OTTAWA — Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evaluate the offer. Saab spokesperson Jenny Gerdes said the...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Business
Statistics Canada to release November job figures ahead of Bank of Canada decision
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release fresh employment figures for November this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects the unemployment rate ticked up to seven per cent last month with a forecast loss of 5,000 jobs. Royal Bank is calling for the unemployment rate to hold steady at 6.9 per cent with...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Arts
Police recover a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant from the bowels of a man accused of eating it
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s police, who have spent six days monitoring every bowel movement of a man accused of swallowing a James Bond-inspired pendant in a jewelry store, said Friday that they had recovered the allegedly stolen loot. A spokesperson said the 33,000 New Zealand dollar ($19,000) Fabergé pendant was recovered from...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Business
Statistics Canada to release November job figures ahead of Bank of Canada decision
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release fresh employment figures for November this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects the unemployment rate ticked up to seven per cent last month with a forecast loss of 5,000 jobs. Royal Bank is calling for the unemployment rate to hold steady at 6.9 per cent with...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Arts
Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre make the list of most mispronounced words of 2025
From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations. That’s put both the name of New York City’s incoming mayor and the famed Paris museum on a list of the most mispronounced words in 2025....
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Calgary Transit snow detours in effect city-wide starting Monday morning
With heavy snowfall forecasted across Calgary overnight and into Monday, all Calgary Transit snow detours will be in effect for the morning commute, to keep service moving safely and reliably. The snow detours will be in place for the first trips of the day on Monday, Nov. 24. Activating them city-wide at the same time...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Business
Critics question Saab’s offer to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada
OTTAWA — Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evaluate the offer. Saab spokesperson Jenny Gerdes said the...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Business
ICE says armoured vehicles ordered from Roshel produced in U.S.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the vehicles it is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions. The department’s media relations team says in an emailed statement the “production of the Roshel Senator emergency response vehicle originates in the United States.” Despite numerous requests, the ICE agency did not provide a...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Arts
Mike Smith of ‘Trailer Park Boys’ has court date in N.S. for sexual assault charge
Mike Smith of “Trailer Park Boys” fame has a court date scheduled this morning in Dartmouth, N.S., for his sexual assault case. Smith was charged on Oct. 2 in an alleged sexual assault from December 2017 involving a female complainant. Smith, 53, was born near New Glasgow, N.S., and is best known for playing Bubbles...
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December 5, 2025December 5, 2025Business
No charges will be laid against civilian pilot who violated G7 airspace during summit
CALGARY — A wayward pilot whose actions forced officials to scramble four CF-18 Hornet fighter jets during the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta earlier this year won’t be facing criminal charges. During the summit in June — which included leaders from Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy and the European...