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Lucky Duck Mail Club sends out kindness and patience during Canada Post strike
By Canadian Press on October 4th, 2025
Kiki Klassen started the Lucky Duck Mail Club not long before last year’s Canada Post strike and spent about five hours driving around communities neighbouring her St. Catharines, Ont., home delivering envelopes. “People were absolutely shocked. They had no idea how it got there,” laughed Klassen “People were messaging me on Instagram: ‘You’re incredible. How ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous Peoples grapple with claims downplaying the history of residential schools
By Canadian Press on October 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential schools has been exaggerated or falsified. It’s a problem community leaders say poses a real challenge to reconciliation efforts across the country. The Truth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things on the Artemis II mission to the moon with Canada’s Jeremy Hansen
By Canadian Press on October 4th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has spent two-and-a-half years preparing for his upcoming trip to the moon and back, and he’s loved every minute of it. “I know that after I launch and come back, I’m going to miss what I’m doing right now,” Hansen said in an interview last week about all the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Could a U.S. visa fee push tech workers to Canada? Here’s what you need to know
By Canadian Press on October 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he sees an opening for Canada to attract global tech talent now that the United States is introducing a $100,000 fee for temporary visas for workers with specialized skills. But the Canadian tech sector typically sees a lot of migration to the U.S. among high-skill employees — and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec LNG proposal not of ‘national interest’ at this point, says federal minister
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it’s too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched in Quebec is of national interest. Marinvest Energy Canada has lobbied the government in recent months regarding a possible natural gas pipeline and export facility near Baie-Comeau, Que. Hodgson says the proposal by Marinvest, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three-way race as Yukon heads into an election set for Nov. 3.
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
WHITEHORSE — Yukon’s election will be held on Nov. 3, and while Friday was the last possible day the vote could be called under the territory’s legislation, none of the three main parties have a full slate of 21 candidates. Liberal Premier Mike Pemberton, who’s had the job since June, asked Commissioner of Yukon Adeline ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government says flypast for King’s visit to Ottawa cost more than $800,000
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says the Royal Canadian Air Force flypast during King Charles III’s visit to Ottawa this spring cost more than $824,700. The department released a tally of its expenses associated with the royal visit, which came to more than $1.28 million, in response to a question from a Bloc ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expect retaliation after Starbucks shooting of organized crime figure, expert says
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — A former Montreal police investigator warns that more violence could follow this week’s shooting at a Starbucks north of the city, as the victim was formally identified as an organized crime figure. Charalambos Theologou, 40, died in the mid-morning shooting at a commercial plaza in Laval, Que. that also left two other people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson earlier this week denied Marineland’s request to export 30 belugas to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, an aquarium in China. The Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction says Chimelong was the only option for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that’s fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appear to be choosing their words on the matter very carefully. Pierre Poilievre was asked twice this past week whether he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post tables new offers to union that include job cut provisions
By Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2025
Canada Post’s latest contract offers to striking postal workers has many of the same terms as its “final offers” in May, but removes a signing bonus and now has provisions related to job cuts expected ahead. The offers presented Friday come a little over a week after the federal government announced plans to transform the ... Read More »
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