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  • Read the full text of Canada’s 2026 spring economic update National Post Staff
    Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tabled the 2026 spring economic update. The fiscal update showed a smaller than projected budget deficit of $66.9 billion for the fiscal year. However, revenue projections have increased compared to the 2025 budget presented last fall, meaning the government has decided to spend more money. New measures outlined in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mini-budget are projected to reach $37.5 billion in net new spending over the next six years. Read More
     

Read the full text of Canada’s 2026 spring economic update

28 April 2026 at 20:47
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tabled the 2026 spring economic update. The fiscal update showed a smaller than projected budget deficit of $66.9 billion for the fiscal year. However, revenue projections have increased compared to the 2025 budget presented last fall, meaning the government has decided to spend more money. New measures outlined in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mini-budget are projected to reach $37.5 billion in net new spending over the next six years. Read More

Iran war sending condom prices soaring, warns world’s largest manufacturer

23 April 2026 at 20:09
The global fallout from the Iran war could soon extend into the sex lives of people globally as the world’s largest condom maker warned that supply disruptions and the skyrocketing price of raw materials will trigger price increases and, in some places, shortages. Read More

Postmedia nominated for four news awards by Canadian Association of Journalists

21 April 2026 at 19:53
Postmedia has been nominated for four national awards by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), including one stemming from its partnership with the Investigative Journalism Bureau. Read More

Jordan Peterson in ‘hellish’ battle against ‘old neurological injury’: daughter

19 April 2026 at 18:25
Canadian psychologist, best-selling author and media commentator Jordan Peterson is battling akathisia again, an “old neurological injury" that his daughter said was triggered by his past use of psychiatric medication. Read More

‘Let ‘er rip’: Leslie Nielsen’s grave puts the dead in deadpan

19 April 2026 at 11:00
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this tourist town, only one grave site gets five stars on Google. It belongs to Leslie Nielsen, and 16 years after his death it has become an affectionate shrine to the deadpan funnyman. Read More

Strait of Hormuz is ‘fully open,’ Trump and Iranian foreign minister say

17 April 2026 at 13:19
U.S. president Donald Trump confirmed Iran's statement about the Strait of Hormuz being "fully open" to all commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire. Read More
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