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By Marnie Cathcart Canada, the land of the strong and free, isn’t so free anymore, according to the Human Freedom Index (HFI), produced annually by the Fraser Institute and U.S.-based Cato Institute. For…
By Noé Chartier Flanked by all his ministers on the last day of the cabinet retreat in Hamilton on Jan. 25, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enumerated the supports his government provided to Canadians…
By Rahul Vaidyanath OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point (25 basis points) to 4.5 percent on Jan. 25, and indicated that it expects that…
By Andrew Chen Police are investigating yet another case of stabbing aboard the Toronto transit system, which came on the heels of several acts of violence involving Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) passengers or…
By Marnie Cathcart EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement Wednesday accusing CBC News of publishing a “defamatory article containing baseless allegations” suggesting that staff in her office had sent multiple emails to…
By Tara MacIsaac A Cambridge woman has chronicled her months-long process of getting her baggage back from Air Canada after her honeymoon in Greece. She used an AirTag tracker to follow its movements,…
By Noé Chartier The under-reporting of adverse events linked to COVID-19 vaccination is caused by clinical, political, systemic, and media factors, says a recent study, which leads to misguided recommendations by authorities. “The relative prevalence of…
By Noé Chartier Communication on COVID-19 between top public health officials in Canada and the U.S. has been limited, based on access to information records, but the few pieces of information released by…
By Marnie Cathcart Another “swarming” occurred this week in Toronto, with four 13-year-old teenage boys being charged with assault after an alleged attack against uniformed employees of the Toronto Transit Commission…
By Andrew Chen Alberta Health Services (AHS) will be contracting out 3,000 orthopedic surgeries per year to an independent health-care facility, which officials said will boost the number of operations and free up hospital…