Comment
The shop window is being rebuilt in data — and Canada is dangerously unprepared
AI agents now do the comparing for shoppers. Canadian retailers who treat product data as a technical afterthought will pay for it in sales they never knew they lost.
Business
The Bank of Canada is quietly running out of room — and Carney knows it
Tiff Macklem has cut rates twice this year and signalled a third. But Ottawa's borrowing programme, a stubborn loonie, and a housing market that refuses to clear are leaving the central bank with very little ammunition for the recession nobody is yet calling.
Culture
Canada's World Cup superfans are betting savings, sleep and sanity on a home tournament
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After Makerfield
What happens now?
Team Burnham is hoping Keir Starmer will “come to his senses”
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Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
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Canada
Family prepares to bury 5 children killed in devastating Ontario crash
Five children killed in a crash in rural Ontario last week will be laid to rest Saturday, as family, friends and community members gather to mourn the siblings.
U-s-news
Trump unveils new Air Force One, a converted luxury jet gifted by Qatar
The gift from Qatar is serving as a 'bridge' aircraft to carry the president until the new planes ordered directly from Boeing arrive in 2028.
Canada
Inuit call on Ottawa to be better partners or they will look abroad
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says it firmly rejects what it calls 'outdated, colonial approaches to Arctic policy' after wrapping up a two-day Arctic sovereignty conference in Ottawa.
Politics
Feds add $5.4B to address ‘pressures’ facing $10-a-day child-care program
Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu said she has heard provinces and territories' calls for more federal money, as many struggle to reduce fees, add spaces and recruit staff.
Entertainment
James Burrows, prolific TV director and ‘Cheers’ co-creator, dead at 85
Burrows directed multiple episodes of hits including 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' 'Taxi,' 'Frasier,' 'Friends' and 'Mike and Molly,' as well as every episode of 'Will and Grace.'
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Mississippi residents, police at odds after 1-year-old shot dead by officers
Kohen Wiley was reportedly in a car with his mother and her friend when police allegedly shot at it in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., on Sunday.
Consumer
$80M in Regina hailstorm damage highlights growing cost of intense weather
Canada
Whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia holds groundbreaking ceremony despite setbacks
Consumer
Silk beverage class-action settlement approved with payments of $400-$300K
World
2 trains collide north of London, U.K., police response underway
U-s-news
Man accused of stealing ashes from ex-boss, holding them for ransom
Sports
‘We could all hear it,’ Canada World Cup coach says of ‘gruesome’ injury
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