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Border workers begin work-to-rule action as negotiations with government continue
Border service officers have begun work-to-rule action while unions and the government continue to negotiate a new contract. The Public Service Alliance of...
Canada added 94,000 jobs in July, pushing jobless rate down to 7.5%
Canada’s economy added 94,000 jobs in July, far fewer than what economists were expecting, but enough to push the jobless rate down to...
Meng Wanzhou to return to court in B.C. for final weeks of extradition proceeding
Meng Wanzhou will return to a Vancouver courtroom Wednesday for the final weeks of an extradition proceeding that has lasted more than two...
American couple who retired in Nova Scotia leave $4.8M to local hospital
An American couple who found peace in a small, seaside Nova Scotia town will continue serving the community for years to come. Tim...
Northwestern Ontario under smoke alerts due to forest fires in region and Manitoba
As northwestern Ontario continues its weeks-long battle against forest fires, Environment Canada has issued more air quality statements for the entire region due...
Long-term care improvements would cost $13.7 billion, PBO says
Governments would have to double their spending on long-term care to implement a range of improvements proposed in the wake of the COVID-19...
How Canadian tourism sustains Cuba’s army and one-party state
Standing on a street corner in Montreal, Reinaldo Rodriguez has a message for Canadians. “Canadian tourists are feeding the Cuban regime,” he told...
Air quality from wildfire smoke hits dangerous levels in cities across B.C., as smoke heads west
For days, thick smoke from wildfires has blanketed B.C. cities in the Kootenays and Okanagan. Now, Metro Vancouver is bracing for that smoke to...
Business travel isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon
Kacey Siskind recently took her first business trip to the U.S. since the pandemic began. The vice-president of business development at Honk Mobile, a parking...
Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C.
Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.’s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of...
Singh hopes to build ‘momentum’ on tour of Indigenous communities
When the evacuation of Neskantaga First Nation due to tainted water made international headlines last fall, then-chief Chris Moonias encouraged the prime minister and other federal politicians to...
Grassy Narrows funding pact for mercury-poisoning care home spurs joy and bitter memories
Sitting in the bleachers around the powwow grounds of Grassy Narrows First Nation, dozens of community members gathered for a feast on Monday....
ArcelorMittal Dofasco getting $400M from Ottawa to cut greenhouse gas emissions
The federal government has announced $400 million for a project at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that the company says will help it cut carbon emissions by more...
Washington’s reasons for keeping border closed to Canadians still murky a week later
A week after the U.S. government surprised many by announcing the land border with Canada would remain closed for the time being, the...
Extreme drought in southern B.C. taking devastating toll on life in water and on land
What was once a steady stream of cool, clear water had become a patch of shallow, muddy puddles. Inside these remaining pools not...
