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Montreal-based consulting company Sweet Baby Inc. has become a target of anti-diversity activists claiming it’s trying to radically change the video game industry.  Sweet Baby Inc. is accused of forcing political agendas. Developers call it a misinformed hate campaign. Kim Belair says she wasn’t surprised at the harassing and threatening …

A woman’s Tiktok video on her $102 bill at a Sobeys grocery store has people fuming in the comments. Podcaster Avery Francis took to the social media platform to share a grocery store haul that caught her by surprise. “I never complain about this stuff, but I just got back …

For the first time, the Ontario government has confirmed seven people have been charged fees under Bill 7, a controversial law that says patients who refuse to move out of the hospital and into a long-term care bed must pay $400 a day.  Of 20,000 patients sent to LTC homes …

Friends are remembering one of three people killed in a Milton car crash on the weekend as a man with a “big personality,” who made others laugh and supported his family financially. Mousawar Ahmed, 26, the driver of one vehicle in the crash, was headed to work when the collision …

Protests erupted across the country against the federal carbon tax on Monday — the same day it rose by 23 per cent — while Canada’s only Liberal provincial leader pressed for an emergency meeting to discuss alternative ways to cut emissions.   Trudeau defends policy, says complaining premiers are ‘playing …

While Pierre Poilievre tends to focus on bread-and-butter domestic issues, a recent speech at a Montreal-area synagogue provides one of the most comprehensive glimpses yet of his views on Israel, conflict in the Middle East and antisemitism — and how a Conservative government might handle them.   Blames Oct. 7 …

Astronomer David Lane, who created the world’s first telescope controlled by social media at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, died late last month following a nine-month battle with brain cancer. David Lane created the world’s first robotic telescope controlled by social media. Astronomer David Lane, who created the world’s first …

Fans of river otters are excited to see evidence the species’ numbers are growing locally, at least in one corner of Prince Edward Island. The water-loving mammals are making a comeback — after disappearing from the Island in the early 1900s. New rules in place to protect otters from beaver …

A cross-Canada shortage of teachers is hitting a crisis level, experts warn, and while some COVID-era stopgap measures are being reintroduced, they say more sustainable solutions are needed. Staffing crisis is contributing to learning gaps and behaviour issues in the classroom, principal says. Amid a worsening teacher shortage, filling staffing …

As part of its Renters’ Bill of Rights, the federal government introduced a proposal that would make timely rental payments count toward a person’s credit score. The aim is to level the playing field for young renters, but there could be pitfalls, experts say. Idea could help aspiring homeowners, or …