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Cristiano Ronaldo had stated that this was going to be his last Euro Cup 2024, which saw his team, Portugal, crash out in the quarterfinals, another big blow hits the football fans as Lionel Messi has dropped a big retirement hint after Argentina beat Canada and reached the finals of the Copa America 2024.

The US ETFs market saw significant inflows in the first half of 2024, with June alone seeing $81 billion in new investments, according to a new report by National Bank of Canada.

A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to Border Patrol agents.

Fresh home sales data has finally answered the question for real estate watchers: The Bank of Canada’s initial interest rate cut in June did not open the floodgates to buyers, many of whom remain sidelined through an unseasonably slow spring housing market.

WestJet says that despite reaching a deal with its mechanics’ union to end the strike that stranded tens of thousands of passengers over the Canada Day long weekend, flights are still likely to face disruptions this week.

Housing affordability in Canada is a problem. That’s a fact.

The U.S. and Canada say they have agreed to update a treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generatio...

Woodshaw Financial Group principal D.R. Barton analyzes the state of the consumer after Walmart's solid earnings report on 'Varney & Co.'

Digital asset investment products have seen inflows totaling $441 million amid the recent sell-off by Mt. Gox and the German government.

One of two men accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., characterized the protest as a last stand and told his mother there “will be a war” if police moved in.

Mankind Pharma surged 4% to today's high of Rs 2,187.85, while those of Delhivery rose 2% to its day's high of Rs 403.65 on the BSE after a stake was offloaded in the companies via block deals. Hema CIPEF (I), an affiliate of the US-based Capital Group, likely sold a 0.9% stake in Mankind Pharma through block deals, while Canada Pension Plan Investment also reportedly offloaded a 3.17% stake in Delhivery. However, the official parties involved in the transaction are not yet known.

Copa America 2024 is now going to the big stages after sixteen teams participated in the initial stages of the championship. Now, eight teams have qualified after the intense group stage matches that saw some nail-biting games with some of the top footballing nations in the world. As the quarterfinals approach, the competition will only get more intense and competitive as all the teams will give it all to proceed towards the semis of America's most coveted tournament.

Temporary residents and recent immigrants are driving up Canada’s unemployment rate, as record numbers of newcomers welcomed to the country to fill labor shortages are now struggling to find work. The unemployment rate for temporary residents – including foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers – was 11% in June, according to Bloomberg calculations. Using comparable data, the unemployment rate for all workers was just 6.2% last month. Immigrants who’ve landed in the last five years are also having a hard time finding a job, with their unemployment rate reaching 12.6% in June.

With national home prices treading water,real estate inventory growing and housing affordability still atrocious, last month’s quarter-point rate cut from the Bank of Canada, while helpful, was the economic equivalent of bringing a butter knife to a gunfight.

Police from across Canada will be descending upon Lethbridge this weekend as members of the Hells Angels and supporters of the motorcycle gang roll into the southern Alberta city.

A relatively slow cooling in the overall Canadian labour market combined with surging levels of unemployment among Canada’s youth is a trend that experts say could leave the country’s youngest workers with “economic scarring.”

Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has canceled more than 400 flights affecting almost 50,000 passengers after the union of maintenance workers announced it has gone on strike

In Quebec, hundreds of people remain on the hunt for a new home as July 1 marks the province’s traditional moving day.

WestJet continues to feel the effects of a two-day plane mechanics strike that nearly shut down the airline’s network for 29 hours over the Canada Day long weekend and cost it millions of dollars.The work stoppage that began on June 28 forced the airline to cancel more than 1,050 flights during one of the busiest travel windows of the year.Fallout from the unexpected job action continued well into last week, as WestJet called off 244 trips Tuesday through Saturday as well as at least 32 more on Sunday, according to tracking service FlightAware. Figures from the airline suggest at least 170,000 passengers have been affected.The task of fully resuming flights by a nearly grounded fleet of 180 planes across more than 175 destinations is complex, costly and time-consuming.

Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of passengers over the Canada Day long weekend

On Tuesday night, the Canadian men’s soccer team will face a historic test when it squares off with Argentina in the Copa America semifinals.