. “Other places along Dewdney looked busier, too. That was a real ‘up week’ for us, and we’ll take it.” (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
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