News/Canada (Page 6)

Canada’s notoriously wild housing market spent much of the last 10 years becoming more unhinged. Affordability was at a crisis level before 2015 and has only gotten worse since. There are plenty of reasons, but the main ones were extremely low interest rates and unusually high population growth. After theContinue Reading

Learning deficits persist 5 years after COVID-19 school lockdowns Five years after COVID-19 lockdowns led schools to swap classrooms for online learning, studies have shown that performance in math and reading remains down, but absenteeism is up. Weekly tutoring sessions. Reluctance to see friends in person. These are just someContinue Reading

Canada Ottawa warned travellers who stay in the United States for more than 30 days to make sure they register as required, and Canadians with dual citizenship to use Canadian credentials when presenting to Chinese authorities Register long visits to U.S.; dual citizens visiting China urged to use Canadian IDsTheContinue Reading

A “sophisticated” human smuggling organization run from Montreal posed a threat to national security through its connections to an international network that trafficked in forged Canadian passports, according to allegations in RCMP files obtained by CBC News. The smuggling organization developed an ability to subvert “all regular immigration and securityContinue Reading

Canada Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the “largest losers” in happiness in the last two decades, according to the annual report released Thursday. Canada slipped to 18th place from 15th last year. In 2015,Continue Reading

Canada Habibi’s Mediterranean Foods is recalling its popular Lebanese style hummus because it contains peanuts, which is not declared on the label. Product was distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, as well as possibly other provinces and territories Habibi’s Mediterranean brand Hummus Lebanese Style has been recalled. (Handout/Canadian Food Inspection Agency)Habibi’sContinue Reading

Canada’s trade war with the United States has some economists pondering whether the federal government should ease or lift its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, a move some say could spur EV purchases and deliver a blow to Elon Musk’s Tesla. Automakers, however, say the tariffs are critical to protecting this country’s nascentContinue Reading

Canada The secret ingredient to help save Shenul Williams’s small Pickering, Ont., condiment business was a healthy dash of Canadian patriotism. Sales boost part of huge upsurge in consumer demand for Canadian products Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Mar 20, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: March 20Continue Reading

Canada Activists sprayed paint on the exterior of a Tesla dealership in Montreal on Wednesday, as cases of vandalism climb in the United States and around the world against Elon Musk’s electric car company. Climate group claims responsibility for splashing paint on dealership in city’s west endBenjamin Shingler · CBCContinue Reading