Category Archives: Canada

Canada Post and union set to meet, two weeks after workers rejected contract
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers are set to head back to the bargaining table today. It's been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers reje...
Aug 15, 2025

Federal budget watchdog has 'no idea' who successor will be or when they'll be named
OTTAWA - Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux has "no idea" who will be taking over his job when his term ends next month. Giroux, who took on the job in 2018, will mark his final day on September...
Aug 15, 2025

'Great relief': After uncertainty, Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall
TORONTO - Thomas Mete says he is feeling "great relief" now that he knows he'll be returning to Harvard University to finish the last year of his degree, after a tumultuous summer of limbo. "I can't w...
Aug 15, 2025

Court to hear from family, community of victim of Winnipeg serial killer
WINNIPEG - The parents of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer are set to give victim impact statements at a special court hearing today. Manitoba Court of King's Be...
Aug 15, 2025

Ottawa voices its resolve for Ukraine as Trump-Putin talks underway in Alaska
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government says Canada's support for Ukraine is resolute ahead of talks today between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump has ...
Aug 15, 2025

Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina
Parissa Ahmadi says the least worst thing that could happen if she doesn't make it to Saskatchewan this summer, and is deported to Afghanistan, is that she's jailed and tortured. The worst thing - she...
Aug 15, 2025

Wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia have residents on high alert
ST. JOHN'S - Thousands are out of their homes, and many more are on alert to evacuate as wildfires continue to rage across Atlantic Canada. Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have expanded an evac...
Aug 15, 2025

More brands of Dubai chocolate recalled in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Aug 14, 2025

Fact File: Canadian misidentified as CDC headquarters shooter
Social media posts falsely claimed a Canadian teen, Silas Kruger, was responsible for a shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on Friday that lef...
Aug 14, 2025

Judge overstepped his authority in ruling against Quebec's language law: appeal court
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal says a provincial court judge overstepped his jurisdiction when he ruled that part of the province's language law is unconstitutional. In May 2024, Quebec court Jud...
Aug 14, 2025