Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rate to 4.5% by 2023: OECD
So far in 2022, the Bank of Canada has hiked the policy interest rate a total of five times, with the latest increase in early September pushing the rate up by 0.75%…
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, while our own government and security services apparently look the other way?
In China, the high-profile TV drama In The Name Of The People has become a smash hit. In that show, Chinese agents enter the U.S. posing as businessmen so they can repatriate…
Flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up
One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists. Putin’s announcement, made in…
So who’s ‘woke,’ what does it mean and how is it being used in Canadian politics?
The word originates with Black activist communities in the mid-20th century. The word “woke” — originally used to describe awareness of discrimination — has been adopted by figures on the political right…
Fat Leonard: Malaysian criminal in US Navy scandal recaptured after jail break
A Malaysian businessman who scammed the US Navy in its biggest fraud scandal ever has been recaptured after he escaped house arrest two weeks ago. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as…
Flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up
One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists. Putin’s announcement, made in…
Eritrea calls up armed forces after Ethiopia clashes: UK, Canada
Eritrean authorities have called on their armed forces to mobilise in response to the renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, the British and Canadian governments said. The return to combat last…
Michael Taube: How Pierre Poilievre can become Canada’s next prime minister
The new party leader is a true Conservative who’s willing to explore non-Conservative ideas that fit under the parameters of common sense. Pierre Poilievre’s victory in the Sept. 10 Conservative…
For Canada’s monarchists, the buck is always king
Canada will mourn the queen, but won’t lose money over it. Turns out, for some conspicuous monarchists in Canada, their love of Queen Elizabeth II is paper thin – literally.…
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‘You’re still in this war’: Ukrainian author Ivan Baidak on his journey to Canada, and his new novel about acceptance
Ivan Baidak’s journey from western Ukraine to Canada is a bittersweet one. While he is fleeing his home country, he will touch down in this country with a book deal…