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Governor General Mary Simon Governor General Mary Simon conducts an inspection of the Ceremonial Guard at Rideau Hall.

Prime Minister expected to announce new governor-general to replace Mary Simon

Former Supreme Court judge Louise Arbour seen as potential choice

Ian Bailey and Stephanie Levitz

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Sections of a dumpster are welded together on the assembly line of Les Ateliers Beau Roc in Vars, Ont., on Monday.

Ottawa offers $1.5-billion in tariff relief after U.S. turns up pressure

Conservatives call the assistance a ‘Band-Aid’ solution and an admission that no trade deal is coming soon

Steven Chase, Justine Hunter and Jason Kirby

4 min read

People deliver signatures in support of an independence referendum to Elections Alberta’s offices in Edmonton on Monday.

Alberta separatist group submits petition calling for referendum

Stay Free Alberta hits first milestone in effort to force an Oct. 19 vote after leader says it gathered more than 300,000 signatures

Matthew Scace and Carrie Tait

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US musician Beyonce arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, on May 4, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

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A person enters the Citizenship and Immigration office at 800 Burrard in downtown Vancouver on April 1, 2025. [Isabella Falsetti/Globe and Mail]

Ottawa to fast-track permanent residency for up to 33,000 temporary foreign workers

IRCC began processing thousands of applicants this year, before formal launch of program Monday

Marie Woolf

4 min read

People hold Iranian flags during a pro-government gathering at Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in Tehran on Monday.

Iran retaliates after Trump launches campaign to break Strait of Hormuz blockade

Commercial vessels reportedly hit and UAE oil port set ablaze by Tehran as U.S. Navy attempts to free up shipping

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Plaintiff Claire Brosseau, centre, counsel Michael Fenrick, left, and Dying With Dignity Canada CEO Helen Long speak to media outside the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on Monday.

Toronto woman with bipolar disorder asks Ontario court to grant her emergency MAID access

Claire Brosseau already suing federal government over ban for people whose only condition is mental illness

Kristy Kirkup

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New Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka had all of the criticisms of his hiring laid out to him by Toronto media on Monday at his introductory press conference.

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John Chayka’s tenure with the Maple Leafs begins under intense scrutiny

MLSE CEO Keith Pelley will get the credit or blame on the outcome of Chayka’s hiring

Cathal Kelly

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Business & Finance

Mr. Weese uses the bitcoin-operated 'Bepsi' machine at DCTRL.

Vancouver’s crypto-anarchist collective is searching for a new home

Andrew Galbraith

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opinion

Our pension funds must be sovereign wealth funds, too – even if pensioners take a hit

John Rapley

5 min read

A data centre owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, under construction next to a nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., in January, 2025. AI models require land, power, cooling systems, data centres, servers, GPUs, memory chips, and the entire physical supply chain behind them.

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Rosenberg Research: Big Tech’s capex race and the looming earnings-quality problem

Mehmet Beceren

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When will the AI boom end? Nobody knows, and the market doesn’t want to think about it

Investors are suddenly seeing a lot to love in the chips business

Ian McGugan

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Home of the Week: Ottawa home was built from bits of a former church

Shane Dingman

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From banks to car dealers, how companies use NDAs to keep unhappy customers quiet

Erica Alini and Mariya Postelnyak

16 min read

Financial planning, investment growth strategy or money management for retirement goal, budget or expense analysis to reach financial goal, people planning with piggy bank strategy to reach target.

Do Ottawa’s public-service pension talks have you rethinking your retirement plans?

Meera Raman

4 min read

Opinion and Analysis

Mature Man At Home In Kitchen Looking At Digital Tablet

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Taxes are important, but asset allocation comes first

Anita Bruinsma

4 min read

Sport utility vehicles are displayed at a Mitsubishi Motors dealership, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

opinion

Should buying a car saddle you with crippling debt?

John Turley-Ewart

3 min read

opinion

Prediction markets are a great innovation. Let’s not be so hasty to bash them

Atul Tiwari

4 min read

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces the creation of the Canada Strong Fund in Ottawa on April 27.

opinion

Three questions help clarify whether Canada has a case for a sovereign wealth fund

Preet Banerjee

4 min read

Life & Culture

Do you have low libido? Here are six things for women to know

Low sexual desire affects 40 per cent of Canadian women, but there are steps that can help

Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe

5 min read

Devil Wears Prada 2 moviegoers dress to impress

Mira Miller

Jana Kaddouh, 23, and Kevin Peou, 27, who says dressing up for the film helped make the event more exciting.

3 min read

Five ways to boost the nutritional value from your vegetables

Leslie Beck

Assortment of Fruits and Vegetables Background

4 min read

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Johanna Schneller

La Casa de los Espíritus (The House of Spirits) on Prime.

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At Milan Design Week, tension grows between the understated and the spectacular

Ali Morris

Issey Miyake by Melania Dalle Grave and Michela Pedranti

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Canada & World

Ariel Levine a Senior Investigator at the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) who studies spinal cord biology is seen in a park in Bethesda, Maryland which is a suburb of Washington DC. She is a U.S. citizen and will be moving to Canada this year because of the current political climate to become a Senior Scientist at University Health Network (UHN) Krembil Brain institute in Toronto.
(photo © Louie Palu/ Agence VU)
Photo taken April 30, 2026

University Health Network recruits senior NIH investigator, more than 70 global scientists

Campaign to attract best and brightest aims to bring in 100 early- to mid-career scientists from other countries

4 min read

Alzheimer's sufferer Jacqueline Kretschmann receives an infusion of a new antibody drug Donanemab from doctor Joseph Kuchling at Charite. New drugs can delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease in its early stages.

Health Canada approves second drug targeting underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease

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Toronto Police Services’ 12 Division on April 16.

Toronto Police division at core of Project South probe has history of data breaches

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Firefighters work to distinguish a fire following a blast at a fireworks manufacturing factory in Liuyang, Hunan province, China, May 5, 2026. cnsphoto via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Explosion at China fireworks plant kills at least 21 people

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Broadcast pioneer Pip Wedge helped decide what was on TV for Canadians

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.

Russia declares unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to mark anniversary of WWII’s Victory Day

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An accidental home birth gave me and my daughter a new appreciation for the placenta

Britney Spears pleads guilty to lesser charge in DUI case, avoiding further jail time

AI implementation is suffering because top executives and middle managers aren’t aligned

Canada lags global peers and is falling when it comes to gender equity, study shows

opinion

High food prices might be the most toxic form of personal-finance adversity in the past six years

Rob Carrick

Rebuilt Yaletown condo gets three offers, sells $35,100 over asking
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Infiniti hopes refined and stylish QX65 will put brand ‘back on the map’
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Enough with the e-bikes and e-scooters
Andrew Clark
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