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OTTAWA - The pressure is on in Ottawa today as a CP Rail work stoppage enters its second day. Industry leaders and politicians have urged Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan to end the labour dispute after...
Mar 21, 2022
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...
Mar 17, 2022
A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...
Sep 03, 2021
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces must do more to address racism in the health-care system, saying reconciliation with Indigenous people is not up to the federal government alone. ...
Oct 16, 2020
Toronto and Edmonton are on the verge of being picked as hub cities for the NHL's resumption of play, according to multiple reports. TSN, Sportsnet, the Toronto Star and Postmedia all reported We...
Jul 01, 2020
A team of industry partners, sponsors and volunteers is gathering at the Calgary Stampede grounds today (Wed.) to assemble 25,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for truck drivers. The Albert...
Jun 03, 2020
GUERNSEY, Sask. - Transportation Minister Marc Garneau has announced speed restrictions on trains carrying dangerous goods after a derailment in Saskatchewan caused a dozen tankers carrying crude oil ...
Feb 06, 2020 Smoke billows up from a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway train near Guernsey, Sask., on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Matt Smith / THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - Canadian National Railways conductors, trainpersons and yardpersons have given strike notice ahead of a Tuesday deadline. The union, which represents 3,200 workers, provided the 72...
Nov 16, 2019
HALIFAX - A Canadian researcher who co-led a study that challenges well-worn advice to limit meat consumption has responded to criticisms he should have disclosed past ties to the globa...
Oct 05, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Building permit values in Red Deer were down in June, but higher than the year previous.Estimated value of all permits issued last month was just over $6.9 million, as opposed to $6.0 million in June ...
Jul 05, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)