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Publication Date: January 9, 2026 - 18:00
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January 9, 2026
A new forecast is painting an unpleasant future for some of Canada’s restaurants, as roughly 4,000 of them are predicted to go out of business in 2026. Kristy Cameron sifts through the bigger picture with Sylvain Charlebois in Hour 1. He is the Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Meantime, Ottawa families can now see how their child’s elementary school stacks up with the rest of Ontario. We explain further before the top-hour newscast. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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February 4, 2026 - 13:57 | Morgan Lowrie | The Globe and Mail
Canadian artist Phil Richards has said he considers portraiture to be “a collaboration between artist and subject.” Perhaps nowhere is that more clear than in a tiny last-minute change in his newly unveiled portrait of former prime minister Stephen Harper.
The portrait includes many details and Easter eggs (more on that in a moment) but at the very top of the image is a collection of flags, one from New Brunswick, the ancestral home of Harper’s family. Barely visible (it’s a fraction of an inch across) is a red banner flying from the ship on the flag.
Richards painted it flying the...
February 4, 2026 - 13:44 | Chris Knight | National Post
Justice Minister Sean Fraser said the current process for deciding appointments works well and includes independent advisory committees that factor in feedback from provinces.
February 4, 2026 - 13:15 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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