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Experts say Ottawa’s new AI task force is skewed towards industry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has given its new AI "task force" until the end of the month to fast-track changes to the national artificial intelligence strategy - a plan that critics say leans too ...
Oct 08, 2025
Jobs minister urges striking Canada Post union to respond to latest offer
OTTAWA - The federal jobs minister is urging the union representing striking Canada Post workers to respond to the Crown corporation's latest offers. Patty Hajdu told reporters on the way into the Lib...
Oct 08, 2025
'Love my job': Alberta teachers look to make ends meet in provincewide strike
EDMONTON - If Adrien Dominguez were teaching this week, he'd be introducing physics to a class of 38 high school students. Instead, the math and science teacher from High Prairie, northwest of Edmonto...
Oct 07, 2025
MPs launch probe of trucking sector, Bloc calls out labour standards
OTTAWA - Labour standards in Canada's trucking sector are under scrutiny as a House of Commons committee launched a study of the issue this week and the Bloc Qubcois called on the government to end wh...
Oct 07, 2025
Striking B.C. public service workers expand pickets again to more liquor stores
VANCOUVER - Too many wildland firefighters "hang up their boots" in British Columbia as wages and working conditions erode, but losing that experience could also mean billions in losses, a wildland fi...
Oct 07, 2025
Halifax firefighters call for new leadership, say department ignored reported abuse
HALIFAX - The president of the Halifax firefighters union is calling for a complete leadership change at the municipal firefighting department, following years of what he says are failures in the resp...
Oct 06, 2025
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA - Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last fiscal year for failing to comply with the rules for temporary foreign worker permits, new government data shows. A new ...
Oct 06, 2025
Thousands of union members greeted MLAs outside B.C. legislature as it has resumed
VICTORIA - Thousands of union members representing different sectors filled the lawn outside the British Columbia legislature as politicians inside began the fall session on Monday. The return of the ...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers say strike aims to fix crisis, Smith says province wants to bargain
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta teachers union said Monday the provincewide strike by thousands of members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so eg...
Oct 06, 2025
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Carney in Washington Prime Minister Mark Carney will head to Washington this week to meet with U.S. President Dona...
Oct 05, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...