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May 7, 2025
Starting today, if you’re dining out in Quebec, tips must be calculated on the before-tax price. For example, if an item costs $100 before tax, the tipping options cannot be calculated on the additional taxes, such as the 9.9% QST or the 5% GST. These changes will save consumers money, but will also result in smaller tips for servers and bartenders. Should Ontario follow suit? Kristy Cameron opens the debate floor with Tony Alenis, the President and CEO of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association. Shifting gears to health news, gynecological cancers are on the rise in Canada, as our country witnesses its first significant increase since the 1980’s. Over 8,500 women will be diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2025, while ovarian cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers for Canadian women. Joining us to deliver the details on those stats is Dr. Shannon Salvador, the President of Canada’s Society of Gynecologic Oncology.
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Good morning. Canada is about to shell out a lot more on defence, army personnel and U.S.-made fighter jets – more on that below, along with a G7 invite for MBS and FEMA’s upcoming phase-out. But first:Today’s headlinesCanada and four Western allies sanction two Israeli lawmakers for inciting ‘extremist violence’U.S. cities brace for more protests as parts of L.A. are placed under curfewPublic servants paid ArriveCan’s main contractor GCStrategies without ensuring the work was done, the Auditor-General findsA defence lawyer in the Hockey Canada trial asserts the complainant exaggerated...
June 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
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June 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Pat Kane | Walrus
A majority of Canadians reject the idea they live on stolen Indigenous land, and the older people are, the more likely they are to say they don’t, according to a new public opinion poll.
Among all respondents across Canada, 52 per cent said they did not live on stolen Indigenous land, with 27 per cent saying they do. The remaining 21 per cent said they didn’t know or declined to answer.
Notably, there was a significant generational divide among those who answered
the national opinion survey...
June 11, 2025 - 06:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
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