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Buying Canadian is a matter of pride for shoppers. For major grocery chains, it's an opportunity

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Canada's major food retailers have all rolled out new marketing strategies in recent weeks to meet a newfound demand for Canadian products. With price hikes in play, they're betting on a reputational reset after years of contention between shoppers and consumers came to a boiling point last year.

Nervous Googling: Searches for 'recession' and 'tariff' surge as U.S. mood sours

March 11 , 2025 at 07:10:39 p.m. EDT • :

Signs are mounting of U.S. unease with President Donald Trump's North American trade war and it's surfacing in various places, from economic data, to grumbling businesses, to media coverage, and in tense exchanges at the White House. Some ask: Is there a plan here?

Teen burned at Saskatoon school says she will not let it define her life

March 12 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Last year, a 15-year-old was severely burned at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon in an alleged attack by another student. Now, she is telling the story in her words.

The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats. They say those attempts would likely come on social media, aimed at the country's most economically vulnerable.

NASA SPHEREx telescope launched to study universe's origins

March 12 , 2025 at 07:45:48 a.m. EDT • :

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ingredient for life.

March 11 , 2025 at 06:25:39 p.m. EDT • :

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Buying Canadian is a matter of pride for shoppers. For major grocery chains, it's an opportunity

Nervous Googling: Searches for 'recession' and 'tariff' surge as U.S. mood sours

Teen burned at Saskatoon school says she will not let it define her life

The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public

NASA SPHEREx telescope launched to study universe's origins

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Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules

Decades after he was hanged for murder in Quebec, family hopes his name can finally be cleared

B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the border

If Russia agrees to temporary ceasefire, the next question is how to manage and extend it

Here's why Elon Musk has lost billions (and is still the richest person in the world)

Texas-bound: Canadian politicians slam U.S. tariffs (politely) during visit to Lone Star state

Greenland's Demokraatit wins parliamentary election amid Trump threat

In the 'steel city of Canada,' Trump's tariff threats generate 'fear and confusion'

3 die on Victoria streets little more than an hour apart as Island Health issues drug toxicity warning