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In the news today: Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on October 10th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a decision that will get mail and parcels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
By Canadian Press on October 10th, 2025
EDMONTON — An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as “incoherent.” Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the nearly 200-page “tool kit” hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
By Canadian Press on October 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five “key objectives” that will help the Liberal government achieve its core missions. In a July 8 letter, Carney gave the ministers and secretaries less than three weeks to map out these priorities for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time. Its announcement comes a day after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!J.K. Rowling mocks Vancouver park board after its apology over Harry Potter event
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says being disavowed by the Vancouver Board of Parks wasn’t “much of a blow” after its commissioners unanimously voted to apologize for a Harry Potter event opening in Stanley Park next month. Rowling posted a screenshot on social media of board commissioner Tom Digby’s statement about how it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Murder trial of former B.C. lawyer concludes, decision to be given in Kamloops
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer accused of killing his client has concluded at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Rogelio ‘Butch’ Bagabuyo is accused of killing Mohd Abdullah, a lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, on March 11, 2022. Justice Kathleen Ker told the court on Thursday, after closing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CEO of new Major Projects Office skirts MPs’ questions about tanker ban
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s new Major Projects Office and her staff sidestepped MPs’ questions Thursday about whether she has special powers to skirt the West Coast tanker ban. Dawn Farrell was hired earlier this year as the CEO of the new office, which has been tasked by the federal government with reviewing project ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alleged Chinese spy trial: Judge starts hearing case against ex-Hydro employee
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — The long-awaited trial of a former researcher at Quebec’s electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China opened Thursday with the Crown beginning to present its case. Yuesheng Wang, 38, is the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act. “The RCMP investigation initiated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand says consular officers can help as Israel detains more Canadians from flotilla
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians detained by Israel for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip should accept Ottawa’s consular help to get home. Anand said today six Canadians have been detained from boats in the Mediterranean Sea sailing toward Gaza and Ottawa is asking Israeli authorities to release them as soon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government tables draft constitution to protect values, boost autonomy
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled a draft constitution that would enshrine the right to abortion and assisted dying while boosting the province’s autonomy within Canada. Premier François Legault says the constitution bill, tabled Thursday in the national assembly, would protect Quebecers’ distinct identity and culture. The legislation is intended to defend what Legault’s ... Read More »
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