U.S. GDP rose at a 1.4% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, below economists' roughly 3.0% forecast, and the Congressional Budget Office estimated last year's government shutdown reduced fourth-quarter output by about 1.5 percentage points.
Investors in Port Alberni bought a six‑acre riverside site and prepared it for 31 homes, but municipal zoning currently bars fully modular houses on the property. Provincial and federal policies are supporting modular construction, yet local rules and perceptions are limiting its use.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said the final Canadian-operated flights have left Cuba and the government updated its travel advice to "avoid all non-essential travel" due to reported shortages amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.
Almost 20,000 spectators filled the South Tyrol Arena in Anterselva, singing, chanting and cheering while observing quiet moments at the shooting range; attention is focused on Friday's men's 15-kilometer mass start as the last chance for men to medal.
Mitel and L-SPARK held a Showcase for the inaugural Mitel Unified Communications Accelerator cohort, reporting rapid innovation and market-ready integrations achieved in six months since the program launched in August.
Alysa Liu left competitive skating after the 2022 Beijing Games, returned two years later with a different outlook, and won the women's Olympic gold in Milan with a free skate score of 226.79.
An article from Fennec Pharmaceuticals reports that PEDMARK given about six hours after cisplatin was safe and could be integrated into care for adults with head and neck cancers, and early data showed signals of hearing preservation without apparent interference with cisplatin's antitumor activity.
The Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils has written to the Ontario Ombudsman opposing Bill 33, which gives the education minister power to replace elected public school trustees with provincially appointed supervisors. The Ontario Legislature is scheduled to resume on March 23, when the issue could be revisited.
Analysis by an academic and the IMF showed Canada’s GDP per capita briefly trailed Alabama’s in 2023–24 after adjustments; experts note population growth in Canada and recent industrial investment and low unemployment in Alabama help explain the gap.
More than 150 people attended a Saskatoon town hall where many speakers voiced support for the Prairie Harm Reduction supervised consumption site; its director said the clinic served over 1,000 clients last year and staff reversed more than 150 overdoses.
