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Would a quarter of $1 million a year solve all of your financial woes? Almost 1,500 Canadians were asked how much individual pre-tax income would make them feel “financially comfortable” in a survey by financial services firm Edward Jones. The verdict came in at cool $250,000. But why stop there? Being comfortable is great, but […]

TORONTO — A ticket for a minor traffic infraction and a sudden preponderance of black SUVs were Tiffany Babiak’s early clues that something was different about her normally quiet downtown neighbourhood. Then she learned the reason why: Prince Harry’s then-rumoured girlfriend Meghan Markle lived just a few blocks over and the area was crawling with […]

FREDERICTON — The new leader of a New Brunswick First Nation said he’s proud to be elected as the first openly LGBTQ chief in Atlantic Canada — though he said he’s more well-known in his community for his leadership skills and creativity. Allan (Chicky) Polchies Jr. identifies as two-spirited, an umbrella term referring to Indigenous […]

A British-led expedition to find the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, has been defeated by horrendous weather and pack ice – the very conditions that trapped the explorer’s vessel in Antarctica more than a century ago. The expedition was called off on Thursday after “extreme weather conditions” led to the loss of an autonomous robotic […]

OTTAWA — Fissures have appeared inside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s youth council after a group of current and former members publicly urged the Liberal government to reverse its decision to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. The request was made in a letter to the prime minister signed by 16 past and present members of […]

China has accused two detained Canadians of spying, intensifying a diplomatic row between the two countries. It came just days after Canada announced it will proceed with a request from the United States to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of the telecom giant Huawei. Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, was accused of spying […]

OTTAWA — Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he is investigating Statistics Canada’s request for private banking information on 500,000 Canadians. Therrien said Wednesday that numerous people have complained to his office about the agency’s effort to gather detailed information on transactions held by Canadian financial institutions, from cash-machine withdrawals to credit-card payments to account […]

International donors are being urged to continue funding the fight against the "unprecedented" outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo as violence once again hampers the response.  The call from World Health Organization director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus comes just days after a health clinic run by aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières in the town of […]

Elon Musk and Grimes. Two names one might not naturally associate together. Until now. That’s right, Musk, 46, the multi-billionaire founder of Space-X and Tesla, and Grimes, 30, the critically acclaimed musician and artist whose work defies classification, stepped out together at the Met Gala on Monday, moments after Page Six reported the two have […]

An Indonesian court on Wednesday jailed a British woman for six months for slapping an immigration officer in an argument over a fine for overstaying her visa. Auj-e Taqaddas, 42, was found guilty in a court in Bali’s capital, Denpasar, of violence against an officer at Bali airport carrying out his legal duty, Judge Esthar Oktavi […]