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7 things to watch for in today's federal budget Finance Minister Bill Morneau's second federal budget isn't expected to match last year's big-ticket spending commitments. The big Liberal moves for the middle class rolled out for 2016. The 12-year infrastructure plan was the headline of the...

Pay attention Trump. This is how you do it. Shopify to triple size of Ottawa headquarters Given its rapid sales trajectory it was only a matter of time Shopify would outgrow its state-of-the-art headquarters building at 150 Elgin St. That 170,000-square-foot facility was outfitted just...

Like I said. Nothing to worry about. Canada’s economy blows away forecasts OTTAWA — The Canadian economy outperformed expectations in the final three months of 2016 by generating growth at an annual rate of 2.6 per cent. Statistics Canada’s latest report on real gross domestic product...

Ontario set for first cap-and-trade auction Ontario’s cap-and-trade system aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions begins in earnest Wednesday with its first auction, which other provinces said they will be watching closely as they consider their own carbon pricing plans. The provincial...

Brad Brad, he's our man. :lol: Saskatchewan budget coming with tax increases REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is about to unveil a deficit budget with tax increases. The province is facing about a $1.3 billion deficit and Premier Brad Wall has said some of the shortfall will be made up...

Donald Trump faces up to hard truths after FBI director James Comey labels his wiretapping claims false On the 60th day of his presidency came the hardest truth for Donald Trump. He was wrong. James B. Comey - the FBI director whom Trump celebrated on the campaign trail as a gutsy and...

It's Official: The FBI Is Investigating Trump's Links to Russia. Updated on March 20 at 1:53 p.m. ET FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating whether Donald Trump’s campaign coordinated with the Russian government last year as part of...

Too bad the US is falling so far behind. They could really use something like this. Leading economists promote guaranteed minimum income Inequalities are increasing globally. Millions of people work for an income that does not provide them with a living, and welfare states and trade...

Normally, I don't cow tow to the climate change premonition script, but if it has Michael Mann in it, then it's credible. Climate change is certainly causing more powerful storms From the moment a powerful blizzard hit the northeastern United States — only a few weeks after comfortable...

Fox News host Sean Hannity 'pulled out gun after on-air row with guest' The conservative TV personality allegedly turned on the weapon’s laser light “causing a red dot to bob around” on the body of Democrat commentator Juan Williams. Sources told CNN the off-camera incident which took place in...

Donald Trump suggests Snoop Dogg should go to prison for 'assassination music video' Donald Trump has suggested Snoop Dogg should be arrested for pretending to shoot him in a music video. "Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the...

Trump's Secretary Of Defense Actually Understands Climate Change Is it saying something when your biggest voice of reason is a guy with the nickname “Mad Dog”? Maybe. That’s the case at the moment, as Trump’s Secretary of Defense, James “Mad Dog” Mattis, may just be one of the few people in...

Noam Chomsky predicts Donald Trump’s administration will cause another financial crash Noam Chomsky has warned the Donald Trump-fuelled rally in capital markets is coming to a close and another financial crash is on the horizon. The economist, historian and linguist said the President’s...

For more than a century, Canada's twin sisters of Confederation – Alberta and Saskatchewan – have always loved to compare themselves. The two became provinces on the same day in 1905, and for the first half of their lives Saskatchewan was the over-achiever. In the 1920s and 1930s, it boasted...

Florida man tries to burn store he thought was Muslim-owned (WPTV) - A man mad at Arabs, "due to what they are doing in the Middle East," tried to set fire to a convenience store that he mistakenly thought was owned by a Muslim, according to investigators. Richard Lloyd's intended target was...

Uh oh. Somebody said the N-word. I hope the 'free speechists' don't get offended. Turkey referendum: Dutch are 'Nazi remnants' - Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the Dutch as "Nazi remnants and fascists", as a row grows over a cancelled Rotterdam rally...

Americans are afraid of everything. Air Canada denies U.S. security chief's assertion that its jets have been focus of any terror plots U.S. Homeland Secretary John Kelly says there have been countless attempts by terrorists to blow up passenger jets operated by Air Canada and U.S. airlines...

The employment increase was led by gains in full-time work and in the private sector. Ontario's unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in February, and has been lower than the national average for 23 months in a row. Ontario's economy is growing and is expected to remain one of the fastest-growing...

One month after private meeting with Jeff Sessions, Russian ambassador denied meeting any Trump campaign advisers One month after meeting with Jeff Sessions, the attorney general who at the time was one of Donald Trump's top campaign surrogates, Russia's ambassador to the US denied meeting with...

Oil drops to lowest since OPEC deal as U.S. crude slips below $50 Oil fell about 2 per cent on Thursday, extending the previous session's slump to prices not seen since an OPEC-led pact to cut production was agreed, as record U.S. crude inventories fed doubts about the effectiveness of the deal...