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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
From red-eye flights between Mexico City and Toronto to the Voyageurs' singing section at BC Place, a generation of Canadian soccer obsessives is treating 2026 like a once-in-a-lifetime audition for the country.
Taking back control
The Makerfield Test
Andy Burnham will need to do more than follow the rules if he wants to lead Britain
Peak Reform?
Nigel Farage flailing is extremely funny
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
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Books
Inside the great deprofessionalisation
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
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Politics
Expert warns U.S.-Iran deal faces major obstacles after latest Strait of Hormuz closure
Questions remain about whether a tentative U.S.-Iran agreement can hold amid ongoing regional tensions.
Canada
Montreal man with ALS shares story as awareness month highlights progress, hope
A Montrealer living with ALS, is sharing his story to raise awareness and inspire others while researchers continue to make progress toward treatment for the incurable disease.
Fire
SPSA operations vice-president to leave role days after critical wildfire review
Steve Roberts will leave the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency at the end of June, days after a report found significant gaps in the province's 2025 wildfire response.
Sports
Germany, Ivory Coast set for World Cup showdown in Toronto
Thousands of Germany and Ivory Coast fans are expected in Toronto Saturday as a World Cup match brings a fan march, road closures and heightened security
Economy
Energy prices expected to push inflation higher
High oil and gasoline prices are expected to push inflation higher when Statistics Canada reports its consumer price index for May on Monday.
Health
No injuries from ammonia leak at B.C. rink
The City of Langley says an ammonia gas leak at an ice rink that triggered a shelter-in-place order has not resulted in any injuries.
Politics
Watchdog rejects idea of narrowing information law
Canada
Are the World Cup hydration breaks an excuse to run more commercials?
Canada
Family prepares to bury 5 children killed in devastating Ontario crash
U-s-news
Trump unveils new Air Force One, a converted luxury jet gifted by Qatar
Canada
Inuit call on Ottawa to be better partners or they will look abroad
Politics
Feds add $5.4B to address ‘pressures’ facing $10-a-day child-care program
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Makerfield proves the potency of Brand Burnham
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This England
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