Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: July 2, 2025 - 06:41
Morning Update: Instalment plans for tiny purchases
July 2, 2025
Good morning. Buy-now-pay-later loans are creeping into daily life and, for now, hiding from credit checks – more on that below, along with Jasper’s graduating class of 2025 and a Canadian teen’s upset Wimbledon win. But first:Today’s headlines
- The U.S. Senate passes Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks a 50-50 tie
- The future of Canada’s corporate watchdog is uncertain as its top position remains vacant
- Thousands of foreigners’ criminal convictions were forgiven by Ottawa over an 11-year span, raising transparency concerns
The City of Victoria will spend more than $10-million on new measures to improve public safety in its downtown, its mayor announced Wednesday, an infusion of cash aimed at addressing an outcry from residents and businesses about squalor and disorder.Nine new police officers will be either hired or redeployed to focus on the downtown and specifically the area around Pandora Avenue. More bylaw officers will be added to the neighbourhood and money has been allocated to transport vulnerable people away from the area to health and other services around the region.
July 2, 2025 - 22:56 | Nancy Macdonald | The Globe and Mail
A wild pitch from New York Yankees reliever Devin Williams scored George Springer and Addison Barger followed with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a wild 11-9 win on Wednesday.
July 2, 2025 - 22:37 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Alberta’s government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief.Former deputy Calgary police chief Sat Parhar has been tapped to lead the new force, which the province says it intends to call the Alberta Sheriffs Police Service.
July 2, 2025 - 21:38 | Jack Farrell | The Globe and Mail
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