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Deloitte Canada expects economic growth to pick up next year as it forecasts the Bank of Canada to cut its key interest rate below three per cent by mid-2025.

TORONTO — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen feels "extremely hopeful" about society's ability to push social media platforms into being safer but for change to come, she says these companies need to be motivated in a new way.

MONTREAL — Visual effects and animation companies are uniting to strike a better deal with the Quebec government after it implemented tax changes that some firms say will cost them nearly two-thirds of their revenues next year.

When Nintendo released "The Legend of Zelda" in 1986, the title character was barely an afterthought.

FREDERICTON — As they both campaign for re-election, the premiers of British Columbia and New Brunswick appear to agree on one controversial issue: involuntary care for those with severe drug addictions. 

VANCOUVER — In the seven years since the NDP came to power in British Columbia, food prices have jumped by almost 30 per cent. Rent and transport costs are up by about a quarter, while the cost of filling up with gasoline has risen by almost half.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge is planning to hear arguments in court Thursday over whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Outreach worker Edgar Tapia hit a San Francisco neighborhood on a mission to find people to take eight available shelter beds, including a tiny cabin perfect for a couple.

TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Tech Resources says a fire at its zinc plant in Trail, B.C., has shut down one of the plant's four sections, but the other three remain in operation as it investigates the cause of the "localized" blaze.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball's most successful — and sad-sack — franchises.