The Great Canadian Butter Tart Fest Returns — Sweet, Sticky, and Proudly Local

Paris Independent Contributor It all started one night over dinner when I looked at my family and said, “What if we hosted a Butter Tart Fest in Paris? Do you think anyone would actually come?” Turns out, the answer was a very sticky yes. Fast...

Canada hosts historic 2025 Pan-Afrikan Drum Festival

Canada was set alight with rhythm, colour, and cultural pride as the 2025 Pan-Afrikan Drum Festival unfolded in grand style across Brampton and Etobicoke. The event, now in its third edition, became more than a cultural gathering and a living...

Ottawa restaurateur says Meta wrongly banned her Facebook and Instagram accounts

Laurie Viau Gillard woke up on Sept. 26 to an Instagram notification that she says sent her into a panic. The Meta-owned social media app informed Viau Gillard, co-owner of a small restaurant in Kanata, that her account had been suspended. Her...

Durango-area small businesses feel effects of Trump’s tariffs

Hickenlooper introduces bill that could mitigate financial stress Sam Redman assists a customer at a very busy Maria’s Bookshop in November 2024 in downtown Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) × At least some small businesses in Durango...

EB Games Canada opening big concept store in Montreal on October 16

EB Games Canada is opening a big new store in downtown Montreal this week. The store will be located at Cours Mont-Royal (1455 Peel Street), with the grand opening set for Thursday, October 16 at 12 p.m. To celebrate, the retailer is promising...

Canucks vs. Whitecaps and B.C. Lions ticket sales tell a story

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Hockey NHL Vancouver Canucks PJ's Ponderings: The Canucks aren't selling out games against two big opponents, while the Whitecaps are set to host 35,000 for a playoff game Get the latest from Patrick Johnston straight...

Demand for turbans growing in Northern Ontario

For Northern Ontario’s Sikh community, finding a turban meant ordering from afar. Thanks to one international student-turned entrepreneur in Sudbury, that is no longer the case. Gurpreet Singh Broca arrived a decade ago as an international...

How COVE is Driving Canada’s Defence Readiness – Technology Spotlight

How COVE is Driving Canada’s Defence Readiness Through Innovation and Collaboration BY JAMES CARELESS As Canada ramps up to meet its NATO spending commitments — 2% of GDP by the end of 2025 and 5% by 2035 — government and industry leaders are...

Reflections and memories from the National Lajna Imaillah Ijtema of Canada

Aqila LaHaye, Canada And once again, it was time to attend the annual ijtema of Lajna Imaillah Canada. (August 23-24, 2025) For me, it is always a beautiful mix of reunion, nostalgia, and excitement – an opportunity to enjoy not only the spiritual...

Why Canada needs a regional approach to its International Student Program

It was about two years ago that I first wrote about the profound positive impact Cape Breton University’s (CBU) recruitment and retention of international students and their families had on Cape Breton Island. Now, the University and Island stand...

There are three professional licenses that will lapse in Ottawa County in week ending Oct. 18

There are three professional licenses expiring in Ottawa County in the week ending Oct. 18 in Ohio, according to the eLicense Ohio Professional Licensure System. At least no professional licenses were set to expire the previous week. Starting and...

Julie Zulich a finalist for RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News ‘Being nominated for this award is such an honour, and I am committed to using my platform to foster more positive change in our industry’ Julie Zulich SunMedia Julie Zulich, CEO of TESC Contracting Company...

Canadian firm bullish on Guyana’s Yono gold project

Oct 10, 2025 News …amid nearly 9M ounces in neighbouring mines (Kaieteur News) – Canadian mining company Tajiri Resources Corp. is brimming with optimism over its Yono Gold Project in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Guyana, following promising...

Canada Post strike leaves small businesses scrambling for alternatives

Canada’s chance to build, not borrow, tech leadership

President Donald Trump’s new US$100,000 fee on H-1B visas offers a generational opportunity for Canada to rebuild our tech ecosystem. We can reverse the brain drain and attract top talent and companies to our country. For decades, top engineering...

Vancouver-based VC Firm Vistara Invests $16.7 Million in Authentic8 to Accelerate Global Growth

Vancouver-based VC Firm Vistara Invests $16.7 Million in Authentic8 to Accelerate Global Growth Vancouver, BC, October 8, 2025--(T-Net)--Vancouver-based Vistara Growth announced today a $16.7 million (US $12 million) investment in Authentic8, a...

Surrey entrepreneur boosts north-of-border focus amid tariff war

A South Surrey woman who expanded her business into the U.S. more than a decade ago says she is “responding to the border tariff conflict in an enterprising way” – bringing her collections home to Canada. Suzanne Smith said as of Oct. 1, she has...

Canada’s ‘prettiest little town’ is in Ontario and it has a multi-day butter tart festival this fall

Summer in Ontario was filled with trips to the beach, road trips and celebrations dedicated to the quintessentially Canadian dessert, butter tarts. And although fall has officially arrived, the ooey-gooey party is still going strong during this...

Depression and creative destruction

Source: JPM In effect, the major economies remain in what I call a Long Depression that started after the Great Recession of 2008-9. In the last 17 years, economic expansion (as measured by real GDP GDP Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic...

Ontario accountants call for tax simplicity, but are cuts the best way to spur growth?

CPA Ontario, however, argues that high income tax contributes to a “brain drain” of workers, professionals, and entrepreneurs choosing to leave Canada for jurisdictions with lower taxes. MacDonald also makes the point that corporate tax rates tend...