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Publication Date: March 16, 2026 - 18:25
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Ottawa Now - Should retail stores be open on STAT holidays?
March 16, 2026
On Friday, the Ford government confirmed that Ontario’s retail stores will now be open for business on Family Day and Victoria Day. Last month, Premier Doug Ford mused about opening stores during some of the province’s STAT holidays, saying he was disappointed he couldn’t shop at Home Depot during a Holiday Monday. Furthermore, he’s received several calls from people looking to shop over the holidays, and questioned why shopping centres aren’t open for business when restaurants are. This gut call, however, has been pretty divisive. We hear from Sebastian Prins, the Ontario Director of Government Relations for the Retail Council of Canada. Then, Kristy Cameron checks in with Ontario Liberal MPP John Fraser.
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Over 3 million years, humans progressed from stone tools to the digital age. We have built, and destroyed, civilizations. Today, we can conjure up a video conversation with people from around the globe in the palm of our hand and chat with humans in outer space. Our mobile phones hold many times more information than what was contained in the Great Library of Alexandria. That same device is tens of millions of times faster than the computers that landed Apollo on the moon. As science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke predicted, our technology would appear like magic to generations past....
March 21, 2026 - 06:30 | Ibrahim J. Gedeon | Walrus
Joseph Woll didn't expect to be in this position.
March 21, 2026 - 06:02 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
A judge took a Toronto drug dealer’s race into account when he sentenced him for trafficking and possessing a loaded handgun while under a court-ordered firearm prohibition.
The judge was persuaded that Brandon Caleb’s “life experiences flowing from his societal disadvantage and anti-Black racism normalized gun possession in his mind,” said the recent decision. “This somewhat attenuates his moral responsibility.”
Caleb was found guilty on the three charges in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice last summer.
“I am satisfied on a balance of probabilities that factors in Mr. Caleb’s...
March 21, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
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