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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa says it’s looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer — someone with “tact and discretion” — just a few months after appointing a highly critical fiscal watchdog on an interim basis. The federal government’s list of governor-in-council appointments includes a posting for a new budget…

File photo: Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi (Picture credit: AP) Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is known as an inveterate workhorse. She often skips social gatherings and has openly rejected the idea of work-life balance. But even by Takaichi’s standards, it was surprising when she emerged from her Tokyo residence shortly after 3 am on…

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen emails on Wednesday that revealed former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” and referred to him as the “dog that hasn’t barked.” The emails also claim that Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell, his former aide and accomplice, that…

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted November 12, 2025 5:03 pm Updated November 12, 2025 5:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pierre Poilievre gave a blunt “no” today when asked if the recent turmoil in his caucus has caused him to reflect on his leadership style. 👉…

A British influencer has apologized for lying to her friends about having cancer years ago, and said she was in a “dark place” at the time. Brittany Miller, 29, admitted to the lie in a video posted to TikTok on Monday, one week after U.K. tabloid the Sun published an article claiming to “reveal” the…

Candace Owens reignites feud over Megyn Kelly’s clip of Charlie Kirk and Tucker Carlson’s Israel talk (Image via Getty) Candace Owens spoke up again after Megyn Kelly released a video clip showing Charlie Kirk telling Tucker Carlson to “go max” while talking about Israel at a Turning Point USA event. The short clip, played on…

A 65-year-old man died last week after slipping and falling over the edge of the Grand Canyon West in Arizona, police said. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue announced on Facebook that at approximately 2 p.m. on Nov. 6, it received a call to assist the Hualapai Nation in a technical recovery of a…

As younger Canadians struggle with the heightened cost of living and a difficult job market, a new survey from TD Bank suggests Gen Z and millennials who use a tax-free savings account (TFSA) aren’t investing in that account because they want the money readily available. That comes as young Canadians continue to face an unemployment…

The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls “troubling,” content farms that typically use AI to narrate videos have come up with a way around crackdowns on such content – using real people. With the proliferation…

By Maan Alhmidi The Canadian Press Posted November 12, 2025 9:30 am Updated November 12, 2025 10:40 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is announcing more sanctions on Russia on Wednesday as she hosts top diplomats from the Group of Seven, or G7, countries…