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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would amend the Conflict of Interest Act if elected prime minister, saying it would close the “Carney Loophole.” The change would ensure all party leadership candidates have to disclose financial holdings to the ethics commissioner within 30 days of becoming an official candidate, and make them available […]

OTTAWA — Jobs figures from Statistics Canada show Canadian employers largely put their hiring plans on ice in February. The agency says employment was “virtually unchanged” last month amid a gain of just 1,100 jobs across the country, falling short of economists’ expectations. Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 per cent as population growth […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — MDA Space Ltd. reported its fourth-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as its revenue also climbed higher, helped by strong contributions from its satellite systems business. The company says it earned $25.1 million or 20 cents per diluted share in its quarter ended Dec. 31. The result compared with a […]

OTTAWA — The U.S. temporarily paused tariffs Thursday on goods that meet the rules of origin requirements under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, and lowering levies on potash to 10 per cent, until April 2. Ottawa has responded by suspending a planned second wave of retaliatory tariffs. Here is the latest news (all times Eastern): ——— 6:30 […]

TORONTO — Gabbi Kosmidis still feels shivers from watching the intensely gory 2006 horror thriller “Silent Hill” as a child. “It was an insane film for an 11-year-old to watch,” says the Toronto-based voice actor, now 30. “I loved it, but I still, to this day, have nightmares from it.” She’s now channeling that early […]

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision today about third-party election advertising rules in Ontario that limit spending. Before 2021, third parties in Ontario could spend up to $600,000 on advertising in the six months before a provincial election call. That year, Premier Doug Ford’s government stretched that restricted spending period […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release unemployment figures for February today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 20,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to have ticked higher to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 per cent in February and calls […]

KELOWNA, B.C. — An off-day for Reid Carruthers at the Montana’s Brier became much busier on Thursday night. The Manitoba skip picked up the last playoff spot in Pool A when Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone edged Canada’s Brad Gushue 7-6 to earn the top seed in the nine-team group. Gushue took the second seed and Carruthers […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Genc Ula put away the game-winning goal with six seconds to play as the Peterborough Petes edged the Ottawa 67’s 4-3 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Brennan Faulkner, Jonathan Melee and Brody Partridge also scored as Peterborough (17-36-8) fended off a late Ottawa rally. Petes goaltender Easton Rye made 34 […]

BRANTFORD, Ont. — The Brantford Red Sox of the Intercounty Baseball League are making all 21 of their home games free to “reverse the tariffs.” A trade war is looming over North America as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice threatened to levy steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products. The Red Sox say the […]