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Hamilton's Free Bar sees growing number of customers looking for non-alcoholic drinks
Whether it's for a celebration, a gathering or an evening to unwind, Canadians increasingly favour non-alcoholic options over beer, wine and spirits. But while much of the narrative has focused on sober consumers, it's also being driven by those who still consume alcohol.
Swiftonomics helped keep November inflation around 2% or slightly rising, experts say
Inflation likely hovered at or a little above the Bank of Canada's two per cent target rate in November, economists expect, after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour swept through Toronto and offered a temporary economic boost.
Taste of home: Tiffin lunches bring affordable comfort food to South Asian immigrants
Yugali Bharote starts her day in her kitchen in Burlington, Ont., preparing lunch boxes for her sons bound for school — but she doesn't stop there. She then prepares almost a dozen tiffins — lunch boxes — for customers in who have subscribed to her homemade meals.
McGill pro-Palestinian encampment now a 'tiny city'
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus say they're better organized and prepared than ever as the protest stretches into a second week.
Budgeting for a cross-country move takes preparation, flexibility
Interprovincial migration has been gaining ground in Canada since the pandemic began in 2020 as more people chase home affordability. As the trend continues, experts say it's important to plan moves carefully.
Family mourns Alberta pilot who died fighting wildfire
A pilot whose helicopter crashed while he was fighting a forest fire in northern Alberta is being remembered as a big man with a big heart. "He travelled and made an impact wherever he went," Ryan Gould's family said in a statement Friday shared by family friend Kassy Goodyer.
Ravaged by fire, Alberta Métis settlement pushes for second escape route
The only way in and out of the East Prairie Métis Settlement is a 40-kilometre range road that connects with Highway 2 some 360 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
East Prairie Métis Settlement rebuilds after wildfire devastates northern Alberta community
Carrol Johnston, her son and daughter-in-law lost their 1,800-square-foot home and everything in it a day after they were evacuated from East Prairie Métis Settlement on May 5.
Radar search at northern Alberta residential school uncovers 88 suspected graves
Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in Joussard, Alta., about 335 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
Quantum partnership: Alberta universities collaborate on study of nature's smallest objects
Three Alberta universities are pooling their resources to investigate the fundamentals of quantum science, with a focus on driving innovation decades from now.