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A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year's recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Université de Montréal professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing...

OTTAWA — Two Canadian cargo ships are stuck in the Persian Gulf and unable to pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz as the war in Iran continues. The two ships, owned by Quebec-based Desgagnés,...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking his counterparts in Quebec and British Columbia to drop their electric-vehicle sales targets, saying they are making the country less competitive. In the fall, both...

WestJet and Air Transat are extending their suspension of flights to Cuba, which was struggling with an island-wide blackout this week amid a ballooning energy crisis. In an email, WestJet says most...

Defence Minister David McGuinty says the federal government is giving a big boost to the munitions industry to build up the domestic supply of heavy artillery shells. Ottawa will pump more than $1 billion...

The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate at 2.25 per cent Wednesday as the economy performs below expectations but war in the Middle East threatens higher inflation. The central bank’s...

Israel said Wednesday it killed another top Iranian official, the third in two days, while Iran lashed out with attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbors and Israel, using some of its latest missiles to evade...

A growing number of Canadians say they've had enough of tipping, and a new national survey suggests the country may be reaching a breaking point. A 2026 study commissioned by H&R Block Canada finds...

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales continued moving at a slow pace in February but activity started to pick up near the end of the month. The number of homes that changed hands throughout...