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OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis is promising a "hot summer" of organized labour action if the right to strike is threatened by any revisions to the Canada Labour Code. While government consultations on ...

HALIFAX - A union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says talks with the government have broken down and there are no other dates scheduled. CUPE accused the government on Wed...

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot missed important steps on a checklist during maintenance work before one worker was injured and another killed by the tail rotor of a...

VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Van...

OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes were honoured in Ottawa Wednesday. Dozens of athletes from the Milano Cortina Games in Italy spent the day touring the capital, first with Gov. Gen. M...

Federal and Quebec politicians are criticizing the National Hockey League after Montreal Canadiens fans in the Gatineau region were banned from hosting a watch party at a local arena. Organizers of th...

TORONTO - Ontario's solicitor general is defending the new powers he is giving himself to direct police boards to follow provincial priorities. Michael Kerzner said the new powers in the province's re...

FREDERICTON - Early talks on an Indigenous-led public inquiry into systemic racism are underway between the New Brunswick government and First Nations, after widespread calls for justice system reform...

OTTAWA - Staunch environmentalist and former Liberal environment minister Steven Guilbeault confirmed Wednesday he will step down as a member of Parliament this summer. Guilbeault has become increasin...

National Bank of Canada says it has upped its cost savings targets after acquiring Canadian Western Bank last year as it reported Wednesday that its profit rose last quarter. The Montreal-based bank a...