Murray Wood: The Saskatchewan farmer who heard a cry and reacted heroically
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Biden signs $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of workers. Biden ...
Apr 27, 2021
Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert
RENO, Nev. - Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are cancelling this summer's annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandem...
Apr 27, 2021
PM defends aide, says office didn't know Vance allegations were 'Me Too complaint'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vigorously defended his top aide on Tuesday, saying that while his office knew there was a complaint against then-defence chief general Jonathan Vance three year...
Apr 27, 2021
Canada still counting on U.S. to share its AstraZeneca stockpile, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Canada is still counting on the United States to share its COVID-19 vaccine surplus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday - even as pressure mounts on the White House to help ease a...
Apr 27, 2021
First Nations, coal companies asking Alberta for better consultation on mines
EDMONTON - Five First Nations whose land stretches along most of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and three coal companies hoping to develop mines in the area have written the province to demand better Indig...
Apr 27, 2021
O'Toole says he's in "listening mode" on idea of mandatory voting in Canada
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's simply in "listening mode" on the idea of making voting mandatory in Canada after recently raising it before a virtual crowd. The remarks came when ...
Apr 27, 2021
Federal Court of Appeal upholds Alberta right to turn-off-the-taps legislation
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Alberta has the right to control the amount and destination of oil and other fuels flowing through its pipelines. The decision, released Tuesday, is...
Apr 27, 2021
Wilkinson considers changes to Canada's net-zero emissions bill to gain NDP support
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister has put forward changes in response to NDP concerns about a bill that would make the federal government more accountable as it strives to reach net-zero carbon e...
Apr 27, 2021
Military, civilian health workers heading to hot zones in Ontario, Nova Scotia
OTTAWA - Dozens of health professionals from the military, federal government, Canadian Red Cross and even Newfoundland and Labrador's front-line hospitals are being redeployed to COVID-19 hot zones d...
Apr 27, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:50 p.m. British Columbia has extended its provincial state of emergency until May 11 to allow health officials to use the lega...
Apr 27, 2021
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8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...
