The Western Star

Quebec’s oldest weekly newspaper, the Stanstead Journal, will no longer be publishing it’s weekly Wednesday edition for readers in the Eastern Townships, after a 174-year run. In a note on its website, the newspaper said lack of ...

The future is scary, creepy and full of wondrous possibilities. Understanding it is the trick. At the Cryptochicks Blockchain and AI Conference, a crowded room at the RBC Waterpark, two of the world’s preeminent thinkers laid out the ...

While they're pleased to see a new business coming to town, Bay Roberts council members have concerns about the location of a Pipers store that's due to open later this year. At the Tuesday, May 28 regular meeting, council members ...

Suncor Energy and its partners in the Terra Nova joint venture announced that the life of the floating, production, storage and offloading vessel will be extended by 10 years to 2031.  Suncor, which has a 37.675 per cent working interest in ...

The value of residential real estate in many parts of Canada has rocketed in recent years leaving some long-time homeowners with significant equity in houses they bought when prices were substantially lower. Homeowners (55-plus) can tap into ...

Whether you choose to save in a TFSA, an RRSP or both, it’s important to take the time to understand how the plans work as well as to keep on top of your available contribution room, lest you fall afoul of the rules and get slapped with an ...

AURORA, Ont. — An old man walks into the dining room of the private golf club northeast of Toronto with apparent purpose. He is two minutes late for an appointment and carrying a black briefcase in his right hand, which he plunks onto a chair, ...

Investing in infrastructure is a requirement for sustained economic growth. Housing affordability also depends on infrastructure development because extending the spatial reach of infrastructure makes more land developable, which facilitates new ...

Thousands of academics are gathering in Vancouver for the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences from June 1-7. They will present papers on everything from child marriage in Canada to why dodgeball is problematic. In its Oh, The ...

Three goats wander around the gravel driveway, only pausing in their constant search for food to inspect passersby. Close by, two ponies arch elegant necks over the fence, seeking nose rubs. A huge, white Labrador mix keeps careful watch from the ...