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B.C. Conservative member's bill on firefighter health passes in rare feat
VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's bill...
Apr 13, 2026
TKMS latest to team up with Quebec steel firm in sub competition
OTTAWA - German submarine maker TKMS is teaming up with a domestic steel-forging company as it vies for a lucrative contract to supply the Canadian navy with new submarines. TKMS says it inked a partn...
Apr 13, 2026
Minister reveals wage offer as hundreds of N.S. long-term care workers go on strike
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government said it was offering a pay increase of at least 12 per cent to hundreds of workers at long-term care facilities who launched a strike on Monday. Licensed practical...
Apr 13, 2026
B.C. health officer Bonnie Henry is disappointed by reversal of decriminalization
VICTORIA - Politicians and health experts are looking back at the successes and mistakes made during in the decade of a public health emergency into the toxic drug crisis in British Columbia. Provinci...
Apr 13, 2026
With elections near, Quebec premier-designate under tight deadline to revive CAQ
MONTREAL - Christine Frchette, newly elected Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and premier-designate, has a bit more than five months to revive her party before the provincial elections, and to define her...
Apr 13, 2026
Clean energy groups call for East-West grid connections, investments in renewables
OTTAWA - A coalition of clean energy groups is calling on Ottawa to connect the country through a grid powered by renewable energy. The David Suzuki Foundation says Canada is facing an energy affordab...
Apr 13, 2026
Brent Cotter, ethics expert and former senator, named interim head of RCMP watchdog
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named well-known legal ethicist and former senator Brent Cotter to be the interim head of the RCMP watchdog. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Cotter ...
Apr 13, 2026 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities while Employment, Workforce Development and Disability inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough and Senator Brent Cotter look on in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Jobs minister urges youth to pursue skilled trades despite generational stigma
OTTAWA - Canada must break the stigma around careers in the skilled trades if the Liberals want to achieve their infrastructure and homebuilding agenda, federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monda...
Apr 13, 2026
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is back as interim CEO, replacing Irina Novoselsky
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder ...
Apr 13, 2026
NDP pushing for ban on AI surveillance pricing as Lewis makes Parliament Hill debut
OTTAWA - The NDP is expected to introduce a motion on Wednesday calling on the government to ban a practice known as surveillance pricing that New Democrats say is unfair to consumers. The text of the...
Apr 13, 2026
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8:30 - Premier Scott Moe is back from a trade mission to Europe that saw Saskatchewan sign new agreements on nuclear ene...
