It is the most sales-heavy time of the year. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's are all reasons to hit the shops. Still, Canadian consumers continue to face challenges, from costs to the Canada Post workers' strike. So, what are Canadians doing this shopping season? David Ian Gray, founder of DIG-360 consulting, has some answers.
When David Miller's pickup truck went missing in Ottawa last summer, he reported it as stolen and accepted it could be on a container ship sailing to parts unknown. He'd resigned himself to never seeing it again. Then, early last week, he got an even bigger surprise in his mailbox, he says.The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) sent him a notice saying his 2018 Dodge RAM had been found and it was sitting in a towing company's south Ottawa storage yard. Miller could go to a police station, get the neces
Liese Dodd's killer was sentenced to 60 years in prison last week
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
The incident occurred in Alabama on Sunday, Jan. 19, according to police
The thrice-married Pete Hegseth was accused Tuesday of receiving a lap dance while in his military uniform more than two decades ago. The allegation against Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was one of many levied by his former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, in an affidavit shared with senators and obtained by the Daily Beast. Danielle, who is divorced from Hegseth’s brother, claims the former Fox News star was in uniform at a strip joint in Minneapolis while in town for a National Guar
Termination proceedings against Officer Mindy Cardwell have begun, per the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, 32 — who are reportedly part of a set of triplets — sent a text to their landlady at the same time they were last seen two weeks ago on Jan. 7
Tatiana Smith spent five years teaching in China. Although the cost of living was more affordable, she felt that China was as capitalistic as the US.
Rupert Murdoch ended a five-year battle with Prince Harry with a dramatic apology Wednesday for illegally intruding into his life for years—and made a “massive” settlement with the British royal to end an explosive court case. The Fox News tycoon’s British newspaper group issued a “full and unequivocal” apology for the “serious intrusion by The Sun into his private life... including the unlawful gathering” of information about him. But the apology did not say anything directly about Harry’s expl
President Donald Trump on Tuesday found a way to defend pardoning thousands of convicted Jan. 6 rioters–some of whom violently attacked police officers–by arguing that they had already spent enough time behind bars. Trump took questions from reporters at the White House during a press conference, beginning with NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander, who first asked, “You would agree that it’s never acceptable to assault a police officer?“ That prompt elicited a ”sure" from Tru
Toronto police officials announced what they called the force's largest-ever cocaine bust Tuesday, with over 835 kilograms seized at a street value of about $83 million, coupled with multiple arrests and charges.In a statement, Chief Myron Demkiw said the investigation will save lives and make the city safer."Taking these drugs off our streets prevents violence, protects lives, and dismantles dangerous criminal networks," he said. "This impact is only possible through the dedication of our membe
The 18-year-old was known for having a fascination with violence and despotic figures including Hitler.
PEOPLE understands that News Group Newspapers (NGN) has agreed to pay the Duke of Sussex an eight-figure sum in his case against the publisher
The Ottawa man accusing an off-duty Windsor police officer of attacking him in a bar bathroom faced numerous questions Tuesday about inconsistencies in his testimony.Sgt. Deler Bal has pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault and one count of aggravated assault against Donald Conner on the night of Sept. 23, 2023. Bal was at the Prohibition Public House, a gastropub in downtown Ottawa, the day before he was photographed in the area for an event to honour officers who died in the line of duty
Oliver White, 27, killed himself the day after the incident in May 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
"My [mom] thought she had two citizenships, and it was recently pointed out to her that she was eligible to apply for four different passports! She was floored."
Prince Harry and the publisher of The Sun, News Group Newspapers, have reached a shock settlement after the Duke first lodged his claim five years ago.
The man accused of orchestrating a string of arsons connected to extortion cases targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has been arrested overseas.Maninder Singh Dhaliwal was apprehended in the United Arab Emirates on separate charges in late 2024, Edmonton police announced Tuesday. An application has been filed to have Dhaliwal extradited to Alberta, said the news release.Police allege Dhaliwal is the leader of the criminal organization responsible for the series of extortions. The Edm
A 23-year-old man dodged serious injuries after being attacked by another man during an argument over a rent payment, say Winnipeg police.Officers were called at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday to Syracuse Crescent, off Chancellor Drive in the city's Fort Garry neighbourhood, about an assault with a weapon.They say the 23-year-old was getting ready to leave his residence when he was confronted by a man, 49, about the rent.An argument escalated to the point where the older man armed himself with a mac
The body of Alexis Schuler was found in Devontae Gray’s home in Capitol Heights, Md., say police
