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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Walmart Canada said on Thursday it is investing about C$6.5 billion ($4.51 billion) to build new stores and expand its supply chain, marking its biggest ever investment since opening its first store nearly 30 years ago. U.S. retail giant Walmart’s Canadian branch, which plans to expand its footprint, added it would be building dozens of new stores starting with five new supercenters in Ontario and Alberta by 2027.The retailer also plans to invest in modernizing its distribution centers. Get weekly money news Get expert insights, Q&A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal…

A private elementary school in Toronto’s west end says it’s closing its doors after 43 years in business due to a rent dispute with its current landlord — a church. Kingsley School, located on Bloor Street in Etobicoke, said it will shut down by June after the landlord — St. Matthew’s Anglican Church — raised the rent by more than 100 per cent, it said.“This increase is not only detrimental, but also impossible for our small, not-for-profit school to meet,” the school said in a statement on its Facebook page. “Despite our sincere efforts to negotiate and present alternative proposals,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The historic Kingston Penitentiary site at 560 King St. W. is among six newly identified properties added to the Canada Public Land Bank to address the country’s housing crisis. The property is slated to support the development of approximately 1,770 housing units under the federal government’s ambitious plan to build four million homes. The Canada Public Land Bank, launched in August 2024, is part of the federal Public Lands for Homes Plan, which aims to turn surplus and underused public lands into affordable housing options. Since its inception, 90 federal properties have…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 30, 2025 9:21 am Updated January 30, 2025 9:25 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year’s wildfire in Jasper, Alta., which destroyed one-third of the town’s homes and buildings, is the second costliest fire disaster in the country’s history. It says a revised estimate on total damage has increased to $1.23 billion from $880 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says debris continues to be removed from Jasper, Alta., and the goal is to have it all done so home…

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is looking into the rates for phone calls at correctional facilities across the country, spurred by high long-distance charges that families of inmates at Ontario jails had to pay for years. A proposed class-action lawsuit against the province and Bell, which ran the phone system in the province’s jails from 2013 to 2021, alleges that the charges were exorbitant, with a flat rate of $1 for local calls and about $1 per minute plus a $2.50 connection fee for long-distance calls.One of the lead plaintiffs in the proposed class action had some monthly phone bills of…

An Oakville, Ont. homeowner targeted not once, but twice this month, is sharing his family’s terrifying experience in an effort to caution others to ensure their home is secured against would-be thieves. “The fact that you live in Canada and the fact that you’re supposedly living in one of the safer cities or safer part of the GTA, it is extremely jarring to have this happen,” said the homeowner, whose identity Global News agreed to protect due to safety concerns.“We were all asleep 3 a.m., all of a sudden we are woken up. I had a guy standing on my…

The latest suspected senior Iranian official caught in Canada sued the immigration department and enlisted a Liberal MP’s office as part of her fight to stay in the country, government records show. After arriving in Canada as a tourist, Elham Zandi applied for a work permit, and when officials investigated her past, she complained to the courts about the delay and sought $10,000 in damages.Her immigration file also reveals the office of Liberal MP Patrick Weiler contacted Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada no less than five times about her case.Now the Canada Border Services Agency is accusing Zandi of being…

Elections Ontario is ramping up preparations to accommodate the province’s 10.8-million eligible voters this snap election. The organization told Global News it has plans to hire more than 55,000 workers for the campaign and Feb. 27 vote; the agency is setting up 124 local voting offices and more than 7,000 voting locations across the province.As part of the hiring effort, Elections Ontario is launching a recruitment campaign this week, inviting Ontarians to apply for various polling station positions.The agency is looking to hire for 14 different roles, ranging from part-time positions to jobs with longer hours.Among the key roles are information…

On-and-off closures along Highway 97 between Peachland, B.C., and Summerland have the Conservatives demanding the NDP take action. “In recent years this critical corridor has been plagued by the closures and delays and risks that are simply unacceptable,” Harman Bhangu, Langley-Abbotsford Conservative MLA.A rockslide came down on that stretch of highway in 2023, leaving it with only two travel lanes while the Ministry of Transportation conducts stabilization work.“This disrupted thousands of lives and took the NDP almost a year to clear. Our province cannot afford to have highways shut down for months at a time, our NDP government’s temporary reactive…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five people have been arrested after crossing illegally into Canada on Jan. 27. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed to Global News that RCMP arrested five people after they entered Canada and were then transferred to the CBSA for processing.A video posted online shows the group crossing the border by 0 Avenue.The video shows people laying down wooden boards to cross a small ditch along the U.S. and Canada border, and driving a black pickup truck across the ditch with the assistance of the boards.Two people can then be seen getting…