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Pressure mounts on feds to end Canada Post strike
The business community is ramping up pressure on the federal government to intervene in the ongoing Canada Post strike, which is on its 20th day.
GST holiday vote expected to pass today with support from Liberals and NDP
The bill was introduced on behalf of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the NDP to at least temporarily stop debate on a Conservative filibuster.
Conservatives win a majority in Nova Scotia, NDP make gains
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he needed a strong, fresh mandate to negotiate with the federal government on issues such as carbon pricing.
Premiers want emergency meeting with Trudeau before Trump returns to White House
Premier Doug Ford, who chairs the premiers' association known as the Council of the Federation, tells Trudeau in a letter today that premiers want to be part of a "Team Canada" approach to everything from trade and secure borders to energy, defence and cross-border supply chains.
N.S. votes today after a campaign on housing, affordability, health care
Tory Leader Tim Houston called the snap election on Oct. 27, ignoring his government’s election law, which for the first time in Nova Scotia set a fixed election date — July 15, 2025.
Trump's choice for ambassador to Canada is former congressman Pete Hoekstra
Hoekstra served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands during Trump's first term as president. The current U.S. envoy to Canada, David Cohen, has held the post since 2021.
B.C. pummeled by bomb cyclone that carried hurricane-force winds, cut roads and power
Hurricane-force winds of up to 159 km/h have slammed into parts of the British Columbia Coast as a massive storm swirling off Vancouver Island severed highways and cut power to about 225,000 people.
Canada Post workers walk out on strike Friday morning
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it's been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.
Stolen Winston Churchill portrait by Karsh returns to Ottawa
A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place today, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it.
New Brunswick Liberal premier confirms provincial carbon pricing plan coming
Susan Holt said her government would remove the province's four-cent-a-litre gas tax and then submit to Ottawa a "made in New Brunswick climate plan."