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election 2025

Trust in party leaders, platforms key factors driving votes as election day nears, Nanos poll finds

Party loyalty, leaders debates and strategic voting were less influential on voter’s decisions, found a poll conducted for The Globe and Mail by Nanos Research
A sample ballot box is seen ahead of the 2019 federal election at Elections Canada's offices in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Poilievre’s Nova Scotia campaign stop highlights growing rift between federal Conservatives, provincial PCs

In this northern B.C. port town, voters used to booms and busts are now caught between both at once

Major parties agree that Canada faces a housing shortage, but are split on how to bridge the gap

Public Health

Ontario measles outbreak crosses 1,000 cases, far outstripping other provinces

The province has 10 times more cases than it experienced during the entire decade of 2013-2023
Public health nurse Lauri Bidinot demonstrates how to give a measles shot to a young girl at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins
opinion

Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good

André Picard
André Picard
Fraud

Top OSC officials say they are witnessing a surge in online scams and fraud

The Ontario Securities Commission is ‘inundated’ with fraud cases, says executive vice-president of enforcement
The doors to the Ontario Securities Commission hearing rooms in Toronto on December 12, 2019.<br /> (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
artificial intelligence

Alberta has a big vision to build massive AI data centres, but do they have the power to handle it?

The province wants to attract massive data centres to power generative AI. But current infrastructure can’t handle their near-endless demand for electricity
Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish stands outside the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alberta, on April 14, 2025. on April 14, 2025. (Kelsey McMillan/The Globe and Mail)
Screen Time

Why it took four long years for the best action director in the world to unleash Netflix’s Havoc

Gareth Evans has been busy with TV work, but his latest blood-soaked feature was held up by strikes and scheduling issues
HAVOC. Yeo Yann Yann as Mother in HAVOC. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

What to watch this weekend: Wolf Hall concludes on PBS and Prime Video, while off-beat thriller You wraps up on Netflix

Kelly Nestruck
Kelly Nestruck

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Once expecting a Tory landslide, some Albertans are bracing for the prospect of a fourth Liberal term

Voters arrive to cast their ballots in advance polls for the 2025 federal election in Carstairs, Alta., on April 18.

Judge rules against Quebec’s tuition hikes, French requirements for out-of-province students

Aerial view of the McGill University campus in Montreal, Quebec, on November 21, 2023. A chill has fallen over the three English-language universities in Canada's Quebec province, as winter arrives with students and administrators worried about plans to nearly double tuition by next school year. Announced last month by the French-speaking province's government, the plan would raise tuition for non-Quebec residents at all three anglophone universities from around Can$9,000 (US$6,500) to Can$17,000 -- with the additional funds meant to support francophone universities and educational programs. (Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Carney says Trump raised idea of Canada becoming the 51st state in last month’s phone call

Mark Carney, left, in Kitchener, Ont. on March 26, 2025 and President Donald Trump, right, in Washington on March 26, 2025.

First-time homebuyers in Ontario are getting older, and fast

A person walks past multiple for-sale and sold real estate signs in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Ana Chang has lived in Mississauga since the age of seven and is now raising her own children in the southern Ontario city that has seen rapid development over the last three decades. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ottawa Senators owner Michael Andlauer sells his medical logistics company to UPS in deal worth $2.2-billion

Ottawa Senators owner Michael Andlauer waves to fans as he makes his way to the ceremonial face-off on Saturday, October 14, 2023 in Ottawa. Andlauer is all in and he doesn't want any Ottawa Senators fan to think otherwise. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Leafs beat Senators in OT for second-straight game to take 3-0 series lead

Toronto Maple Leafs' John Tavares (91) turns with the puck as Ottawa Senators' Thomas Chabot (72) defends in front of goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) during third period NHL playoff action in Ottawa, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Pair found guilty of first-degree murder in OPP constable’s shooting death

Pallbearers carry the casket of OPP Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala after his funeral service at the Sadlon Arena in Barrie, Ont., Wednesday, Jan.4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Zelensky makes historic first visit to Africa, seeks help on abducted Ukrainian children

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) waves as he is welcomed by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) during an official visit to South Africa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 24, 2024. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Sexual-assault trial of former Canadian world junior hockey players hears no new evidence, adjourned until Friday

Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé, Callan Foote are shown in court in this courtroom sketch made in London, Ont., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
A screenshot from TikTok of the MIND team (University of South Carolina’s Mental Illness Needs Discussion club) participating in the SpeakYourMIND Ice Bucket Challenge.
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    Meeting of the mines: The mining world descends on Toronto, and guess what’s on everyone’s mind?

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    MCAN Financial has a lot of needles to thread. And it has the experience to do it successfully

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    Monopoly much? Five things we learned from economics professor Pascal Courty

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    Canada’s biggest trucking company says trade war is hammering truckers

    OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 18: Trucks line up to enter a shipping berth at the Port of Oakland on April 18, 2025 in Oakland, California. The commercial transportation industry is bracing for a sudden drop in work as fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs continues. American importers are being notified of a surge in canceled sailings by freight ships out of China after the Trump administration announced new fees on Chinese ships. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Fixed mortgage rates are rising. Here’s what Canadian borrowers should know

    Real estate watchers say the Bank of Canada's decision to hold its key policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent will likely keep a sluggish housing market at the status quo. A new home is shown for sale in a housing development in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Opinion and analysis

    ‘Buy Canadian’ is just a passing trend. Just ask Hudson’s Bay Co.

    Rita Trichur
    Rita Trichur

    Pursuing purpose can lead you astray from happiness, doctor shares in new book

    Harvey Schachter
    Harvey Schachter

    Why don’t parties have answers to Canada’s key economic challenges?

    Don Drummond and William Robson
    This composite image made from three file photos shows, from left to right, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, April 20, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 19, 2025, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Montreal, Friday, April 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam, Nathan Denette, Graham Hughes

    Tax recommendations for the federal budget could harm charities and our communities

    Tim Cestnick
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    What to replace American booze? Cannabis drinks, the ultimate Canadian beverage

    Ben Kaplan
    FILE PHOTO: A sign that reads ''Buy Canadian Instead'' is displayed on top of bottles, hanging above another sign that reads "American Whiskey", after the top five U.S. liquor brands were removed from sale at a B.C. Liquor Store, as part of a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian goods, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Chris Helgren//File Photo

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    First-time homebuyers in Ontario are getting older, and fast

    The cost of owning a home has eased for four straight quarters, but this burden remains higher than at any time since 1990

    Hard-won victory for RBC retirees reflects a bigger problem with private pension plans

    Portrait of Jim Laughlin, Downtown Calgary on March 30, 2025. Jim is advocating for cost-of-living increases to the defined benefit pensions of RBC retirees. (Amir Salehi/Globe and Mail)

    The best variable and fixed mortgage rates in Canada for this week

    It's getting harder to determine whether or not a fixed rate or variable mortgage is preferable.
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    election 2025

    Federal election platform guide: From taxes to housing, here’s what each major party is promising for your finances

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