Some on Canada’s no-fly list kept on without ‘necessary grounds’: watchdog
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The intelligence watchdog says its recommendations to the government are aimed at ensuring a more fair, principled and co-ordinated approach to managing the program.
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Fire at Toronto apartment building leaves one person dead
sootoday - TORONTO — One person is dead after a highrise apartment fire in Toronto’s north end. Police say emergency crews were called to the area of Firgrove Crescent and Needle Firway shortly after noon on Tuesday.
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CBSA seizes 266 kg of meth at Blue Water Bridge in Ontario
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - A 29-year-old Woodstock, Ont., man is facing drug importation and trafficking charges after Canada Border Services Agency officers seized more than 266 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at the Blue Water Bridge earlier this month.
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Quebec police bust sophisticated forged documents operation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec provincial police say they've made a pair of arrests in what they are calling a sophisticated counterfeit ID and credit card operation.
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Don Cherry, Edward Rogers among latest Order of Ontario recipients
Michael Talbot / citynews - Hockey personality Don Cherry and tech titan Edward Rogers are among 30 new recipients of the Order of Ontario. Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont has announced the 2025 appointments, which include trade union leader Joe Mancinelli of the Labourers’ International Unio…
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Second witness expected to take stand at Frank Stronach’s sex assault trial
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Stronach has pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges related to seven complainants over alleged incidents that date as far back as the 1970s.
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Man arrested in connection with triple stabbing at Toronto home
Sean Previl / globalnews - Toronto police say they responded to reports of 'unknown trouble' at a home Sunday night where they found multiple people with stab wounds.
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Road to ruin: Montreal’s pothole problems have solutions — but city lacks money
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - This winter has been perilous Montreal drivers, with officials reporting 3,824 pothole-related complaints between Jan. 1-27, compared to what was logged at the same time last year.
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Canada's provinces deal with fresh shocks ahead of 2026 budget season
Craig Lord / nationalobserver - The outlook for Canada's provinces is difficult to chart but some surprising resilience to US trade pressures and historical revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into the 2026 budget season, argues a new analysis from D…
- Alberta pressures: fleet purchases, classroom complexity and infrastructure strain (3)
- B.C. budget crisis: tax hikes, record deficits, cuts and delays (18)
- Desjardins review: provinces face U.S. trade shocks, uneven resilience (4)
- Other provinces: Ontario health spending and New Brunswick’s record deficit (2)
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Alberta pressures: fleet purchases, classroom complexity and infrastructure strain
B.C. budget crisis: tax hikes, record deficits, cuts and delays
Desjardins review: provinces face U.S. trade shocks, uneven resilience
Other provinces: Ontario health spending and New Brunswick’s record deficit
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Canada’s inflation rate seen holding steady in January ahead of Statscan release
Craig Lord / theglobeandmail - Some economists believe price growth will accelerate as tax changes from a year earlier distort annual comparisons
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Carney will announce defence industrial strategy today
Kyle Duggan / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to publicly release today his new Buy Canadian plan for supplying the military and growing Canada's domestic defence industry.
- Critics mobilize: op-eds, editorials and political pushback (8)
- Industry reacts: jobs, investment and supply-chain opportunities (5)
- On the ground in Montreal: Carney unveils 'Buy Canadian' plan (10)
- Ottawa vows sovereignty: diversifying procurement away from U.S. suppliers (4)
Critics mobilize: op-eds, editorials and political pushback
Industry reacts: jobs, investment and supply-chain opportunities
On the ground in Montreal: Carney unveils 'Buy Canadian' plan
Ottawa vows sovereignty: diversifying procurement away from U.S. suppliers
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Ottawa faces calls to send essential fuel to Cuba as US widens its oil blockade
Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing mounting calls to speak out against the United States for widening its restrictions on fuel reaching Cuba, or to send aid to the country.
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