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Air Canada flight attendants reject tentative agreement that ended strike

Airline and union to meet with a mediator to find ways to reach common ground on wages
A traveller walks past striking Air Canada flight attendants at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. The union representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants says its members have walked off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
in depthhigher education

Canadian campuses are mostly female. What are men doing instead?

The gender gap in higher education has been widening for decades. Do universities need to do more to entice men back?
opinion

What is lost when fewer men go to university?

Marsha Lederman
Marsha Lederman
WORLD

China accuses Canada of ‘provocative actions’ in Taiwan Strait transit

Canadian naval vessel previously attracted China’s outrage for taking part in drills with the Philippines, Australia and the U.S. in the South China Sea
FILE PHOTO: A ship sails between wind turbines in the Taiwan strait off the coast of Pingtan Island, Fujian province, China, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
SLEEP

Canada’s last waterbed salesmen still try to make waves in a dozing industry

After marketing made them a cradle of countercultural kink, the beds fell out of style in the 1980s. But a Don Quixote of dozing has hope the masses will embrace them once again
Paul Drysdale, one of Canada's last remaining waterbed salesmen, wants more people to sleep on water-filled mattresses like the one he dozes on at home in North York, Ont.
UNDEREXPOSED

Life’s a beach in Gimli, Manitoba’s ‘pearl of the Prairies’

New Iceland gives sun-seekers another season of fun, fish and fellowship

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US actress Sydney Sweeney attends the special presentation of Christy at the Princess of Wales theater during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

TIFF schedule today: Latest Knives Out mystery makes its world premiere and more events on Day 3

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Weekend Reads

Your feet are feeling the effects of summer. Here’s how to soothe them

Plus, six buys to try for smoother, softer feet
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Podcast

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Business and Finance

The federal government has asked the Court of Appeal of Ontario to dismiss or vary the damages in the case related to investors in now-defunct telecom Mobilicity, alleging a lower court's decision relied on almost 30 errors of law, principle and 'palpable and overriding errors of fact.'

Ottawa appeals ruling in Mobilicity telecom case that found it liable for hundreds of millions in investor losses

financial facelift

Can Tom and Pat, both in their early 40s, retire by 50 and still spend $200,000 a year?

August 14, 2025. Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail

Ottawa aims to help beleaguered canola industry with moves to boost domestic biofuel production

Ottawa announced a new $370-million biofuel production subsidy and new domestic-content provisions in the federal Clean Electricity Regulations.

The fight to preserve North American trade is just beginning: A guide to the USMCA renewal talks

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Pitching in: Brothers fund books for Nova Scotia children in honour of their mother

Kevin, Edward, Rita and Adrian Gillis during Christmas dinner on Dec 25, 2012, a few months before Rita died. She passed on March 15, 2013. The brothers are donating $250,000 to the Cape Breton Regional Library over 10 years in her honour.

Opinion and analysis

Trump-style executive capitalism is killing the offshore wind industry and could wreck other businesses

Eric Reguly
Eric Reguly

This winter, Canadian snowbirds may take flight back to the U.S.

Meera Raman
Meera Raman

Could a wildfire trigger the next market crash?

John Rapley
John Rapley

Canada’s electricity crisis: Why national interest demands a national grid

Bruce Lourie
Canada's fragmented electricity market is extremely unusual among developed nations.

Canada lags allies in providing financial-crime guidance to banks, other businesses

Rita Trichur
Rita Trichur

Weekend spotlight

How wrestling caimans and being charged by a gorilla made Dax Dasilva a better CEO

The founder of Lightspeed Commerce talks about his latest book, Echoes from Eden
Dax Dasilva along the Pitt River, British Columbia

Alberta vows to implement new standards for releasing treated oil sands mine water

There are roughly 1.4 million cubic metres of fluid tailings and more than 390 million cubic metres of water in ponds in the oil sands region.

Auto industry welcomes change to EV sales mandate

An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The best fixed and variable mortgage rates for the week

A "For Sale" sign sits in front of a house, in Toronto, on April 20, 2010. Moves by Ottawa to tighten mortgage lending rules did little to cool the country's two hottest real estate markets as home sales in Toronto and Vancouver continued to charge ahead last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
etfs

Canadian ETFs: Single-stock funds on Canadian companies flood the market in August

An investor analyzes the ETF market traffic graph on a tablet.

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Fans reflect on life of former Canadiens goalie Ken DrydenVideo1:59

Ryan Reynolds remembers the late John Candy at TIFF premiere of new documentaryVideo0:43

AP reporting raises questions about why and how Israel attacked a Gaza hospitalVideo2:29

TIFF opens 50th year with premiere of John Candy: I Like MeVideo0:37

Ottawa delays EV sales mandate to help auto sectorVideo1:32

Gaza City high-rise building collapses after being hit by Israeli strikeVideo0:37

Suspect among two dead in mass stabbing at First Nation reserve in ManitobaVideo1:27

'The city needs answers' Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas says after fatal streetcar accidentVideo1:00

Trending

This market frenzy occurs every 25 years. The aftermath is rarely pretty

Sabalenka defeats Anisimova for second consecutive U.S. Open title

Air Canada flight attendants reject tentative agreement that ended strike

Opinion

Carney was elected on a wave of tariff panic. Now he has other problems

Shannon Proudfoot

Your feet are feeling the effects of summer. Here’s how to soothe them

Ken Dryden, former Canadiens star goaltender, dies of cancer at age 78

TIFF schedule today: Latest Knives Out mystery makes its world premiere and more events on Day 3

Opinion

Ken Dryden was a national hero. Now that he’s gone, he has no replacement

Cathal Kelly

In case you missed it

Romana Didulo, self-proclaimed Queen of Canada, arrested by RCMP

Romana Didulo, the self-declared 'Queen of Canada' and a leading Canadian QAnon figure, speaks on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, in February, 2022.

Toronto home sales and prices dip in August

New listings in the Toronto region, like this one in Vaughan, increased by 3.9 per cent to 15,730 in August, giving many buyers the upper hand.
opinion

After a busy start, Carney faces a season of impatience

Campbell Clark
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to scrum with the media at the Liberal Cabinet Retreat in Toronto on Wednesday.

Bay Street financier Andrew DeFrancesco banned by Ontario securities regulator

IMG-20181220-WA0000.jpg. Andy DeFrancesco for weekend ROB JAN 5 Handout from Andy DeFrancesco

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Canada

Many North American cities fell into a spiral of decline in the 1960s and 1970s when worries about crime and disorder took hold. They have bounced back, but what happened before could happen again.
opinion

It’s time for visible action on crime

Marcus Gee

Carney will introduce legislation next month to tighten bail system

Judge proposes heated shelters at Alberta bars after two men died of hypothermia

World

U.S. President Donald Trump says exemptions could begin as soon as Monday for some countries who have struck trade deals, unlike Canada.

Trump signs order offering some tariff exemptions to countries with U.S. trade deals

In Gaza, teachers find a way to educate even without classrooms

Serbian police fire tear gas at protesters demanding free elections and justice

Politics

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

Carney says he won’t judge top aide over ties to Big Tobacco

opinion

Without a deal with Trump, Carney rolls out responses for an economic rupture

Campbell Clark

U.S. judge blocks plan to end legal protections for over a million Venezuelans and Haitians

Sports

Sep 6, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) tags out Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) at home plate during the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images

Jays fall to Yankees 3-1 after Bichette injury scare

Elks victorious over Stampeders in 31-19 offensive win

League-leading Roughriders defeat Blue Bombers 21-13

Style Advisor

Anna Wintour appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 5, 2025, left, and Chloe Malle appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 1, 2023. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Anna Wintour names Candice Bergen’s daughter Chloe Malle as Vogue successor

What Montreal’s summer fashion festival says about its status as Canada’s fashion capital

These 10 fall fashion trends have staying power. Here’s what to look for

Health & Fitness

Terry Fox is shown in the documentary "Run Terry Run" in this undated handout image. Sean Menard's documentary "Run Terry Run" draws on 91 reels of restored and largely unseen footage of Terry Fox captured during his Marathon of Hope in 1980. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Sean Menard Productions (Mandatory credit)
cult of fitness

Why Terry Fox’s legacy endures, 45 years after his Marathon of Hope

ask a doctor

Feeling backed up? Four strategies to help with constipation

Dr. Carolyn Wong

Nutrition needs are different in cooler months – here’s how tech can help

Real Estate

Here are renderings for Anthem's SOCO Two building in Coquitlam, which is part of their Homeownership Accelerator program.

End-users, rather than investors, expected to drive Vancouver housing market higher

Kerry Gold
done deal

Calgary townhouse sells to buyer offering $20,888 over asking

done deal

Buyers’ patience pays off in pursuit of New Westminster penthouse loft

Drive

A driver backed into a staircase, dislodged it and drove off with it on the roof of her car in Mississauga, Ont. in August 2025.
road sage

The strangest thing about an Ontario woman driving with a staircase on her car is how unremarkable it is

Andrew Clark
car review

Inside the advanced new powertrain and technology on the iX3, which charts a new course for BMW

car review

The Lincoln Aviator is powerful, comfortable and good looking, but don’t bother with the costly options

Environment and Climate Change
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How a Quebec town fought to keep its ER open and welcomed foreign workers

Martine Riopel, cancer survivor and client of the Rivière Rouge emergency services and her lawyer Carl-Éric Therrien speak with the reporter and a former employee of the Rivière Rouge hospital on the 7th of May 2025. Story header: citizens of Rivière Rouge banded together to ensure that the governement did not shut down the emergency services at the Hospital in the small town of Rivière Rouge, Quebec.

Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019, records show

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