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Pentagon procurement post reveals Canada quietly locked into HIMARS deal

Pentagon procurement post reveals Canada quietly locked into HIMARS deal

A U.S. contract notice shows Canada is included in a $1.1-billion High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) production deal, suggesting Ottawa finalized the purchase months ago without making any announcement. The silence clashes with promises to buy less American equipment, even as the Armed Forces pushes for the Ukraine-tested system to fill a critical long-range strike gap.

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At Issue | The costs of Carney's spending plans

At Issue | The costs of Carney’s spending plans

At Issue this week: What Mark Carney’s spending goals outlined in the spring economic update mean for the deficit. Conservatives battle Liberal efforts to move committees behind closed doors. And how will Carney’s new sovereign wealth fund help Canadians?

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Still have to file your taxes? Here's how to find yourself some money
Star

April 7, 2026

Still have to file your taxes? Here’s how to find yourself some money

Tick, tick, tick. This year’s tax deadline is coming quick….

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Doctor says diagnosis of Ontario woman was 'wrong' but defends treatment 1 day before she died in hospital
Star

April 7, 2026

Doctor says diagnosis of Ontario woman was ‘wrong’ but defends treatment 1 day before she died in hospital

The physician who treated Heather Winterstein the day before she…

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Psychedelics helped him deal with terminal illness anxiety, but getting them was a long, strange trip
Star

April 7, 2026

Psychedelics helped him deal with terminal illness anxiety, but getting them was a long, strange trip

Five years after Pete Pearson, 75, was diagnosed with a…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

April 6, 2026

Police in Toronto area make arrests in alleged counterfeit currency sales ring

TORONTO — Police in the Toronto area have arrested half…

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Ontario/Quebec, Weather

April 6, 2026

Big temperature drop expected in Toronto before warmer weather later this week

TORONTO — Frigid wind chills are expected in Toronto Tuesday…

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Sports

April 6, 2026

Canada Soccer names roster for U-20 friendlies in Costa Rica

Jeneva Hernandez Gray of Portugal’s Sporting CP and AFC Toronto’s…

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At 80 years old, he braves the Saskatchewan winter on a bicycle
Star

April 6, 2026

At 80 years old, he braves the Saskatchewan winter on a bicycle

Retired lawyer Louis Stringer is always on the move. He…

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Solar power in Africa is heating up — thanks in part to chili peppers
Star

April 6, 2026

Solar power in Africa is heating up — thanks in part to chili peppers

They’re the chili peppers in the spicy chicken at a…

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Disaster, Ontario/Quebec, Sports

April 6, 2026

Toronto man dies after crash with SUV sends motorcycle into parked car

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man in his 20s…

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