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Federal inquiry into Canada Post kicks off hearings
OTTAWA - An inquiry into Canada Post kicked off hearings Monday, looking into a month-long strike that ended in government intervention and the viability of the postal service's business model. Canada...
Jan 27, 2025
Land long reserved for possible Pickering airport will go to Parks Canada: minister
After more than a half century in limbo, the federal government has abandoned plans for an airport at a site in Pickering, Ont., and will instead look to expand the area's urban national park. Transpo...
Jan 27, 2025
Ford's decision to speed up alcohol sales expansion will cost province $612M: report
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores - which first sparked early election speculation last spring - will cost the province more than $600 mi...
Jan 27, 2025
Economists expect sixth straight - but modest - rate cut from Bank of Canada
TORONTO - Economic forecasts suggest the Bank of Canada will likely lower its key policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday in light of recent inflation and jobs data, bringing it do...
Jan 27, 2025
Public service productivity study group not looking at remote work, says member
OTTAWA - The working group tasked with measuring productivity within Canada's federal public service has not looked at remote work, one of its members says. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labou...
Jan 26, 2025
Some Century-brand tuna recalled because of undeclared wheat
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall notice for two kinds of canned Century-brand flaked tuna. The agency says two types of the brand's "hot and spicy" tuna were found to c...
Jan 25, 2025 The recalled products are 180-gram cans of Century-brand Light Tuna Flakes in Hot & Spicy Sauce and Century-brand Flaked Light Tuna Hot & Spicy Style. (CJME files)
Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems
OTTAWA - In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. The s...
Jan 25, 2025 President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he signs an executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ben Curtis)
'I'm homeless': Jasper residents rally for housing as government negotiations stall
JASPER, ALTA. - An Albertan who lost her home in the devastating Jasper wildfire last year says broken promises by the United Conservative Party government in setting up interim housing for those disp...
Jan 24, 2025
Mi'kmaq chiefs in Nova Scotia reject latest federal offer for a livelihood fishery
HALIFAX - The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs says it has rejected an offer from the federal Fisheries Department regarding the establishment of livelihood fisheries. The 13 chiefs issued a sta...
Jan 24, 2025
Canada Post gets $1-billion loan from federal government amid financial struggles
OTTAWA - The federal government is providing a $1-billion loan to Canada Post to help the Crown corporation continue operating amid "significant financial challenges." Canada Post says it was notified...
Jan 24, 2025 The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company's Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday June 1, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...