Long-awaited Forest K-12 school moves closer to construction

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Blue Coast District school has been a long time coming. From left, siblings Logan Patten, 8, Riley Patten, 6, and Blake Patten, 9, with shovels at a sod turning Thursday for Blue Coast District school to be...

How Carney and Poilievre each plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories

Open this photo in gallery:Home of the Week, Cassiar Cannery, Lot 44, Cassiar Drive, Port Edward, B.C.Sotheby’s International Realty Canada This week, realtors in Vancouver are calling for the end of the federal foreign buyer ban, but doubts...

Surprise September job gains dampen odds for Bank of Canada rate cut

By Canadian Press on October 10, 2025. OTTAWA — The Canadian labour market showed an unexpected hiring surge in September, but economists are mixed on whether the strength is enough to deter the Bank of Canada from cutting its policy rate again...

Posthaste: RBC says 'worrying trends' are showing up in Canada's latest household wealth report

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadians' income and savings are starting to suffer from Trump's tariffs Canadian households across all income groups had less disposable income and saved less in the second quarter. Photo by . BRUNSWICK NEWS ARCHIVES...

Automatic tax-filing for low-income Canadians coming in 2025 budget: Carney

The federal government will file taxes automatically for low-income Canadians, making them eligible for government benefits, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement on Friday. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will begin automatic tax filing...

Can new tech finally wake Canada’s sleeping geothermal giant?

FutEra has been working to turn that theory into practice at a pioneering project called Swan Hills, a 21-megawatt hybrid geothermal–natural gas plant located north-west of Edmonton that has been producing electricity for the grid since 2023....

Canada’s job growth beats expectations as manufacturing rebounds

The province of Alberta recorded the biggest employment gain among the provinces, up by 43,000 in September, offsetting the job declines during the summer months. Alberta’s unemployment rate fell by 0.6 percentage points to 7.8 per cent last...

Real estate transfers week of Oct. 16

The following deed transfers were recorded from Oct. 2-9 at the Hancock County Registry of Deeds: William G. Zissulis Living Trust, Aurora to Leavitt Family Revocable Living Trust, Umatilla, Fla., land with buildings and improvements. Eric Handau...

Rogers Real Estate Development, Urban Capital and EllisDon celebrate topping off Mississauga’s tallest tower

Rising 81 storeys, with its topping off, M City’s M3 has become Mississauga’s tallest building and the tallest Canadian tower west of Toronto. With its topping off, M City’s M3 has become Mississauga’s tallest building. (Photo courtesy of Urban...

Wealthy Canadian households pull ahead as income divide hits new high

The income gap, measured as the difference in shares of disposable income between the top 40% and bottom 40% of households, held firm at 48.4 percentage points in Q2 2025, matching the previous year’s all-time high. Overall, average disposable...

Canadian firm bullish on Guyana’s Yono gold project

Oct 10, 2025 News …amid nearly 9M ounces in neighbouring mines (Kaieteur News) – Canadian mining company Tajiri Resources Corp. is brimming with optimism over its Yono Gold Project in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Guyana, following promising...

US picks industry team for construction of six Arctic security cutters

The United States has announced a major step in rebuilding its polar fleet, awarding a contract for the design and construction of six Arctic security cutters (ASC) to an international industry team led by Bollinger Shipyards, joined by Rauma...

Canada Finance to brief media ahead of 2025 budget release

As Canada looks to issue its 2025 federal budget, the Department of Finance has announced a technical media briefing for October 6, 2025. This pre-budget session aims to give accredited reporters a thorough understanding of the federal budget. The...

Finland Readies Icebreaker Construction for US After Deal Signed

Helsinki Shipyard, owned by Chantier Davie Canada Inc, is likely to build two vessels, with the other two coming from Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, working with partners including US shipbuilder Bollinger Shipyards LLC — if negotiations by the US...

In the news today: Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to...

Staff at Kelowna ski resort lose more than $12,000 collectively in housing scam

Staff members at Big White Ski Resort have lost thousands of dollars to fake rental listings as scammers take advantage of a tight and competitive housing market. Michael J. Ballingall, senior vice-president at Big White, says scammers are...

Successfully housing the homeless: a Finnish perspective

Opinion A recent Probe Research poll shows that half of Winnipeggers don’t believe governments are doing a good job tackling homelessness. Community organizations working on the front lines continue to draw attention to the core issue — there...

Top residential real estate sales for September 22-26 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

By Adam Hughes | 5:00 a.m. October 9, 2025 Daping and Heather Xia, of Inverness, Illinois, sold their home at 12020 Legacy Estates Blvd. to Jeffrey Hawkins and Magdalena Reyes, of Sarasota, for $2 million. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms,...

Canadian border authorities crack down on drug smuggling through commercial trucks

(WXYZ) — Canadian border officials say they are intensifying efforts to combat illegal drug trafficking after witnessing a rise in narcotics entering through the United States via commercial trucks at southern Ontario border crossings. Watch Simon...

Calling on Canada to protect Indigenous women

Ella Paulin The Eastern Door The vigil also saw a drum performance by the Pow Wow Rangers and testimonies from health care support workers, shining a light on the persistent discrimination that Indigenous women face in trying to obtain medical...