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Canada’s ‘exceptional’ drought hints at future climate, need for action: experts
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer’s bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. Seventy-one per cent of the country was either abnormally dry or under drought conditions as of the end of July, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post union tables new offers seeking higher wages
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it presented new offers to Canada Post today seeking higher wages than the Crown corporation’s latest proposal. The union resumed bargaining with the employer this morning and says the latest offers met the needs of postal workers. The latest proposals include wage increases of nine per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada Post union tables new offers seeking higher wages
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it presented new offers to Canada Post today seeking higher wages than the Crown corporation’s latest proposal. Unionized workers rejected Canada Post’s most recent offers in a direct vote earlier this month. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada seeks meeting to address China’s WTO complaint over steel tariffs
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is defending its steel tariffs against China after Beijing lodged a complaint last week at the World Trade Organization. Beijing is taking issue with Canada’s 25 per cent surtax on imports that contain steel melted or poured in China, calling the duties discriminatory and urging Ottawa to reverse course. Prime Minister Mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government renews promise to make changes to contentious forestry reform bill
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will find solutions and defuse rising tension over a forestry bill that has sparked blockades and confrontations between Indigenous protesters and industry workers. Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière and Natural Resources Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina have renewed a promise to modify the proposed legislation following meetings this week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada to cover certain transportation expenses for some customers
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
Air Canada says it is adopting a policy to cover “certain transportation expenses” incurred by customers while getting to their destinations during the recent work stoppage. The airline said Wednesday it will reimburse customers for those costs if they had a cancelled flight originally scheduled to depart from Aug. 15 to Aug. 23, Air Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly: Visits to Saab, Lockheed ‘normal’ part of her job amid F-35 review
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians shouldn’t read too much into her visit to a Swedish defence manufacturer that comes right in the middle of a major government review of the F-35 fighter jet procurement. Joly says she visited Saab’s facilities in Sweden this week and was shown the Gripen-E jet, which is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police investigating after body found on roof of hospital in Montreal suburb
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police in Montreal’s northern suburb are investigating after a man in his 40s was found dead on the roof of a hospital on Tuesday. Sgt. Laurent Arsenault with police in Laval, Que., says officers were called to Cité-de-la-santé hospital at around 9:35 a.m. by employees who found the body. Arsenault says the man ... Read More »
1 responseTrump slaps sanctions on Canadian International Criminal Court judge
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court with sanctions as the U.S. State Department continues to push back on the tribunal. The State Department says Kimberly Prost of Canada was sanctioned for ruling to authorize the ICC’s investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. Other ICC members from France, ... Read More »
1 responseHodgson ‘hopeful’ first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says he’s “hopeful” that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hodgson says the federal government has been busy consulting with stakeholders over the summer and has been quietly getting a new major projects office set ... Read More »
1 responseAir Canada set to announce new expenses policy for passengers as restart continues
By Canadian Press on August 20th, 2025
Air Canada says it plans to announce a new “exceptional policy” in which the company will cover transportation expenses incurred by customers while getting to their destinations during the recent work stoppage. The airline said it would share details about the policy on Wednesday. It comes as Air Canada continues ramping up flights amid an ... Read More »
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