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Nova Scotia NDP says province too secretive, must release environmental racism report
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Opposition NDP called on Premier Tim Houston's government Friday to release a report about the province's long history of environmental racism, saying it's a matter of accounta...
May 30, 2025
Chief says infrastructure drive could trigger another Idle No More protest movement
OTTAWA - A First Nations chief is warning that Canada is "staring down the barrel" of another wave of protests like the Idle No More movement if governments pursue "national interest" projects without...
May 30, 2025
Canada Post asks jobs minister to force union to vote on 'final offers'
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has asked Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to force a union membership vote on the proposals the Crown corporation put forward earlier this week. Canada Post presented its "final...
May 30, 2025
Sikh groups say Ottawa should not invite India's Modi to G7 summit
OTTAWA - Sikh organizations are calling on Ottawa to break with a five-year tradition by not inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders' summit nex...
May 30, 2025
Federal government posts $43 billion deficit between April '24 and March
OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $43.2 billion between April 2024 and this past March. The deficit compared with $50.9 billion for the same stretch in the 2023-2024 f...
May 30, 2025
Heiltsuk Nation ratification feast brings written constitution into force
The Heiltsuk Nation has ratified its written constitution through a celebratory feast in Bella Bella, B.C. Marilyn Slett, the nation's elected chief, called it a "monumental day" that comes after two ...
May 30, 2025
Halting spy operation placed CSIS team in unnecessary danger, watchdog report says
OTTAWA - A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, "creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team" and ra...
May 30, 2025
Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
TORONTO - Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The Beer Store closes locat...
May 30, 2025
Ottawa tabling bill to skirt impact assessment law for 'national interest' projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is developing a "national interest" bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Imp...
May 29, 2025
B.C. Tories say NDP government should have fallen because of blurred Zoom screen
VICTORIA - If it were up to B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad, British Columbians would have found themselves at the start of an election campaign Thursday - because of a blurred Zoom screen. Rusta...
May 29, 2025
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