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CP NewsAlert: Budget watchdog forecasts sharp rise in deficit to $68.5B this year
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says he expects the upcoming fall budget will reveal a sharp increase in Ottawa’s annual deficit to $68.5 billion this year, up from $51.7 billion last year. Interim PBO Jason Jacques also forecasts in a new report that federal debt-to-GDP is no longer on a declining path over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: PBO’s fiscal update, factors fuelling inflation, student job cuts
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… PBO to release updated fiscal, economic outlook The parliamentary budget officer intends to publish an updated outlook today on Canada’s economy and Ottawa’s finances as scrutiny over the looming federal budget heats up. Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog will publish ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tariffs, government spending, gas prices — what’s driving inflation right now?
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem — inflation — which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-high inflation levels seen in the post-pandemic recovery period, when prices for housing, fuel and groceries all surged. But the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police probe threats of violence aimed at businesses linked to B.C. ostrich cull
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
EDGEWOOD, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating “escalating threats of violence” directed at businesses linked or thought to be associated with a cull of some 400 ostriches, which have been spared for now. RCMP say businesses across the province have been “flooded” with calls and emails with “language intended to intimidate” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Keen to get back to the table,’ minister says of B.C. government workers job action
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says there is some back-channel work going on around the escalating dispute between the government and striking public-sector workers, although she has no date for new talks. Bailey’s comments come as members of the B.C. General Employees’ Union put up pickets in front of more than two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian virus research hub in Saskatoon turns 50 amid concerns over U.S. funding
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
SASKATOON — One of Canada’s premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend the global fight against disease. “Having all of that capacity gone from the U.S., as well as the investment in vaccine development, is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal inmate expected to plead guilty today to killing serial killer Robert Pickton
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — An inmate accused of killing notorious serial killer Robert Pickton in a prison attack last year is expected to plead guilty today. Martin Charest was charged with first-degree murder in July, more than a year after Pickton died following a May 2024 assault at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary. Charest’s lawyer confirms her client ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Almost 2,000 student employees cut from federal government in the last fiscal year
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were employed in the federal public service at the end of March 2024. A year later, in March 2025, that number had fallen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indonesian president signs trade deal, defence pact with Canada
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has signed a trade agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Parliament Hill. The trade deal is comprehensive, meaning it opens up trade in multiple industries with the world’s fourth most populous country. Last November both countries announced they had finished trade negotiations that started in 2021. Indonesia is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possible medieval artifacts found in B.C. thrift store, donated for study
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A thrift store in Chilliwack, B.C., has donated a collection of artifacts that researchers at Simon Fraser University believe may date back to medieval or Roman times. Thrifty Boutique manager Sandy Parker says it is the most unique donation she has seen in her 11 years working at the store. She says they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India’s new top envoy in Canada starts term as signs emerge of a thaw in relations
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — India’s new high commissioner to Canada officially started his job on Wednesday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials. “We’re getting signals from India that they are very much interested in rebuilding this relationship,” said Vina Nadjibulla of the Asia Pacific Foundation. “It’s ... Read More »
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