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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.
The long goodbye
The timeline: How Starmer lost control
It all went so wrong so quickly
Political Sketch
Thank you, Keir Starmer, next
David Hockney was as serious as he was fun
Behind the uncomplicated joy was an artist who always pushed boundaries
Books
Inside the great deprofessionalisation
Theatre
Shakespeare’s Adonis is out of his depth
Keir Starmer: A Political Obituary
He arrived in politics unprepared for what a career in politics actually means
Will Keir Starmer resign?
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Entertainment
Singer Oliver Tree’s body recovered after deadly helicopter crash in Brazil
'The constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times,' Oliver Tree's team said.
Crime
Montreal officer, suspect among 3 dead after armed incident in Côte-des-Neiges
Montreal police are urging people to avoid the area and those located in the neighbourhood are told to lock their doors and stay away from windows.
Entertainment
Clive Davis, music industry executive, dead at 94
'To the world, our father was the iconic music legend whose vision, instincts, and relentless pursuit of excellence shaped the soundtrack of countless lives,' his family said.
Canada
Ottawa’s nuclear energy strategy seeks more new reactors, global exports
The strategy launched Monday ties into Ottawa's overall aim to double electricity capacity by 2050, something the government argues requires zero-emission power sources.
Canada
Consider Kingston for high-speed rail stop, Ottawa tells Alto
So far, the federal government has mandated seven stops: Toronto, Peterborough, Ont., Ottawa, Laval, Que., Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Que., and Quebec City.
World
Andy Burnham aims to replace Keir Starmer as U.K. PM. Who is he?
Burnham is an experienced politician whose career has taken him from high-level government jobs to the mayoralty of Greater Manchester, and now to the cusp of the PM’s office.
Entertainment
Rod Stewart uses oxygen tank on stage, says he nearly fainted
Crime
2 RCMP officers shot after standoff at Saskatchewan home
Canada
Ottawa reverses some orders for ‘lost Canadians’ to surrender certificates
Canada
Manitoba’s Glenn Joyal nominated as new Supreme Court of Canada justice
U-s-news
Concertgoer falls to his death during Goose show at Madison Square Garden
Canada
Edmonton under emergency alert as rainfall pushes stormwater system to capacity
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“I’m Palestinian, it’s impossible to look away”
Donald Trump’s war on Iran was an incoherent failure
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Lawless in Gaza
Alexis Tsipras has found another left to break
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The Tories are a local party now
Northern boy
Makerfield proves the potency of Brand Burnham
British Politics
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One Battle After Another
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After Makerfield
What happens now?
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
King of the North
Andy Burnham has one chance to save the North
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
Film
Does Virginia Woolf need updating?
Books
Thank God for George Michael
TV
OnlyFans, a Great British export
Music