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Advisors seize federal budget opportunity to educate and engage Canadians
Some advisors took to social media to explain how the Federal Budget's tax policy changes affects individuals.
canada
PEI chef warns about scam video ‘deepfake’ advertisement circulating on Facebook
Prince Edward Island's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. Northumberland Ferries Ltd. has cancelled a number of trips between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island citing technical problems.THE  CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
globe investor
How a Canadian pirate-clad pastor helped ignite Trump Media’s market frenzy
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, April 25.
newsletter
I’m an ambitious Gen Z who’s been told to slow down. How can I get the advancement I want?
To gain advancement opportunities, “put your hand up” when interesting projects present themselves.
life
With 3-D printing technology, this designer adds contemporary flare to traditional Inuit designs
Designer Taalrumiq uses both traditional materials, like seal skin, with machine-made material for her 3-D printed snow goggles.
opinion
Reckless use of social media threatens wild species and landscapes
Larry Pynn
technology
Media mogul Randi Zuckerberg says creators should disclose when they’ve used AI to produce work
<p>People walk past an AI sign at the All In artificial intelligence conference Thursday, September 28, 2023 &nbsp;in Montreal. Canada's federal government has used artificial intelligence in nearly 300 projects and initiatives, new research has found — including to help predict the outcome of tax cases, sort temporary visa applications and promote diversity in hiring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz</p>
investigations
Remembering CAIRS, the federal FOI database that was quietly shut down in 2008
The Canada flag on the Peace Tower is lit up by morning light on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A new poll suggests only one third of Canadians support the city of Mississauga, Ont., proposing to ask the Federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem, O Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
technology
TikTok asked by EU about risks of TikTok Lite to children after launch in France, Spain
This photograph taken on April 11, 2024, in Paris, shows the logo of the Chinese social network application TikTok Lite. The social network TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has launched a new application in France and Spain, called TikTok Lite, which allows its users to get paid by watching videos, it announced on April 10, 2024. Users aged 18 or older can "collect points by discovering new content or completing certain actions," the social network said. (Photo by Kiran RIDLEY / AFP) (Photo by KIRAN RIDLEY/AFP via Getty Images)
sports
Veteran skip Brendan Bottcher parts ways with team after two seasons
Alberta-Bottcher skip Brendan Bottcher reacts to his shot in the 8th end of a 7-3 loss to Saskatchewan during the semifinal at the Brier, in Regina, on Sunday, March 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
First day of Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial ends without any jurors being picked
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits inside a Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Monday, April 15, 2024. The hush money trial of former President Trump begins Monday with jury selection. It's a singular moment for American history as the first criminal trial of a former U.S. commander in chief. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)
world
Australian police arrest 15-year-old after bishop wounded in church stabbing
Police work at the scene following a stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Lewis Jackson
world
Sydney attack victims include mother who saved her baby, Chinese grad student and architect
A man places flowers as a tribute near a crime scene at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Monday, April 15, 2024, after several people were stabbed to death at a shopping on April 13. Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed several people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
canada
Parti Québécois leader pledges referendum, claiming Ottawa poses ‘existential threat’
<p>Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaks at the opening of a Parti Quebecois national council meeting, Saturday, April 13, 2024 in Drummondville, Quebec. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is reiterating his pledge for a third referendum should his party take power in the next election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot</p>
canada
Quebec union representing 80,000 nurses rejects tentative deal with province
Quebec health-care workers and members from the Quebec’s nurses union (FIQ) demonstrate to demand a new contract negotiation in Montreal, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
alberta
Alberta distillery behind jumbo vodka jugs wants apology after getting ‘load of hate’
An Alberta distillery behind four-litre vodka jugs that stirred controversy this week says it was unfairly targeted on social media and wants an apology from the cabinet minister who said the product was not responsibly priced. Four-litre jugs of vodka are shown at Super Value Liquor in Edmonton on Tuesday April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
golf
Mexican Tour success makes Seb Szirmak’s path to RBC Canadian Open murky
Toronto's Sebastian Szirmak, seen in an undated handout photo, has the most wins of any Canadian pro golfer in 2024 but, ironically, his success on the Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana may prevent him from playing in the RBC Canadian Open. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Courtesy of Sebastian Szirmak **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
DNA tests show dogs killed B.C. woman, not bear as first thought: coroner’s report
]A woman, whose 2021 death while picking blueberries on a farm east of Vancouver was initially attributed to a bear, was in fact killed by dogs according to a new BC coroner's report. British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Locked boxes, rotary phones and app controls: Canadian parents try anything to curb kids’ phone use
John Turpin has a small safe with a timer to lock phones in when his kids haven’t done their chores. He is seen in his Oshawa home on April 5, 2024. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
toronto
Toronto officer stabbed in city’s west end, suspect has been shot, police say
A British Columbia man has been charged in an investigation into alleged sexual assaults on children in various parts of southern Ontario dating back to the 1990s.&nbsp;Police tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
world
Dozens of Palestinians killed in Gaza refugee camp as Hamas official vows to ‘break’ Israel
Palestinians carry belongings as people fleeing conflict leave their homes, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on April 12, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Authorities in the Hamas-ruled coastal Palestinian territory on April 12 reported dozens of new air strikes in Gaza's central region. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Morning Update: Israel’s potential shift on conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews threatens to split Netanyahu coalition
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against army recruitment, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 11, 2024. Ultra-Orthodox men have long received exemptions from military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish men, generating widespread resentment. The Supreme Court has ordered the government to present a new proposal to force more religious men to enlist. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
world
Mali’s junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in a deepening crackdown
Thai military personnel keeps guard along the Moei river on the Thai side, next to the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, in Thailand's Mae Sot district on April 12, 2024. Myanmar troops have withdrawn from their positions in a trade hub near the Thai border, a spokesman for the junta said, confirming reports from an ethnic armed group that has been battling the military for days. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)
british columbia
Low-income renters got a benefit and scammers took one day to target it, BC Housing says
BC Housing is warning of scammers targeting recipients of a support scheme for elderly low-income renters, just one day after it was announced. Construction cranes dot the skyline as condo towers are seen under construction at the Oakridge Park shopping centre redevelopment, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
baseball
Justin Turner adjusts to life in Toronto with consistency and a cup of coffee
Apr 9, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third base Justin Turner (2) hits a double against the Seattle Mariners during the third inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
education
Teacher fired after competing on Survivor Quebec reality show
Déborah De Braekeleer is shown in a family handout photo. An elementary school teacher competing on the Quebec franchise of "Survivor" has been fired after taking unauthorized time off to participate in the reality competition series.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Michèle De Braekeleer **MANDATORY CREDIT**
canada
Foreign interference is ‘huge challenge,’ French PM says after meeting with Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal deliver his opening remarks during a joint news conference, Thursday, April 11, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
personal finance
How to avoid falling for offers during sales
Signs show discount available on items in a store in a mall Saturday, March 23, 2024, in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
world
O.J. Simpson, former NFL player acquitted of ex-wife’s murder in infamous trial, dead at 76
FILE - In this June 15, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, grimaces as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in a Los Angeles courtroom. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Sam Mircovich/Pool Photo via AP, File)
canada
Consulting company MNP shouldn’t be in charge of CleanBC grant program, trucking company founder says
Chace Barber of Edison Motors poses for a photo with the company’s hybrid truck, in Toronto, Wednesday Sept. 27, 2023. A small diesel engine periodically turns on to charge an electric engine that drives the truck. According to Barber, in this way, his truck can operate for 12 hours using one tenth of the fossil fuels compared to motored trucks. Aside from the compressor and the brakes, the truck is completely silent. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
world
Russian air strikes destroy major power plant near Kyiv, damage other stations
Smoke and fire rise from the site of a missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at the Trypilska power station in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 11, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Video Obtained By Reuters/via REUTERS
canada
Morning Update: Trudeau casts doubt on CSIS intelligence about Chinese election interference
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in public hearings for an independent commission probing alleged foreign interference in Canadian elections in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 10, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable
world
Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South, with one person dead in Mississippi
Crystal Hilgado uses a broom to clean out the drain on her street near downtown New Orleans on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Severe thunderstorms were expected across parts of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle and there was the potential for tornadoes, a few of which may be strong, and damaging winds, which may exceed 75 mph (120 kph), the National Weather Service warned.(Chris Granger /The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
canada
Quebec man, 38, charged with second-degree murder in woman's killing near Montreal
Quebec provincial police say investigators increasingly believe a woman in her late 20s found dead in an apartment southwest of Montreal was a homicide victim. A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer’s uniform in Montreal on August 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
film
Civil War director Alex Garland talks extremism, social division and the war against journalism
English filmmaker Alex Garland arrives for "Civil War" special screening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 2, 2024. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Indigenous youth suicides
FILE - The icon for Snapchat is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Investigators in Massachusetts are pursuing criminal charges against six teens who they say participated in “a hateful, racist online chat that included heinous language, threats, and a mock slave auction” using Snapchat. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)