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Statistics Canada will release the latest jobs numbers for the month of August, which will include updates on the country's unemployment rate.
September 5, 2025 - 08:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has confirmed two Canadians are among the 16 people killed in a funicular railway crash on Wednesday in Lisbon, confirming an earlier report from local police.“I am saddened to confirm that two Canadians have been confirmed to be among those who died in the Lisbon streetcar crash,” she said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
September 5, 2025 - 08:09 | Emily Haws | The Globe and Mail
Carmine Nigro is best known in Toronto as a developer and businessman. He has chaired the LCBO and Ontario Place, serves on the board of Invest Ontario, and is principal of Craft Development Corporation. But, he says, his newest role is the one that means the most to him: chair of Friends of the Orphans Canada, a charity that funds schools, clinics and homes for vulnerable children across Latin America. Nigro spoke with National Post about Fotocan and his role in it. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
How did you end up leading Friends of the Orphans Canada?...
September 5, 2025 - 07:00 | Amna Ahmad | National Post
For lentil growers, 2016 was a heady time. Or, at least, as heady as it can get in the world of lentils. Normally, the humble, stodgy legume doesn’t garner much attention, let alone celebration, at least not in Canada. But the high-fibre staple food of the hippie roommate was in the midst of a marketing push. The United Nations dubbed it the International Year of Pulses.
The UN does this every few years: they declare it the “Year” of an important food. Rice got the honour in 2004. In 2008, potatoes were celebrated for their bold conquest—only a few centuries ago, the spud escaped...
September 5, 2025 - 06:30 | Khalil Akhtar | Walrus
Canadians have a message for Prime Minister Mark Carney: “We’re . . . waiting, but we won’t wait forever.” Recent polling from Abacus finds the country backing the government’s priorities, but losing patience with its rate of progress—or lack of progress.
Abacus reports that a mere 33 percent of us believe the government is “on track forging a new relationship with the US,” a number that’s down double digits in recent months. I want to focus here on the government’s plan to remake the Canada–US relationship, but it’s also of note that just 26...
September 5, 2025 - 06:29 | David Moscrop | Walrus
Good morning. Just as the Toronto International Film Festival has something for everyone, the 11-day event requires the wide-ranging work of many different hands. More on the heroic effort below, plus news updates from the Middle East and Portugal. But first: Today’s headlinesAn internal government document obtained by The Globe lists 32 potential national projects A woman has been killed and the suspect, her brother, is dead after multiple stabbings in Hollow Water First Nation, a small community in ManitobaTom Pitfield, a top adviser to Mark Carney and a Liberal Party strategist, has...
September 5, 2025 - 06:26 | Barry Hertz | The Globe and Mail
