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Your SIN is a 'master key.' Here's why you must protect it

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Since more businesses and organizations have started asking for people’s social insurance number, experts are cautioning people to be very selective about who they share their SIN with.

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More 'soft power signals': On heels of King's visit, Prince Edward takes week-long trip to P.E.I., Ontario

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Prince Edward, King Charles's younger brother, is focusing on a range of issues during his week-long trip to Canada, including support of young Canadians and the military. His visit will also focus on issues that have become a priority for the Crown in Canada and send signals of the soft power the monarchy can try to wield.

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What is Canada's digital services tax — and why does Trump dislike it so much?

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 01:34 IST

Here's what you need to know about the tax, which has been a thorn in the side of the Canada-U.S. relationship for years.

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Alberta premier intends to 'battle' injunction on transgender health-care law in court

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 05:42 IST

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the provincial government is ready to challenge the injunction against Bill 26 in court instead of moving to invoke the notwithstanding clause as a next step.

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Giving staff Monday plus Canada Day off a 'no-brainer,' some employers say

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:59 IST

The statutory holiday falls on a Tuesday this year, forcing many to work an odd Monday squeezed between days off, unless they use a vacation day to eliminate the wonky schedule.

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Man charged after coaches say he threatened to stab someone at girls' soccer game north of Toronto

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:20 IST

Police have charged a man with uttering threats after an incident during a a U13 girls soccer game in Vaughan last week where coaches say a parent threatened to stab someone. 

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'Kisses Yes, Bezos No': Hundreds protest 3rd and final day of billionaire's Venice wedding

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:11 IST

Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice's central streets on Saturday to say "No" to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride and their much-awaited wedding extravaganza, which reached its third and final day amid celebrity-crowded parties and the outcries of tired residents.

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What's the 'bean mouth' problem some critics say caused Pixar's Elio to flop?

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Pixar's newest film Elio earned the studio its worst opening weekend box-office result of all time. Some critics blame the movie's 'bean mouth' look for the failure, but is that really the reason it did so poorly? We examine the long, confused history of the CalArts animation style.

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DHL Express Canada strike, lockout to end after workers ratify new agreement, union says

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:26 IST

Canada's largest private sector union says a three-week lockout and strike at DHL Express Canada is due to end because workers ratified a new agreement.

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Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:30 IST

Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with improved health. 

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Death Stranding 2's delivery game world is even stranger than before. It almost works

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Hideo Kojima's sequel, being released Thursday, can be a solemn, thought-provoking meditation on the nature of human connection. But its story puts overlong exposition and celebrity over substance, dragging it down under the oceans of tar that cover the post-apocalyptic setting.

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Which 'next' is Danielle Smith's Ottawa-affairs panel steering Alberta toward?

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

New provincial surveys propose either massively expensive Alberta agencies, or huge reforms that impact federal government and other provinces.

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I thought my childhood dreams were out of reach. Then I came to study in Canada

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Chidinma Favour Anosike says she is one of several Nigerian young people who’ve left their home country, despairing of a system where connections and class matter in getting a job, more than skills and experience. Having moved to Canada to study, she sees new life and career opportunities for herself.

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Bankers, athletes, students are using drugs. This hotline tries to keep them safe

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:30 IST

Since the National Overdose Response Service (NORS) launched nearly five years ago, it's been reaching drug users who wouldn't typically use consumption and treatment sites.