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Snow, freezing rain hitting much of Canada causing crashes, road closures

Snow, freezing rain hitting much of Canada causing crashes, road closures

Old Man Winter is proving to be a resilient cuss, slamming through parts of Canada with a wallop of heavy snow and freezing rain and turning roads into a smash-up derby.
Canada's Eliot Grondin wins snowboard cross gold at world championships

Canada's Eliot Grondin wins snowboard cross gold at world championships

SAINT MORITZ — Canada's Eliot Grondin won gold in snowboard cross at the world championships Friday. The Ste-Marie, Que., native topped the podium ahead of France's Loan Bozzolo and Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle.
Stock market today: Wall Street drops following discouraging updates on US shoppers and inflation

Stock market today: Wall Street drops following discouraging updates on US shoppers and inflation

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Friday following discouraging updates on inflation and how much U.S. households may be willing to spend given all the uncertainty about President Donald Trump's escalating trade war .
Canada's economy 'sprinting into a wall' to start 2025 as tariff hit looms

Canada's economy 'sprinting into a wall' to start 2025 as tariff hit looms

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy was off to a solid start in January but early signs suggest growth stalled in February amid harsh winter weather and the looming threat of tariffs. Statistics Canada said Friday that real gross domestic product rose 0.
CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.S. to negotiate new economic, security plan after election

CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.S. to negotiate new economic, security plan after election

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the U.S. will begin comprehensive negotiations for a "new economic and security relationship" immediately after the Canadian election. Carney and U.S.
'He can make you look stupid': NHL goalies on the challenge of facing Alex Ovechkin

'He can make you look stupid': NHL goalies on the challenge of facing Alex Ovechkin

Mackenzie Blackwood can describe the sequence down to its finest detail. The spot on the ice. How the shot went in. And, of course, which player fired the puck by his ear before there was time to react.
Deed tax increase won't hurt demand for Nova Scotia recreational properties: Realtor

Deed tax increase won't hurt demand for Nova Scotia recreational properties: Realtor

HALIFAX — Demand for cottages and recreational properties in Nova Scotia should remain strong despite the doubling of the province’s deed transfer tax, says an executive with a major real estate agency.
Toronto councillors get 24 per cent pay bump, first non-inflationary hike since 2006

Toronto councillors get 24 per cent pay bump, first non-inflationary hike since 2006

TORONTO — Toronto city councillors have voted to increase their salary by 24 per cent, or about $33,000.
Some charges dropped in Indigo protest because of reparations, guilty pleas: Crown

Some charges dropped in Indigo protest because of reparations, guilty pleas: Crown

TORONTO — Crown prosecutors say their decision to withdraw charges against three people accused of defacing a downtown Indigo bookstore in a 2023 protest was not based on a lack of reasonable prospect of conviction.
Poilievre, Singh hit campaign trail as Carney speaks with Trump, premiers on tariffs

Poilievre, Singh hit campaign trail as Carney speaks with Trump, premiers on tariffs

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are on the campaign trail, proposing ideas on housing and crime as Liberal Leader Mark Carney deals with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.