Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
As Google, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity reshape online discovery, brands are discovering that visibility now depends on whether AI systems can understand, trust and cite them.
Politics
Carney's ‘AI for All’ is a pro-worker plan that forgot the workers
The Prime Minister has bet more than $2bn on artificial intelligence and 250,000 new jobs. But a strategy with no duty to retrain — or even to warn — is straining the limits of his pro-worker branding.
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
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.
Ben Rhodes’ empty words
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Art & Design
The shame of the Frida Kahlo industry
TV
Love Island’s decadent old age
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Consumer
CIBC agrees to proposed class-action settlement over NSF fees
CIBC has agreed to a proposed $10-million settlement over some non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees the bank charged to its customers.
Crime
California man pleads guilty to fake Nancy Guthrie ransom note
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Derrick Callella admitted that he called and sent text messages to Guthrie's family on Feb. 4, 2026, asking about a bitcoin transfer.
Environment
Environmentalists have mixed reactions to Quebec-Ottawa caribou funding deal
Environmentalists are divided on whether a new funding deal reached between Quebec and the federal government will help save the province's dwindling caribou herds.
Politics
Who are the partners behind a proposed new West Coast oil pipeline?
There are several players involved in the private-public partnership with plans to build a new pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast, and all bring different things to the table.
Consumer
California is banning ‘sell-by’ food dates. How Canada’s packaging compares
Starting Wednesday, California Assembly Bill 660 went into effect. The law prohibits the use of 'sell-by' dates on food packets in an effort to reduce food waste.
Crime
Ukrainian woman who disguised herself as man named as Monaco bombing suspect
The International Criminal Police Organization named Anastasiia Berezovska, who remains at large, in a Red Notice posted on its website seeking her arrest.
Canada
Pipelines faced key challenges in the past. Can Alberta’s overcome them?
Health
Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship officially over: WHO
Weather
More than 30,000 hydro clients without power in Quebec after severe storms
World
Trump ‘has not forgotten’ about threats to seize Greenland, U.S. envoy says
World
Norovirus outbreak on Princess cruise affects more than 120 passengers
Crime
Ottawa police rescue woman held hostage for more than 14 hours
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