Pain at the pump, sticker shock forcing buyers into used car lots

Pain at the pump, sticker shock forcing buyers into used car lots

OTTAWA — With Canada’s affordability crisis dashing dreams of home ownership for many, Canadians are now finding that owning a new car is also becoming out of reach.

Released on Tuesday, AutoTrader’s Q2 2026 automotive price index suggests that even though new car prices have eased slightly, one in seven Canadians are abandoning plans to purchase a new car off the lot, opting instead for more affordable used options.

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Do the Math: Why Europe May Not Pull Through

Do the Math: Why Europe May Not Pull Through

Europe as we have known it for centuries — a civilization founded on a native majority population, a common culture, industrial prosperity, and a certain idea of liberty and property — appears destined to disappear.

This will happen not in some spectacular cataclysm, but through a slow, inexorable erosion, made inevitable by structural trends now too powerful to be reversed in the time it would take to stop it.

Even if, in the years ahead, several European countries bring to power so-called “right-wing” coalitions that have never yet governed, this can no longer substantially alter Europe’s collective destiny. The problem is no longer merely political; it is demographic, energetic, economic, and institutional. These four processes interlock and reinforce one another in a sinister yet terribly efficient mechanism.


Speaking as a Canadian whose own country has begun to mirror Europe annexation by the US has become a more than reasonable proposition.

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Former MP Raj Grewal faces slew of fraud allegations, possible suspension as lawyer

Former MP Raj Grewal faces slew of fraud allegations, possible suspension as lawyer

Ontario’s legal regulator is moving to suspend the licence of lawyer Raj Grewal as the former Liberal MP faces a slew of lawsuits accusing him, the law firm he founded, family members and associates of millions of dollars in fraud and other wrongdoing.

The Law Society of Ontario is investigating charges that Grewal may have misappropriated trust money, participated in fraud and failed to act with honour and integrity, the agency says in requesting the suspension.

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US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal

US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal

The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to budget figures released on Monday.

Tariffs – taxes on imported goods – have been a key part of Donald Trump’s economic plan since he took office again last year.

In February the supreme court shut down a big chunk of the extra tariffs Trump had ordered, forcing the government to return money to the companies that had paid them.

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Canadian trips to U.S. inch up despite months-long travel boycott

Canadian trips to U.S. inch up despite months-long travel boycott

A year and a half after Canadians started ditching their trips south of the border, at least some of them are hitting the road again.

In June, Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. inched up 3.2 per cent compared to the same month last year, according to new data from Statistics Canada.

It’s the third month in a row that inbound travel from the U.S. by Canadians has increased, following a rise of 9.5 per cent in May and 1.4 per cent in April.

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Kevin O’Leary roasts Justin Trudeau after dance in Katy Perry’s post

Canadian business mogul Kevin O’Leary is taking aim at Justin Trudeau after the former prime minister went viral following his cameo in a TikTok video posted by his girlfriend Katy Perry.

I love hating Trudeau.

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Ann Widdecombe ‘murder’ suspect had communist literature at home: Terror cops believe ‘attack’ WAS political

Ann Widdecombe ‘murder’ suspect had communist literature at home: Terror cops believe ‘attack’ WAS political

The brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe was last night being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack.

In a dramatic escalation, counter terrorism officers yesterday took over the investigation into the killing of the former Tory minister. It came after the discovery of Russian communist literature and other items of political ideology at the home of the suspected killer.

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ZOLTAN: Omar Abdul Singateh tortured a man — Canada’s ‘catch-and-release’ justice system let him go on a crime spree

ZOLTAN: Omar Abdul Singateh tortured a man — Canada’s ‘catch-and-release’ justice system let him go on a crime spree

VANCOUVER — On a summer 2024 morning in Montreal, a 32-year-old crypto entrepreneur found himself bound with zip ties and screaming in pain on the floor of his Verdun apartment, pleading with a group of masked attackers to stop torturing him.

Among the attackers was Omar Abdul Singateh, 23, a “Brampton man” who had only been in Montreal for about a day.

(Incognito)

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Canada is spending billions of dollars on new submarines — so what are they actually for?

Canada is spending billions of dollars on new submarines — so what are they actually for?

A little over two years ago, the federal government announced it would be “exploring options” for the purchase of a new submarine fleet. Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the winning bid, for up to 12 diesel-electric submarines. He did so in advance of a visit to Ankara for the NATO leaders’ summit, where the deal between Canada and the German-Norwegian consortium TKMS was exhibit A in demonstrating our commitment to increased defence spending, a contentious issue for the Trump administration.

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‘God is punishing the politicians’: anger at earthquake response grows in Venezuela

‘God is punishing the politicians’: anger at earthquake response grows in Venezuela

Public anger at what many perceive as the Venezuelan government’s botched response to twin earthquakes that killed nearly 4,500 people is growing, with one grieving mother caught on camera berating the son of former president Nicolás Maduro.

Maduro’s politician son received a hostile reception while visiting a semi-destroyed social housing project named after his father’s late mentor Hugo Chávez.

“I didn’t lose a kitchen! I lost a daughter!” the woman, named as Damely Yaneth Díaz, can be seen shouting at congressman Nicolás Maduro Guerra in scenes captured by the Norwegian broadcaster TV2 last week.

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New poll shows Conservatives closing the gap on Carney’s Liberals

New poll shows Conservatives closing the gap on Carney’s Liberals

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal lead over the Conservatives has shrunk to six points, according to new polling.

In its weekly federal tracker poll, Liaison Strategies has the Mark Carney-led Liberals at 41% support among decided and leaning voters, with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada in second at 35%.


Eventually the majority of Elbownians will realize that Carney is a gaslighting fraud like Trudeau.

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Trump returns to war with Iran from ‘position of strength’, no tolls on Hormuz shipments

Trump returns to war with Iran from ‘position of strength’, no tolls on Hormuz shipments

President Donald Trump is back at war with Iran after the fragile ceasefire crumbled last week, but the commander in chief might have more leverage to prosecute the conflict this time.

On Monday, the Trump administration announced that U.S. forces would once again blockade the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to choke off Iran‘s energy industry and thereby its economy. This decision followed the Treasury Department’s recent reimplementation of sanctions on Tehran, not to mention wave after wave of escalating strikes against hundreds of Iranian military targets in the strait, along the Iranian coast, and even on Iran’s oil launch point of Kharg Island.

Trump declares no tolls on Hormuz shipments

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