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Canada Eyes 160-Jet Mixed Fleet: 88 F-35s Plus 72 Gripens in $40-Billion Gamble The math doesn't add up until you realize what Ottawa is actually buying. Canada formally committed to 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighters in 2023, priced at roughly $19 billion.
The $356 heated jacket landed in my inbox with a subject line about "climate-adaptive fashion." I'd seen these before, technical fabrics, embedded battery packs, built-in fans that turn on when you start sweating. The pitch: sustainable because you keep it for ten years instead
I bought a heated jacket for $356 last month. Not because I needed it. Because I wanted to understand what happens when a piece of clothing crosses the line from "product" to "investment", and whether that line means anything at all. The jacket came from a
Canada Eyes 160 Fighter Jets: Why Ottawa's F-35-Gripen Split Could Reshape Defense Procurement The Royal Canadian Air Force currently operates 76 CF-18s, most of which have been in service since the mid-1980s. By the original plan, signed in early 2023, Canada would replace them
The labor market is having its best quarter in a year. Tech stocks just had their worst week in six months. Those two facts sit on opposite sides of what should be good news, and the gap between them explains why the TSX and S&P 500 both lost
The Ontario government announced its new HST relief for housing in early 2026 with the kind of press release that suggests the work is done. It isn't. The legislation passed. The relief exists on paper. But the Canada Revenue Agency cannot process a single rebate under the new
The law is on the books. The regulation isn't. That gap has become the single most expensive pause in Ontario's housing industry right now. Ontario passed enabling legislation in 2025 to expand HST relief on new residential construction, including purpose-built rentals. The federal government already
Most Canadian homeowners think wildfire coverage means the house burns and the insurer writes a cheque. That's incomplete. Here are the four specific damages your policy actually covers—and the two sub-limits that matter more than the headline replacement cost number. The structure itself, but not at
Ontario's HST Relief Passed But Not Yet Live: What Builders Are Doing While They Wait Ontario passed the law in 2026. The Canada Revenue Agency cannot yet process a single rebate claim. The regulations that translate "housing tax relief" into actionable rules—who qualifies, how to
A Vancouver-based investment firm just closed on 181 townhomes in Edmonton while the national rental vacancy rate hit 5.1%. That number matters because it represents the highest vacancy in nearly a decade — a cooling that would normally send capital firms running from new supply. Upfield Capital, partnering with
IG Wealth Management hired Sandra DeMontigny as its new Head of Wealth Planning last week. Hub International Technology announced three senior roles two days later. HomeEquity Bank brought on a portfolio strategy director. The Big Six asset management arms are reshuffling VP ranks. Taken individually, these moves look like ordinary
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation published new analysis in June 2026 on a proposal that keeps cycling through city council chambers: slash development charges, watch housing prices fall. The math doesn't work. Not because the fees are small — in the Greater Toronto Area, they run north of