2025 was a tumultuous time for the Canadian economy—and going into 2026, it continues to evolve in a highly uncertain environment, once again dominated by the U.S. government’s tariffs and the renegotiation of the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), which will continue to negatively impact Canadian exports.
As runners set their New Year’s resolutions, Simon Fraser University researchers have dug thousands of Strava posts to map the emotional highs and lows of running and see what makes people stick with it.
The global COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2023 showed just how vulnerable humanity is to such threats. In 2025, the World Health Organization reported 778 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and approximately 7.1 million confirmed deaths.
The debate over whether it is cheaper to live in Canada or the United States has continued since Canada formally became the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Comparing the cost of living in the U.S. versus Canada is challenging due to many variables and contradictions.
A will is a formal written and signed document, almost always on paper, that legally instructs those you leave behind—such as a spouse, children, dependents, and other family members—about who will inherit the assets you owned at the time of your death, including property, cash, financial assets, and other material goods.
Nearly 45% of Canadians report that inflation and the rising cost of living have significantly affected their ability to cover day-to-day expenses. Adjusted for inflation, prices for almost everything are 12 percentage points higher than they were two years earlier (33%).
Congratulations—if you own gold, whether in the form of bars, coins, or jewelry, you are even wealthier. The price of gold has surged by over 40% recently, with a remarkable 72% increase since mid-2023, when an ounce of gold was valued at under $1,800.
Canada has a fundamental economic growth problem. Something that has become more exacerbated since the global pandemic. Our economy is now smaller than it was in 2019 when adjusted for inflation and population growth. It has been almost stagnant for the last decade, according to the World Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Sunny Uppal, legal counsel with McQuarrie Hunter LLP, and his client, Mr. Honveer Singh Randhawa, former Conservative Party of BC candidate for Surrey-Guildford, have filed an amended petition today in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, presenting significant new evidence challenging the validity of the 2024 election results in the Surrey-Guildford riding.
The Network to Eliminate Violence in Relationships (NEVR) welcomed over 100 participants to its 15th Annual Training Conference on May 15–16, 2025, uniting frontline workers, advocates, educators, and policymakers under the theme “Resilience: Improving Futures.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Concord Pacific President and CEO Terry Hui unveil details for this year’s event
Today, Mayor Ken Sim announced the creation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Vancouver Business Growth, a new initiative to position Vancouver as the most competitive city in North America to start, grow, and scale a business.
Canada has a comprehensive taxation system to pay for the many publicly funded infrastructure, health, and social services Canadians enjoy. Personal, business, and corporate taxes pay for our schools, hospitals, roads, essential services, and everything else.
Canada faces key challenges from the U.S. tariffs and the need to fund the government for the next fiscal year. With the recent election of Mark Carney as the new Federal Liberal leader and former Prime Minister Trudeau’s successor, he might secure support from the left-wing New Democratic Party.
March 20, 2025 Canada is the happiest country in the G7, according to the World Happiness Report edited by a Simon Fraser University professor….