The Bloc Québécois dropped its support of the minority government after its failure to boost seniors benefits and protect supply management, once again returning the New Democrats to the position of being the only viable... read more
Lower interest rates bring relief to borrowers, but that’s not really the point. What the Bank of Canada is saying when it lowers its benchmark rate is something along the lines of “Get to it... read more
Three reasons why it has never been more vital to teach teens about money: 1.) It’s getting harder, but not impossible, to afford life events like home buying, raising a family and retirement. 2.) Social... read more
The BC NDP will form the province’s next government after a final tally of votes, but whether it is a majority or minority will depend on judicial recounts in two ridings. At the conclusion of... read more
Getting a credit card may be easy, but picking the one that’s right for you is a lot more complicated. Maybe your bank teller sold you on one with a rewards program and you went... read more
Geoffrey Hinton, a University of Toronto computer scientist whose work laid the foundations for a revolution in artificial intelligence and who has since been vocal about the technology’s dangers, has been named a co-recipient of... read more
When clients come in for advice about saving for their grandkids, financial planner Jason Heath says it’s usually about setting aside money for college. But with the housing market increasingly out of reach for many... read more
For many students and teachers across the country, the school year has looked a bit different from years past, as provinces have established policies to remove a common classroom distraction: the cellphone. Students are required... read more
Nearly half of all Canadians say their access to medical care has worsened over the last few years, with two-thirds experiencing what they consider an unreasonable wait for surgeries and other services, a new survey... read more
The last time that a generation of young adults moving back home was a news story, much mockery ensued. Remember “failure to launch,” or “boomerang kids?” The cliché of millennials living slothfully in their parents’... read more
For the 12 years that BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have co-owned 75 per cent of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, rumours have persisted about behind-the-scenes tensions between the corporate behemoths. So, when they... read more
First, authorities moved to seize a house on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island, bought for $1-million cash by the former spouse of a man accused of having ties to a global pump-and-dump stock scheme. Next,... read more
The Liberals lost yet another major by-election on Monday night, signalling that their Quebec base is at risk in the next federal election, while the New Democrats held onto their own stronghold in Winnipeg, in... read more
Tens of thousands of temporary residents who came to Canada as international students might be forced to return to their home countries in the next year – the result of a recent series of immigration policy changes that has... read more
Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book is Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, from which this essay has been adapted. Many experts warn that the rise of AI might result in the... read more
