The federal government’s new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will see its first round of quarterly payments go out today.

The benefit was known previously as the GST/HST credit, so people who were eligible for that program likely will receive the new benefit.

Here’s what you need to know about the program:

— The government estimates about 12 million Canadian are eligible.

— Before the quarterly payments of the grocery benefit begin, eligible recipients will receive a one-time GST/HST payment top-up

Matthew Knies was one minute away from being a Montreal Canadien.

A trade-deadline deal to ship the power forward from the Toronto Maple Leafs to their biggest rival didn’t happen because it was submitted 60 seconds past the 3 p.m. ET hard stop, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Friday’s edition of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast .

“Now, I’ve heard some different variations on why it was late and whose fault it was that it was late, but I don

NASA on Friday temporarily ordered astronauts to take shelter during repairs to fix a fresh leak aboard the International Space Station .

The five astronauts moved into the SpaceX capsule that is docked at the station while cosmonauts worked to fix the leak, which is on the Russian side of the orbiting laboratory.

The decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said via X.

The crew left the capsule and returned to regular operations after repair work was paused.

That part of the space station has suffered

Durham police say a sweeping, years‑long investigation into “criminal tourism” has uncovered more than 200 offences, millions in losses, and organized groups travelling to Canada specifically to commit high‑profit crimes across the GTA.

Announced on Friday, Project Jetsetter brings together nine major investigations led by the DRPS Financial Crimes Unit, involving $2.61 million in confirmed losses in Durham Region.

Police say the offenders are part of organized, internationally connected networks that enter Canada with the sole purpose of carrying out

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s new song for the Disney and Pixar’s forthcoming “Toy Story 5” film is here. On Friday, Swift released “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a bit of a return to country music for the performer who first made a name for herself in the Nashville music scene before taking over the world.

Here’s everything you need to know about “I Knew It, I Knew You.”

Taylor Swift goes country … again

Swift doesn

TORONTO — A week before the World Cup, a Toronto cannabis shop has already got ahold of the trophy — sort of.

Cosmic Charlies is selling golden bongs that resemble the tournament’s prize and are marketed as “a true hat trick: portable, durable and easy to clean.”

“I’m not going to lie, I don’t know how many (I’m going to sell), so I didn’t get too many. I think I only stocked three or four,”

The B.B. Conservative Party hasn’t won an election since, and hasn’t won a seat in 50. As recently as the 2020 provincial election, the party earned just 36,000 votes. But in 2024, the party surged in popularity, nearly toppling the long-thought invincible B.C. NDP.

Then came interparty turmoil, which led to the ousting of their leader, John Rustad, and a leadership election that went on for

Three people have been taken to the hospital — two with serious injuries — after a residential fire in Markham prompted multiple evacuations early Friday.

Emergency crews were called to Carlton Road and Kennedy Road around 6:46 a.m., where Carlton Road was closed in both directions at Chambery Crescent as firefighters worked to contain the blaze. York Regional Police (YRP) said all occupants of the home have now been accounted for.

Police later confirmed three occupants were transported to the hospital; one with minor injuries and two