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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...
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...
Unions warn Canadians to expect disruptions at airports and border crossings starting Friday
The unions representing Canada’s border agents are warning travellers to expect long lineups and delays at airports and border crossings if workers proceed with...
How Niagara museums plan to tell the story of COVID-19 50 to 100 years from now
A number of Ontario museums are working overtime to collect artifacts such as social distancing signs and multimedia files — including high-resolution photographs — as...
TBS’s Biggest Scandals Ever OMG
In 1995, according to The New York Times, the Time Warner conglomerate of media and cable systems purchased the 82 percent of the...
Family of Black man fatally shot by police in Repentigny, Que., blame racism for his death
The family of a Repentigny, Que., man who died after police shot him three times in the stomach on Sunday are blaming anti-Black racism in the...
Desperate employers dangle signing bonuses to lure in workers
Security systems firm Fitch Security Integration had to lay off employees at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Now the company is facing...
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...
New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies
When Katherine Hannah and Zahra Musaji first started at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency back in 1999, they couldn’t have told you what colour the carpet...
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...
Acting defence chief’s notes reveal weeks of intense discussions of how to handle Fortin allegation
Handwritten notes by Canada’s acting chief of defence staff before Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s removal as head of the country’s vaccine rollout reveal weeks of intense discussions...
Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation
By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises...
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say
A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a...
B.C. responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season
At the halfway point of B.C.’s fire season, the province is “significantly higher” than the 10-year average both in terms of the number...
Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million...
Transgender woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an ‘impossible struggle’
Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she’s been attempting to get identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive...
