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Canada Post and union meeting delayed until next week due to mediator availability
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says. The two sides, which were set to meet Friday, will now meet on Aug. 20. It’s been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight It’s the final day before a potential work stoppage could ground all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights. More than 10,000 flight attendants are poised to walk off the job ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia have residents on high alert
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Thousands are out of their homes, and many more are on alert to evacuate as wildfires continue to rage across Atlantic Canada. Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have expanded an evacuation alert along the Bay De Verde Peninsula as the Kingston wildfire burns nearby. The community of Job’s Cove in Newfoundland is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
Parissa Ahmadi says the least worst thing that could happen if she doesn’t make it to Saskatchewan this summer, and is deported to Afghanistan, is that she’s jailed and tortured. The worst thing — she doesn’t like thinking about too much. “It’s not a good thing,” the recent graduate of the American University of Afghanistan’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa voices its resolve for Ukraine as Trump-Putin talks underway in Alaska
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government says Canada’s support for Ukraine is resolute ahead of talks today between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump has arranged the talks in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a possible land swap between territories held by Ukraine and those claimed by Russia, despite not including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court to hear from family, community of victim of Winnipeg serial killer
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The parents of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer are set to give victim impact statements at a special court hearing today. Manitoba Court of King’s Bench agreed to the hearing for the family and community of Ashlee Shingoose, a year after Jeremy Skibicki was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Great relief’: After uncertainty, Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Thomas Mete says he is feeling “great relief” now that he knows he’ll be returning to Harvard University to finish the last year of his degree, after a tumultuous summer of limbo. “I can’t wait to be back in Cambridge,” the fourth-year economics student said in an interview from Montreal this week. Mete ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal budget watchdog has ‘no idea’ who successor will be or when they’ll be named
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux has “no idea” who will be taking over his job when his term ends next month. Giroux, who took on the job in 2018, will mark his final day on September 2. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Giroux said he’s reached out to the Privy Council ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post and union set to meet, two weeks after workers rejected contract
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers are set to head back to the bargaining table today. It’s been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers’ latest offers in a majority vote. After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More brands of Dubai chocolate recalled in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says several additional brands of Dubai pistachio and knafeh milk chocolate have been recalled. The brands are Chocofolie, Chocolato, Chocolats Favoris, Dubai and Vincent Sélection. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain on the way after Vancouver Island wildfire grows by more than half
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
PORT ALBERNI — A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood fire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts measured more than 34 square kilometres on Thursday, about 58 per cent ... Read More »
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