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CP NewsAlert: Talks break off between B.C. government and public service union
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — Contract talks between the B.C. government and the union representing public service workers in the province broke off shortly after they began today. BC General Employees’ Union president Paul Finch says government negotiators showed up three hours late and offered no material improvement over previous contract offers. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Campbell not a ‘saviour’ but a much-needed conduit for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell said his appointment as British Columbia’s new point-person to improve quality of life for people living in the city’s Downtown Eastside doesn’t mean he’s a “czar” or saviour of the beleaguered neighbourhood. Campbell said the saviours are those who work every day in the community, which is an epicentre for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn’t been ‘substantially started’
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn’t been “substantially started,” contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in June. Petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week allege the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been given the green-light by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon’s $14M sexual assault civil trial now up to judge
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — After 10 long months, the civil trial pitting Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon against nine plaintiffs accusing him of sexual assault has come to an end. The 70-year-old Rozon is being sued for a total of nearly $14 million in damages over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. The alleged incidents occurred between 1980 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gitxsan hereditary Chief alleges B.C. pipeline approved without proper consultation
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A hereditary Chief with the Gitxsan Nation has filed a legal challenge against the British Columbia government’s decision to allow a liquefied natural gas pipeline project to proceed through its “untouched” territory without proper consultation. The B.C. Environment Ministry announced in June that the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa gets nearly 1,000 federal budget briefs, with many AI and digital policy asks
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal finance committee has received 948 briefs as part of its consultation ahead of the federal budget, with many of them touching on artificial intelligence and digital policy issues. Among the submissions — the most the committee has received in recent years — is a request from an organization representing hospitals for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Millions of dollars for Algoma Steel loan is a matter of sovereignty: Hajdu
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Algoma Steel Group Inc. is set to receive half a billion dollars in government loans to help it reorient its business away from the United States as the federal government argues supporting the domestic steel industry is a matter of Canadian sovereignty. Ottawa’s $400 million in financial assistance will come from the Large ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell to oversee provincial efforts on DTES
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — Former senator and past Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell has been appointed as British Columbia’s new point-person to improve quality of life for those living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Campbell, who served as mayor between 2002 and 2005, then in the Senate until 2023, says in a statement that he will use his experience ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Major Projects Office absorbing existing team already doing much of the same work
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government’s new Calgary-based major projects office to help fast track major infrastructure proposals will absorb a similar division created in Ottawa just over one year ago to do almost the same thing. The Clean Growth Office launched in July 2024, as a division within the Privy Council Office. It was allocated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an open letter on Monday. The letter signed by Canadian, European, and American environmental groups calls for urgent changes, noting that a decade on, inaction is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee gets nearly 1,000 budget submissions ahead of federal budget
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal finance committee has received 948 briefs as part of its consultation ahead of the federal budget. It’s the highest number of submissions the committee has received in recent years, with many of them touching on artificial intelligence and digital policy issues. That includes a request from an organization representing hospitals for ... Read More »
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