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Canada Post heads back into bargaining with union after delay
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are set to return to the bargaining table today. Plans to rekindle talks late last week were delayed due to a lack of federal government ...
Aug 20, 2025
After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is 'dead,' says union leader
OTTAWA - A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada's labour code that allo...
Aug 20, 2025
Quebec government renews promise to make changes to forestry reform bill
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is renewing its promise to modify a forestry bill that has provoked blockades and growing tension in the province. Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenire said Tuesd...
Aug 20, 2025
Air Canada routes within North America to ramp up this morning as restart continues
Air Canada flights within North America are expected to ramp up this morning as the airline continues its operational restart following a three-day flight attendants' strike. The company resumed fligh...
Aug 20, 2025
Israeli military will call up 50,000 reservists as it plans new phase of war in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that the country's top generals had approved plans to begin a new phase of operations in some of Gaza's most densely populated areas. Sp...
Aug 20, 2025
Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand tria...
Aug 19, 2025
Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand tria...
Aug 19, 2025
Thieves tug at heartstrings in string of Canada-wide distraction thefts, police say
EDMONTON - Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of "distraction" thefts across Canada. Edmonton po...
Aug 19, 2025
Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed Tuesday evening. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. follo...
Aug 19, 2025
Vernon Canadians take gold at the Western Baseball Championships
The local U18AA baseball team has earned some serious hardware.The Vernon Vipers, representing B.C., beat Team Manitoba 4-3 in the Western Baseball Championship gold medal game Sunday, August 17.This ...
Aug 19, 2025
