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Gaza’s destroyed universities pivot to online teaching as they wait to rebuild
Displaced Palestinian university students rally against travel restrictions that hinder their education access in Gaza on Monday.
Ontario high school students will soon need to pass financial literacy test to graduate
Ontario's English Catholic teachers are asking for a conciliator to help their contract negotiations with the province. An empty classroom is shown in Toronto in a Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Trisura Group is a peppy, young specialty insurer with a pedigree
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Barlow’s Research Roundup: These companies powering and cooling new data centres see stock prices climb
The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is seen, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Lithia Springs, Ga.
Metro delays raising food prices as customers turn to discount stores
A Metro grocery store is pictured near Spadina Ave/Bloor St in Toronto on March 6, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
B.C. tourist recounts moments before shooting at Mexico pyramids
Barbara Welsh, second from the right, pictured with a group of women from B.C., in front of the Teotihuacan Pyramids, in Mexico on Monday, April 20, 2026. The group posed for this picture moments before a gunman opened fire and killed a Canadian woman and hurt 13 other visitors at the site. The shooter can be seen at the top right of the stairs, in a checked shirt and dark pants. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Barbara Welsh (Mandatory Credit)
Why are guests spending more than $1,000 a night to stay at this Elora, Ont., hotel?
Elora a look at WHY people are paying 1.3K a night for the cheapest room at kat Florence Hotels in Elora Ontario (weekends come with a 2-night minimum stay. Hotelier Kristy Hillis steps out of the Kat Florence Hotel's 2010 Rolls Royce Phantom Ghost, which is available for guests to explore the area.
Sand dunes, mountains and moonscapes converge in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The Nayara Alto Atacama hotel, Chile.
Decline in government funding for universities will hamper research, undermine economic growth, report says
Prolonged underinvestment in universities has put the system under serious financial strain, says a report from Universities Canada and the Canadian Association of University Business Officers. The University of Toronto's downtown campus on Oct. 20, 2025.
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Ontario’s grading changes miss the mark
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Odds ‘stacked’ against car accident victims who take disputes to Ontario tribunal, lawyers say
The scene of a multiple car pile up on Highway 416 northbound at Bankfield Dr. just south of Ottawa on Monday Dec. 14, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit
Shooting at Mexico pyramids that killed Canadian tourist was planned, officials say
Forensic workers remove a victim's body from a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Burlington home’s price collapse opens door to first-time buyers
The three-storey home has 1,625 square feet of living space.
From behind glass to hands-on: how museums are rethinking the visitor experience
Bea Blue by Arlene Shechet at Storm King Art Center in New York.
It’s natural for teens to be night owls, but there are still ways to support healthy sleep
Rébecca Robillard
TSX posts biggest drop in a month as investors refocus on geopolitical risk
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 20.
Big changes in Ontario’s education system
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Hackers accessed personal information for up to 70,000 people in Canada Life data breach
FILE - This May 18, 2021, photo shows a person typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Politics Insider: Ford says he faces more scrutiny than peers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks with reporters before attending an event in Ottawa, Monday, April 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Gunman kills Canadian tourist, injures 13 others at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids
Forensic experts and members of the Red Cross transport a body on the Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan archaeological zone following a shooting in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on Monday.
Canada’s inflation rate hits 2.4% in March as war fuels highest monthly gas-price increase on record
A customer pumps gas as a gas station in Ottawa on Monday. Gas prices surged 21.2 per cent in March from February.
Canadian airfares rise for first time in two years as cost of jet fuel soars
An Air Canada flight departing for Toronto, bottom, taxis to a runway as a WestJet flight bound for Palm Springs takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Revised BoC survey of firms found higher expected input prices after Iran war
A person with an umbrella walks in front of the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Keito Newman/The Globe and Mail
Young woman buys first home in Winnipeg for $325,000, four years after coming to Canada
Canada’s annual inflation rate climbs to 2.4% as Iran war fuels rise in gas prices
A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, February 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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A lesson in the importance of showing up
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Business Brief: Five files to follow this week
European leaders met this weekend to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz in Paris. From left, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
TSX ends slightly higher as investors cheer inflation data
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 8.
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 17, 2026 in New York City. All three major indexes surged at opening, with the Dow Jones leading the way, opening over 700 points after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” after the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Amber Kanwar’s Weekly Setup: Rogers earnings and a look at the Iran war’s impact on inflation
Amber Kanwar
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Oil shocks shift wealth – here’s how investors should respond
Anwar Husain
Tree houses, art hotels and Nordic-style retreats join Canada’s hotel scene
Like many hotels in this list, Fort Treehouse Hartwood is all about the experience.