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Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government's plan to get public servants to spend more time in the office will come into "sharper view" over the next several weeks. The issue came up when Ottawa M...
Dec 08, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney gives remarks to media in Montreal on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice
Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line Pilots Assoc...
Dec 08, 2025 Air Transat Pilot and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) member Capt. Bibianne Lavallée poses at the Air Transat Pilot Strike Centre in Montreal, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, following a 99 per cent vote in favour of a strike mandate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after $102M heist
PARIS (AP) - Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft ...
Dec 08, 2025 People walk by an entrance of the Louvre museum, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, file)
'One Battle After Another' leads Golden Globe nominations
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" topped the Golden Globe nominations on Monday, a victory for Warner Bros. just after Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and ...
Dec 08, 2025 This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "One Battle After Another." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw - giving the spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial soccer tournament even mor...
Dec 05, 2025 President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Canada added 54,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate drops to 6.5%: StatCan
The labour market surprised economists again in November with a third straight month of job gains. Statistics Canada said Friday that the economy added 54,000 new positions last month compared with ec...
Dec 05, 2025 Workers stack and sort softwood lumber at Groupe Crete, a sawmill in Mont-Blanc, Que., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant's studio and streaming business for $72 billion. The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring ...
Dec 05, 2025 A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
More than 27,000 public servants were paid $150,000 or more last year
More than 27,000 federal public servants were paid at least $150,000 in the last fiscal year, a document tabled in Parliament shows. It says more than 20,000 employees received compensation - salaries...
Dec 04, 2025 Skeletons riding motorbikes carved into pumpkins are one of the many fun displays at Pumpkins After Dark in Saskatoon. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Carney to meet Trump, Sheinbaum in Washington at FIFA event Friday
Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington as trade negotiations between Canada and the United States remain on paus...
Dec 04, 2025 President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Mark Carney during a summit on ending the Israel-Hamas war on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
Eurovision chiefs face thorny question of whether Israel should take part in the 2026 song contest
GENEVA (AP) - Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest, the feel-good pop music gala that draws more than 100 million viewers every year, are meeting Thursday to tackle a bitter and divisive issue: W...
Dec 04, 2025 Israeli fans cheer for Yuval Raphael, from Israel, after she performed during the semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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