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Ontario school boards urge Ford to halt plan to scrap speed cameras
TORONTO - Ontario's school boards are jointly urging the provincial government not to proceed with Premier Doug Ford's plan to get rid of speed cameras. A statement Monday from the province's four pub...
Oct 06, 2025
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last fiscal year for failing to comply with the rules for temporary foreign worker permits, new government data shows. A new ...
Oct 06, 2025
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence protect Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA - While Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it's "certainly a democratic superpower," Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday at a ceremony to open the Supreme Cou...
Oct 06, 2025
With deficit set to soar, Ottawa shifts budgets from spring to fall
Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government plans to table the federal budget in the fall going forward, ending the long-standing practice of releasing the document in the spring. The upcoming Nov...
Oct 06, 2025 Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne makes his way to a meeting of the Liberal caucus, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
'An open nerve': Israelis, Palestinians mark two years of the Gaza war
OTTAWA - Two years into the war in Gaza, the conflict continues to spread anger, frustration and pain across Canada, while Israelis and Palestinians fear the region will never exit the cycle of violen...
Oct 06, 2025 Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip attend a rally demanding their release from Hamas captivity and calling for an end to the war, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Poilievre wishes Carney well in Washington - but says he wants to see results
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is offering Prime Minister Mark Carney his support ahead of meetings this week with U.S. President Donald Trump but is also pressing the Liberal leader to...
Oct 06, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa before a meeting of the Liberal caucus, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Hydro-Québec seeks to shield info as ex-employee's economic spying trial begins
LONGUEUIL - A trial for a former employee of Quebec's electricity utility accused of economic espionage on behalf of China was delayed Monday as Hydro-Qubec announced it wanted to prevent some informa...
Oct 06, 2025
Economic uncertainty takes centre stage at summit of Great Lakes premiers, governors
QUBEC - Economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration was the focus of a three-day summit of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Quebec City. Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at U.S. Pre...
Oct 06, 2025
Thousands of union members greeted MLAs outside B.C. legislature as it has resumed
VICTORIA - Thousands of union members representing different sectors filled the lawn outside the British Columbia legislature as politicians inside began the fall session on Monday. The return of the ...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
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8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...
