Mark Carney believes he can borrow billions now to invest into major projects and jump start the Canadian economy. If those investments don't pay off, Canada's debt load leaves it exposed to other, new risks.

Canada is embarking on a path to end homelessness in 10 years, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said as he presented the federal budget on Thursday.

The 2026 budget increases payments for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, expands a tax credit for low-wage workers and makes the Canada caregiver credit refundable. But the affordability measures are mostly for the short term, and took a b...

WorkSafeBC and RCMP are still investigating what police described as a "chaotic scene" when the shuttle bus went off Highway 39, causing hospitals in Prince George and Mackenzie to declare a code orange.

Several Republicans sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump's trade war during the midterms, in some cases asking for specific tariffs to be rolled back. Even so, Republicans lost. Democrats, who were traditionally the party of protectionism,...

California governor Gavin Newsom is commuting the death sentences of more than 500 inmates to life in prison with no parole, saying he believes state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with the values of California, undermines the foundations of the ...

Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass, an upset that will alter the trajectory of the nation's second-largest city.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as "courageous and historic" after voters punished Republicans over it in this week’s midterm electi...

Dolly Parton's longtime manager moved Thursday to drop a complaint that accused the late singer's nephew who acted as her head of security with threatening her estate and its employees.

Les premiers ministres du Québec et du Canada, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon et Mark Carney, se rencontreront lors du Sommet de la Francophonie.

Le comédien Russell Brand a été déclaré coupable de viol et d'agressions sexuelles lors d'un procès qui s'était entamé à la mi-octobre à Londres.

Des travaux préparatoires pour le tramway causent des maux de tête aux automobilistes qui doivent traverser Saint-Roch dans un sens ou dans l’autre.

L'entreprise a commencé à fermer les activités de construction et à démobiliser les entrepreneurs sur le site de l'usine de Bécancour

Le résident de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu avait acheté le véhicule de son fils en 2023.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic control of Virginia state government over the past two years has allowed lawmakers to dramatically reshape public policy with legislation reforming the criminal justice system, loosening abortion restrictions and exp...

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for Tuesday's $19 million Lotto Max jackpot.That means the grand prize for the next draw on Oct. 19 will grow to an estimated $24 million.

The NCAA spends more on average on male athletes than female ones, particularly when it comes to the "mere handful of championships" viewed as revenue sources, according to a new report.The law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate equity issues rele...

A man breaking into an automated teller machine in downtown Victoria was so focused on his work that he asked two passersby to give him a hand. Too bad for him they were fully uniformed cops. VicPD officers were doing patrols in the 900 Block o...

Volunteers with the Peninsula Streams Society removed two tons of marine flotsam and jetsam — including hazardous materials — from Cadboro-Gyro Park Tuesday after they responded to a report of two boats washing ashore after the recent storm. ...