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Jobs minister urges striking Canada Post union to respond to latest offer
OTTAWA - The federal jobs minister is urging the union representing striking Canada Post workers to respond to the Crown corporation's latest offers. Patty Hajdu told reporters on the way into the Lib...
Oct 08, 2025 Canada Post workers are joined by CUPE union members as they hold a rally outside MP Julie Dabrusin's office in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Carney returns to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to Ottawa today without any deals to remove U.S. tariffs from Canadian goods, but he is leaving two of his key ministers behind to keep pressing Canada'...
Oct 08, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has given its new AI "task force" until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy - a plan that critics say leans too ...
Oct 08, 2025
Showdown in Newfoundland and Labrador as leaders spar over Quebec energy deal
ST. JOHN'S - How can Newfoundlanders and Labradorians be sure that a proposed new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec is a good deal? The question has dogged the province's Liberals since the tentative ...
Oct 08, 2025
Ontario hospitals say they have $1 billion in funding needs
TORONTO - Ontario hospitals need an additional $1 billion this year to keep pace with factors such as population growth and inflation, leaving them facing pressures far higher than the deficits they f...
Oct 08, 2025
Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee's administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primar...
Oct 07, 2025
Manitoba legislature approves fines for former premier and cabinet ministers
WINNIPEG - Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers were fined Tuesday for violating the province's conflict of interest law in pushing for a mining project. Members ...
Oct 07, 2025
Hydro spying trial delayed as court weights utility's motion to shield information
LONGUEUIL - The trial of a former Hydro-Qubec employee facing economic espionage charges remains on hold over arguments about the utility's commercial secrets. Hydro-Qubec prompted the delay after int...
Oct 07, 2025
Marineland says its belugas shouldn't go to Nova Scotia's Whale Sanctuary Project
HALIFAX - Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia. The shuttered Ontario theme park, which is ...
Oct 07, 2025
B.C. to introduce legislation regulating on-time construction payments
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing new legislation aimed at making sure construction workers and contractors are paid on time. Attorney General Niki Sharma says the bill is abou...
Oct 07, 2025
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