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Canada ‘caved’ to Trump’s digital services tax demands, White House says

Ottawa scrapped the tax that had targeted mostly U.S. tech giants on Sunday night, hours before the first payments were due to be collected
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a group photo at the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
opinion

The digital services tax was bad policy, but killing it now makes us look terribly weak

Robyn Urback
Robyn Urback
press freedom

Jimmy Lai being targeted for his journalistic work under Hong Kong’s national security law, Amnesty International says

Freedom of expression ‘severely curtailed’ since law was introduced in 2020, Amnesty International report finds
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 16, 2020, millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was convicted on a fraud charge on October 25, 2022, the latest in a slew of cases against the former owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
tennis

Wimbledon parts with tradition as line judges go digital

French Open stands as the lone major tournament to not use electronic line calling
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime plays a backhand against James Duckworth of Australia during their first round match on at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon’s aura almost catches Alcaraz wide-eyed on opening day

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Winning over Wimbledon’s crowd may be Djokovic’s last Holy Grail

Cathal Kelly
Cathal Kelly
israel-hamas war

Israel acknowledges ‘harm to civilians’ at aid sites in Gaza

A spokesperson for Israel’s military says there were ‘lessons learned’ and that soldiers have been issued new instructions
Palestinians carry aid packages near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centre in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The UN says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since May 19.

Israeli settlers attack soldiers, set fires at military base in the West Bank

canadian pride

Behind by a century: Parliament Hill flag program still has a waitlist exceeding 100 years

Around 110,000 are in line to receive a Maple Leaf flag that once flew in government, including the iconic one atop the Peace Tower
Kate Warman, 11, stands under a Canada flag that once flew over the Peace Tower while her mom Kristine and dad Casey (not pictured) unfurl the flag at their home in Halifax.

For Canada Day, a nation with ‘elbows up’ asks how it should party down

Want to know how to buy Canadian? Our updated guide to replacing the biggest American imports with local brands

music

New Rogers Stadium hosts K-pop superstars Stray Kids in upbeat opening night

Young, predominantly female crowd of almost 50,000 shriek, dance and literally rock the grandstands at brand new venue
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 16: (L-R) Bang Chan, I.N, Felix, Seungmin, Hyunjin, Han and Changbin of STRAY KIDS light the Empire State Building in partnership with Musicians on Call to celebrate the healing power of music on June 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)

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Business and Finance

Ontario Premier Doug Ford (L) and Manitoba Premier Wab Knew reached an internal trade agreement on May 14, 2025. Reduction of trade barriers could see alcohol sales by the end of June.(Fred Lum/澳门威尼斯人注册)
analysis

Internal free trade by Canada Day? It’ll take longer than that

First cargo ship to depart for Asia from LNG Canada export terminal

The LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow arrives at the Kitimat, B.C., on Saturday. It will carry the first liquefied natural gas from a new LNG Canada export terminal to Asia.
opinion

The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners

John Turley-Ewart
John Turley-Ewart

Clio buys AI legal tech vendor vLex for $1-billion in its second major deal of 2025

Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of Clio, in 2023. Clio has made its second major acquisition of 2025 with the purchase of AI legal software company vLex.

FINTRAC to toughen rules on Iran as businesses flag more suspicious transactions

The federal minimum wage is rising to $16.65 per hour on April 1, up from $15.55. The government says the increase is based on the consumer price index, which rose 6.8 per cent in 2022. Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan

Opinion and analysis

Will life ever go back to normal for Canadian snowbirds in Florida?

Gus Carlson
A drone view of Diner Key Marina and residential condominiums at Coconut Grove neigborhood in Miami.

What was Mark Carney thinking when he walked back the digital services tax?

Taylor C. Noakes
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Despite tariffs, taxes and global turmoil, you shouldn’t stop investing in the U.S.

Anita Bruinsma
Anita Bruinsma

The science of saving, and how money ‘nudges’ can make a big difference

Preet Banerjee
Preet Banerjee

The Israel-Iran war highlighted a harsh truth for Canada: Our oil economy has no future

John Rapley
John Rapley

Chart to watch

Everything is happening – and the market sees none of it

As far as markets are concerned, the glass is most definitely half-full despite a wild six months
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Fitzrovia expands student housing ahead of expected residence shortfall

Opened in 2021, the Waverley is Fitzrovia's first student-focused property next to the University of Toronto’s downtown campus. Fitzrovia plans to brand all its student buildings under the Waverley name.

Want to ‘buy now, pay later’ at checkout? It could soon be reflected on Canadian credit scores

Close-up of a unrecognisable person using their smart phone to pay by contactless.

For homeowners, borrowing money is easy. But how do renters borrow money?

Renters are shut out of one of the most powerful financial tools available to homeowners: HELOCs.

The waitressing job that showed Marilyn Denis her favourite thing to serve is conversation

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The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners

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Federal government rescinds digital services tax to advance trade talks with U.S.

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Nvidia acquires Canadian machine learning company CentML

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Liberal cabinet minister John McCallum often found himself engulfed in controversy

Immigration Minister John McCallum is pushing to increase the number of Chinese students, temporary workers and travellers coming to Canada.
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Traders called the Israel-Iran war right and bet oil would fall

Eric Reguly
A tug boat tows a barge off the coast of Khasab, on northern Oman's Musandam Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Hormuz on June 24, 2025. Oil prices sank and stock markets jumped on June 24, even as uncertainty reined over a Israel-Iran ceasefire. World markets fear that Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about one-fifth of the world's oil supply. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes birthright citizenship

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Vancouver developers lay off staff, sell off assets as condo industry decline continues

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CAMH Youth Wellness Hubs work to streamline medical records for young visitors

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Canada’s health information institute pushing for countrywide standardization of patient data

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