The federal government is looking to update Canada’s competition laws — possibly their most significant review in decades.  Current laws ‘lagging behind our international peers,’ head of Competition Bureau says. Whether checking in at the airport or checking out at the grocery store, it seems everywhere you turn these days, …

EMBRACING CRYPTO This photo taken on Saturday, May 27, 2023, shows customers in a cryptocurrency exchange office in Hong Kong. Retail investors in Hong Kong may soon be able to buy popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin at government-licensed exchanges, thanks to new rules meant to bolster the city’s standing as a …

DOWNWARD TREND People enjoy sunshine in Kaivopuisto of Helsinki, Finland, on March 16, 2022. Housing prices in Finland are expected to have the biggest drop this year since 1993, a Finnish credit institution specializing in this sector said on Friday, May 26, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO HELSINKI: Housing prices in Finland …

All eyes will be on Raphaëlle Tousignant. The Para hockey player was recently named to Canada’s national team for this week’s world championship in Moose Jaw, Sask., becoming the first woman ever to land a roster spot.  ‘Everyone is looking at me,’ says 20-year-old Terrebonne, Que., native. Raphaëlle Tousignant is …

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat battles Derrick White of the Boston Celtics during the third quarter in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Kaseya Center on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Miami, Florida. AFP PHOTO  MIAMI: After an astonishing Game 6 finish that left the Boston Celtics …

Daniel Atienza PBA PHOTO  Preseason pickup Daniel Atienza is in cloud 9 these days. For one, his once dying basketball dream suddenly got resuscitated when Phoenix coach Jamike Jarin admitted him to the Fuel Masters as a practice player, and eventually, enlisting the 5-foot-8 point guard’s name into the roster …

A 17-year-old girl crashed her vehicle into a house in Fall River, N.S., early Sunday, causing major damage.  RCMP Cpl. Chris Marshall said the driver was the sole occupant of a Jeep that was driving on Highway 2 toward Elmsdale. Her vehicle went off the road, through a fence and …

Meric Akmel was vacationing in New Brunswick last year when the owner of the B&B asked where her home is.  Akmel had moved to Prince Edward Island from Turkey seven years ago, so the answer was easy. “P.E.I.” she said. The B&B owner looked confused. Maybe she had not heard …

Community members say a recent directive from a Saskatoon Catholic school system to forbid students from participating in an inclusive children’s festival event doesn’t consider why inclusivity is so important for LGBTQ youth.  For retired Saskatoon public school teacher Patti Rowley, the issue amounts to “moving backward decades.” “This is …

Years after 16 wild bison were reintroduced to Banff National Park in 2017, their population is expected to swell to around 100 after this year’s calving season. It’s one of several efforts to reintroduce bison to parts of Alberta.  ‘It makes us whole again,’ says Violet Meguinis. Read transcribed audio …