The Bank of Canada is expected to announce its key interest rate decision in less than two weeks. Last month, the bank lowered its key interest rate to 4.7 per cent, marking its first rate cut since March 2020. CTV Morning Live asked Jason Pilon, broker of Record Pilon Group, whether now is … Read more
Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man, ties the knot this weekend with longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant at a Mumbai wedding dubbed the ceremony of the year – but what was it like to be one of the guests? The four-day wedding celebration began with a traditional Hindu ceremony Friday featuring several high-profile … Read more
Washington – Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, placing the former president on an equal footing on the platform with U.S. President Joe Biden just days before the Republican National Convention. The social media giant had initially banned the former president from using … Read more
London, United Kingdom – Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded … Read more
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. … Read more
There was only one stop for gasoline for people fleeing a wildfire near Labrador City on Friday, and workers at Strickland’s Auto and Gas in Churchill Falls pulled an all-nighter to keep it open. Co-owner Cindy Michelin said this morning that one of her employees was just heading home after working for 17 … Read more
New York City – Donald Trump will have one last chance Saturday to unveil his vice presidential pick on a rally stage before the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee next week. Trump’s rally in western Pennsylvania, at the Butler Farm Show just outside Pittsburgh, comes as the former reality TV star … Read more
Twice each month, executives at the dating app company Hinge gather for a team meeting. But rather than dive into discussions about metrics or revenue, they begin by simply talking. For the first 30 minutes of the two-hour meeting, these coworkers reveal hopes and anxieties — what they worry about, what they’re grateful for, what … Read more
OTTAWA – Supervised consumption sites are just “drug dens” that a future Conservative government would seek to close and not provide with “a single taxpayer dollar,” Pierre Poilievre said Friday. During a visit to a park near one such site in Montreal, Poilievre said he would shutter all locations near schools, playgrounds and … Read more
Family members of a homeless Toronto man who died after police allege he was swarmed and stabbed by a group of teen girls say the thought of his last moments haunts them. A Crown prosecutor read out victim impact statements from Kenneth Lee’s sister, brother-in-law and cousin Friday at a sentencing hearing for one of … Read more
