Around Canada

Canada is in the midst of an unprecedented transfer of wealth that experts say could have significant social and economic implications for the country. The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada said in 2023 that $1 trillion of wealth was expected to move between Canadian baby boomers and their millennial and …

The Columbia River Treaty governs how Canada and the U.S. use dams for hydropower and flood control on the massive cross-border river. After more than 60 years, provisions have expired, and efforts to finalize a modern treaty before U.S. President Trump’s second term didn’t happen.  Columbia River Treaty compensates Canada …

With U.S. President Donald Trump sucking up most of the political oxygen on both sides of the border, political parties at all levels of government are scrambling to adapt. The challenge is particularly acute for the Parti Québécois.  Rise in Canadian unity creates challenge for party whose key focus is …

The challenge facing Montreal snow-removal crews this week is without precedent: two big storms back to back have left more than 70 centimetres of snow to clear. But the city is also equipped with far more powerful machines than it had in the past.  Tracing the history of snow clearing, …

Ossie Gildart was told his licence was suspended until he pays $4,661.91 because he’d had an uninsured accident — an accident that happened in Toronto in 1960.  Ossie Gildart is facing an expensive fine for an accident he says he has no memory of from decades ago. After a fender-bender …

Access to health care has been a headline-making issue in the rural ridings of Huron-Bruce and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, leaving some to wonder why PC candidates in those ridings have skipped recent all-candidates debates on the issue.  Issues of access driving questions at public forums that PCs aren’t there to answer. …

At a celebration of life for Paiyton Pick, her family told CBC News they want her to be remembered as more than a victim, and as they grieve they want to push for change to prevent intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia. Police say 22-year-old Paiyton Pick’s body was found …

For water experts, there’s worry that climate change and shifting U.S. policies could put pressure on long-standing cross-border water agreements.  Aging infrastructure and changing climate could put pressure on long-standing treaties. Water sharing between Canada and the United States has long been a contentious issue. In 2005, former Alberta premier …

Canada’s consumer price index rose to 1.9 per cent in January, as higher energy prices weighing on overall inflation were partly offset by the federal government’s tax holiday, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.  First full month in which GST break was in effect, distorting prices. Canada’s consumer price index rose …

When Grant Prete learned that Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky attended U.S. President Donald Trump’s most recent inauguration party in November 2024, wearing a white and gold Make America Great Again hat, he couldn’t help but feel betrayed. So the Edmonton-based business development manager took to Reddit to propose a …