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.
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Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
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2 more suspects arrested in alleged plot to attack White House UFC event
One of the suspects arrested said the goal of the conspirators was to cause enough chaos to bring about the overthrow of the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Canada
Siblings become first brother-sister duo to win $75M Lotto Max jackpot with OLG
The siblings have been playing the lottery together for nearly two years and play their own numbers, ones that hold significance to them and their families.
Consumer
Competition Bureau expands probe of Sobeys owner’s use of property controls
Canada's Competition Bureau is expanding an investigation into Empire Company Ltd., the parent of Sobeys, over whether its use of property controls harms competition.
Money
SpaceX stock value drops $600B in 3 days after initial launch
Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX have been choppy Tuesday following a three-session selloff that wiped out more than US$600 billion from the company's market value.
Entertainment
Bailey Zimmerman faces felony charges for allegedly trashing hotel room
The 'Rock and a Hard Place' singer was scheduled to perform at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque on May 27 but cancelled the show due to illness.
Sports
Canadian FIFA player Koné given ‘green whistle’ after injury — what is it?
Canadian midfielder Ismaël Koné was taken off the field on a stretcher during Canada's World Cup match against Qatar on Thursday, and was seen inhaling from a small green device.
Sports
How soccer support group Voyageurs is electrifying Canada’s World Cup run
Canada
Canadian man among 3 dead after small plane crashes in Maryland
Crime
A look back at police officers killed in the line of duty in Canada
World
U.S.-Iran working to finalize deal as Iranian president arrives in Pakistan
Crime
Police watchdog investigating Montreal shooting that killed 3, including officer
Sports
Size and a depth guard priorities for Raptors
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