Global supply chain crunch may give local vendors a badly needed boost on Black Friday

As retailers ramp up for the annual sales bonanza known as Black Friday, small local businesses are trying to compete using their secret weapon: a lot of them are less vulnerable to the supply chain problems their big box rivals are being walloped by.
Massey Hall reopens after massive modernization that preserves iconic music venue's magic

Jim Cuddy, frontman for Blue Rodeo, says revamp of historic hall 'marries beautifully with what I loved about it.'
The Conservatives' inflation argument is flawed — but it still might work
The return of Parliament means the return of question period. And when the appointed time arrived on Wednesday, the Official Opposition declared that its first preoccupation of the 44th Parliament would be inflation.
Indigenous two-spirit woman files human rights complaint against London Health Sciences Centre
An Anishnaaabe two-spirit woman from Chippewas of Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation has filed a human rights complaint against the London Health Sciences Centre, alleging systemic discrimination at southwestern Ontario's largest hospital.
This Quebec mayor was elected by the luck of the draw — literally

Jean Lapointe's name was picked out of a judge's hat after he and his only opponent, outgoing mayor Jean-Claude Pouliot, each got 327 votes during the 2021 municipal election in Quebec.
Land back movement leader flagged by police as 'violent'
Police flagged a prominent Haudenosaunee leader of the land back movement as "violent," according to court records from a recent RCMP operation to clear barricades from a road in northern B.C.
U.S. military sending medical staff to help Michigan battle COVID-19 surge

The U.S. government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday.
Ottawa tables legislation to begin 'last step' of Canada's COVID-19 support programs
In one of its first acts since the return of Parliament, the federal government has tabled legislation to create a suite of new, more selective pandemic support programs.
Flood management in B.C. is left up to municipalities. Should it be?
Year after year, reports have been issued and warnings given that B.C.’s flood management system was haphazard and in need of upgrades or reform.
At least 31 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.