Beyond Local

Canadian grocers have come under fire in recent months for recording strong profits as record-high food inflation forces many households to change their grocery shopping lists or seek help from a food bank. 

OTTAWA — The federal government doesn’t know if its initiatives aimed at reducing chronic homelessness are actually working, says auditor general Karen Hogan.

Girl Guides of Canada says it wants girls to “feel welcome and proud to belong” to the organization, adding it hopes the name change will encourage more children to see the guides as “a space where they can just be themselves.”

Test alert scheduled to go out at 12:55 p.m. in Ontario

The agreement with the federal government saw Ontario commit to 86,000 new child-care spaces by the end of 2026, and the government says 33,000 have already been created

Wholesale produce distributors say demand is exceeding supply of iceberg and romaine lettuce, and pricing pressures are expected to continue throughout the month

Équité Association found Honda CRVs topped the list over 4,100 vehicles being stolen in the country this year, although Lexus RS series vehicles are more likely to get stolen with a theft rate of 6.4 per cent. The theft rate of Honda CRVs is 1.7 per cent

The province's fall economic outlook forecasts a deficit of $12.9 billion in this fiscal year, followed by $8.1 billion the following year and a deficit of just $700 million in 2024-25

The renovation industry saw quite the boom in the first two years of the pandemic as people spent more timein their homes, and that momentum has continued despite heftier costs and rising interest rates

Switch matches preferences of young people, snowmobile federation says