National News
Tax agency looking at AI, training to help call centre staff provide accurate answers
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — A senior official working at the Canada Revenue Agency says the agency is looking to artificial intelligence and better training to help call centre agents provide more accurate answers to taxpayers. Melanie Serjak, an assistant commissioner at the CRA, told MPs on a standing committee today the agency is looking to roll out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Shohei Ohtani’s fans in Canada and beyond say he’s ‘bigger than baseball’
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ defence was crumbling against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series, and pressure was mounting on L.A. players as the game got closer to the end. The boos that started raining down on Shohei Ohtani from the moment he ran onto the field became louder, and then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers won’t engage in work-to-rule as classes resume: union
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta’s teachers union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead to punishing fines, but he said Tuesday he is urging his colleagues to rethink going the extra mile when it comes to their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — Four Canadian-designed studies are set to be conducted aboard the International Space Station, soon to be hosting Albertan astronaut Joshua Kutryk. The studies will examine such things as astronauts’ mental health and how their bodies adapt to microgravity and cope with space anemia — a decrease in red blood cells. Kutryk, 43, of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers, schools set to resume classes for thousands after strike ends
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta’s teachers’ union says they will abide by a back-to-work order and will not engage in illegal actions such as work-to-rule. Jason Schilling says work-to-rule would lead to punishing fines, but he says he is urging his colleagues to re-evaluate going the extra mile when it comes to their volunteer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. presses its case ahead of Cowichan land meeting
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma says the provincial government’s argument in the landmark Cowichan Tribes land case was that Aboriginal and fee-simple title “cannot co-exist” on the same land in their full form. Sharma says there’s “perhaps nothing more important” to land owners than the security of their title, quoting directly from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post union asks Ottawa to butt out as talks set to resume
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The union representing thousands of Canada Post workers on rotating strike wants the federal government to butt out of bargaining as negotiators prepare to head back to the table with the employer for the first time in nearly a month. The Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers confirmed to The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the strike — the largest in Alberta history — and the need for labour stability in schools. Here is a look at the rarely used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in B.C. waters
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
There’s been a surge in boat strikes and entanglements involving humpbacks in British Columbia waters, two of them thought to have been fatal to the whales. Here are some recent incidents. Oct. 23: A Prince of Whales whale-watching boat hits a humpback in Howe Sound. A whale known as Wisp is found dead days later ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marine scientist says whale strikes ‘almost inevitable,’ urges boaters to slow down
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia marine mammal research scientist says recent boat strikes that have injured and killed humpback whales seem “almost inevitable” as their numbers increase in waters frequented by high-speed vessels. Lance Barrett-Lennard with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation says humpback whale numbers were decimated by the whaling industry up until the mid 1960s, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Industrial carbon price a focus Carney’s climate strategy consultations: sources
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Environment advocates say the federal government’s consultations ahead of the release of its climate competitiveness strategy next week have focused in part on making industrial carbon pricing a cornerstone of the new plan. Two senior officials at national environmental advocacy groups who met with the federal ministers developing the plan in recent weeks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
