Canada swings to trade deficit in October as share of U.S. exports falls
Bianca Thompson / theglobeandmail - Data suggest Canada has begun diversifying its trade partners in response to U.S. tariffs
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Ford government to build underwater electricity line to power Toronto for 2 decades
Meredith Bond / citynews - The Ford government is planning to go underwater to build a new electricity line that will power Toronto for at least two decades. The cable will run in Lake Ontario from the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, just east of Oshawa and ending in the eas…
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Toronto budget will be tabled with proposed 2.2% tax increase
Isaac Callan / globalnews - The city will table its draft budget on Thursday, laying out the initial increase and spending constraints for councillors to debate.
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NDP leadership candidates scramble to raise funds ahead of membership deadlines
David Baxter / theglobeandmail - Membership cutoff for voting eligibility and the final fundraising deadline are both on Jan. 28
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Deloitte sees Canadian economic growth slowing to 1.5% in 2026
Daniel Johnson / theglobeandmail - But chief economist Dawn Desjardins optimistic economy will gain momentum through second half of the year
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Novo Nordisk may compete with generics through renamed lower-price Ozempic
Nicole Ireland / nationalobserver - Novo Nordisk Canada is considering competing with generic versions of its brand-name Ozempic and Wegovy drugs by introducing renamed, lower-priced copies of the medications.
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Toronto real estate slumps in 2025, with sales and prices both down
Sammy Hudes / theglobeandmail - Regional real estate board says economic uncertainty weighed on the GTA housing market last year
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Suspect in Desjardins data leak involving 9.7 million members arrested in Spain
sootoday - MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a suspect in a major data leak at Desjardins was arrested in Spain in November 2025.
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Deloitte sees oil hovering at US$58 a barrel as glut drags on, while gas rises
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Crude oil prices will hover around US$58. per barrel in 2026, according to the latest energy price forecast from consulting firm Deloitte.
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U.S. operation in Venezuela an ‘act of aggression,’ UN chief says
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The UN Secretary-General raised concerns on Monday about a possible intensification of instability in Venezuela after the U.S. capture president Nicolas Maduro.
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Diplomatic backlashes stir international debates
Global oil market shifts and pipeline puzzles
Legal drama on U.S. court floor
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Back to Top / Monday, January 5, 2026, 11:23 am / permalink 17501 / 27 stories in 2 months
Chrystia Freeland named as economic adviser by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
sootoday - OTTAWA — Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland was appointed Monday as an economic adviser by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Freeland has long expressed her support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia.
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Canada’s highest-paid CEOs made an average of $16.2-million in 2024, report says
Ian Bickis / theglobeandmail - Gap between their payout and average worker wages widened to a record 248 times more
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CRA says its owed more than $10B in COVID benefit payments
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The CRA says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.3 billion for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
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Winner of $80M Lotto Max jackpot in London, Ont.: OLG
Sean Previl / globalnews - Several people also won MaxMillions prizes in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw and there was also an Encore win, OLG said in a news release.
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$129M in Lotto Max prizes up for grabs during last draw of 2025
Nick Westoll / citynews - The past few draws have had a top prize of $80 million, which rolled over to subsequent draws, in the absence of a winner.
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‘The year that the shoe dropped’: Canada-U.S. relationship in 2025
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - On Jan. 20, Trump returned to the Oval Office to announce his "America First" trade policy. Just weeks later, he announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian imports.
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About one-third of Canadians say they're optimistic about the new year: survey
Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - This year has been marked by economic upheaval, global conflict and climate change-induced natural disasters, and only a third of Canadians are optimistic things will get better in 2026, a new Leger poll suggests.
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Get ready for some booze prices to climb in the new year
sootoday - Changes flow from Doug Ford's plans to expand and modernize how alcohol is sold in the province, which has seen beer, wine and coolers now available in convenience stores
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Interim budget officer says he regrets calling feds' fiscal management 'stupefying'
sootoday - OTTAWA — Jason Jacques says he learned a lot about the importance of choosing his words carefully in his first few months as the interim parliamentary budget officer.
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Canada’s GDP shrank 0.3% in October, erasing September’s gain: StatCan
Ari Rabinovitch / globalnews - Canada's GDP fell 0.3 per cent in October, which more than offset the previous increase of 0.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.
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