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Liberals Reject Balanced Budget and Mandatory Voting as Official Policy     OTTAWA — The federal Liberal party embraced an expansion of affordable housing, building high-speed rail between Ontario and Quebec, and a basic guaranteed income as their three-day policy convention wrapped up in Ottawa Saturday. But they rejected theRead More →

Government Keeps Remote Work Rules Out Of Public Service Collective Agreement   OTTAWA – Striking federal public service employees left the picket lines with a commitment from the government to review remote work policies, but it will not be enshrined in their new collective agreements. The union and the governmentRead More →

Snapchat’s New AI Chatbot is Already Raising Alarms Among Teens and Parents   CNN —  Less than a few hours after Snapchat rolled out its My AI chatbot to all users last week, Lyndsi Lee, a mother from East Prairie, Missouri, told her 13-year-old daughter to stay away from the feature.Read More →

Trudeau Defends Jamaica Trip, Accuses Poilievre of Struggling With ‘Concept of Friendship’ The Conservative leader pressed the PM to explain how much he had paid for accommodation per night at a ‘luxurious villa’ “My father was godfather to one of their kids, their father was godfather to one of myRead More →

~ CBC   Rogers is set to take over Shaw after the federal government approved the merger with conditions which it insists will make the deal good for consumers. But some are skeptical the merger will actually be good for their wallets. he federal government has approved the multibillion-dollar mergerRead More →

~Source: Globe and Mail Canadians in the prairies, two territories and Ontario will pay a bit more to fill their gas tanks or heat their houses next month as the national carbon price rises Saturday. At the same time, the government is increasing the size of the carbon price rebateRead More →

While Canadians are preparing their tax returns, fraudsters are preparing their newest batch of scam messages, particularly those pretending to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The CRA says any texts or messages asking Canadians to click a link are likely scams. Scammers are also getting more sophisticated andRead More →

The surprisingly dark history (and doomed future) of bananas The banana is the perfect fruit in so many ways, from its nutritional and filling substance to its convenient natural packaging. Most of the world enjoys bananas as part of a regular diet, and yet most people don’t know that withinRead More →

Is Canada The Most Expensive Countries To Live In 2023? Have you ever wondered where in the world is the most expensive place to live? Using data from Numbeo’s cost of living index, we’ve uncovered the countries where your wallet will have to stretch the furthest to get by. TheRead More →