Unpublished Newswire
January marks the 60th anniversary of the Canada Pension Plan, an appropriate time to assess how good of a deal the CPP has been. When the CPP was launched in 1966, Canadians contributed just 1.8 per cent of their pay, up to a maximum annual amount of $79.20. Employers made a matching contribution. In spite of the modest contributions, the politicians of the day decided that a full CPP pension should be payable as early as 1977. This created a deficit which will continue in perpetuity.
January 20, 2026 - 15:49 | Frederick Vettese | The Globe and Mail
There are renewed calls for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism in the justice system after the death of a Neqotkuk First Nation man who was shot by RCMP.
January 20, 2026 - 15:46 | Anna Mandin | Global News - Canada
Star moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury heads to the Milano-Cortina Winter Games looking for two medals as part of Canada's freestyle skiing team. Freestyle Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 25-athlete team in a joint release on Tuesday.
January 20, 2026 - 15:46 | | CBC News - Canada
A Toronto hospital network will double its unique permanent housing program for homeless people who frequently visit emergency departments that has seen great success.
January 20, 2026 - 15:44 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Mounties in B.C. will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon to provide a four-month update on their provincial extortion task force as the crime continues to hit Lower Mainland cities.
January 20, 2026 - 15:40 | | CBC News - Canada
Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford says he’s disgusted by antisemitic graffiti calling for the death of Jews in the city’s west end.
Bradford, a councillor for Beaches-East York, said that Toronto’s Jewish community has been “subjected to a shocking increase in antisemitism,” in an emailed statement to National Post.
“Jewish restaurants have been firebombed, Jewish girls schools have been shot at, and Jewish neighbourhoods have been targeted by hateful protests. Hateful graffiti litters our streets, parks and sidewalks. It’s disgusting, it’s abhorrent, and it needs to stop,” he...
January 20, 2026 - 15:40 | Courtney Greenberg | National Post
