Canada

Minimum wage in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, P.E.I. increases

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation. Saskatchewan's minimum wage is going up by a dollar to...

Oct 01, 2024

Canadian MPs join Australian, New Zealand peers in pushing for Palestine statehood

OTTAWA - Canadian members of Parliament are working with their colleagues in Australia and New Zealand to try and convince their respective governments to jointly recognize Palestinian statehood.NDP M...

Oct 01, 2024

Saskatchewan election campaign to begin today with voting day set for Oct. 28

REGINA - The race to elect a new government in Saskatchewan begins today. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has said he will be asking Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty today to dissolve the house to launch the prov...

Oct 01, 2024

B.C. Green leader to unveil election platform in second week of the campaign

VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party is expected to be the first to roll out its complete election platform today. Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning. Th...

Oct 01, 2024

Bloc Québécois to push Liberals on pension pact with opposition day motion

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals today by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors. Bloc Leader Yves-...

Oct 01, 2024

Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan election campaign to begin Tuesday

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is confirming what has been widely expected - the provincial election campaign starts Tuesday. Moe says in a post on social media that he plans to ask Lt.-Gov. ...

Sep 30, 2024

B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill

VANCOUVER - The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled that a British Columbia condominium owner should be repaid thousands of dollars she was charged to eradicate a cockroach infestation in her building...

Sep 30, 2024

Big NDP names exit before B.C. election. What does that mean for the party?

VANCOUVER - The New Democrats are campaigning for another term in British Columbia's provincial election but without many of the familiar faces that have graced lawn signs of elections past. About a q...

Sep 30, 2024

A list of Quebec language law sections that bilingual municipalities want struck down

A group of 23 bilingual municipalities in Quebec has asked a Superior Court judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform, known as Bill 96. Lawyer Julius...

Sep 30, 2024

Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmark...

Sep 30, 2024