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Federal deficit could average $78B over 4 years, think tank warns
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa’s recently announced spending plans — which include a much bigger defence budget — will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years. In a new analysis released today, the think tank says it expects Canada’s deficit to top $92 billion this fiscal year, given Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Statistics Canada says merchandise trade deficit $5.9 billion in May
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in May as gold exports climbed higher. The result compares with the record trade deficit of $7.6 billion seen in April. Exports were up 1.1 per cent in May at $60.8 billion as exports of metal and non-metallic mineral products increased ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Travellers could see delays after bomb threats at Canadian airports: NAV Canada
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
Canada’s air traffic control service says some airports across the country could see delays after receiving bomb threats early this morning. NAV Canada says the threats impact airports in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. It says employees at these airports are safe and there was a temporary ground stop. The Ottawa airport says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Public servants losing confidence, major agribusiness merger
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Public servants’ confidence in their bosses drops Confidence federal public servants have in their senior managers has fallen in recent years, a new survey suggests. The 2024 Public Service Employee Survey said 55 per cent of public servants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe’s eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapons. “I’m deeply concerned about this,” said Sen. Marilou McPhedran. “Thousands and thousands of lives have been saved because of this treaty.” Global ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New supply management law won’t save the system from Trump, experts say
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say. “It’s certainly more difficult to strike a deal with the United States now with the passage of this bill that basically forces Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor. But searchers for the snake had a reliable witness, and cool conditions last week in the area suggested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel-Hamas conflict: Tension at Montreal college worse after Quebec’s investigation
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — The director general of a junior college in Montreal says a recent government investigation into the climate at the school may have had a chilling effect on teachers. Benoit Morin says the investigation exacerbated tensions at Vanier College, which has been under scrutiny since last fall due to complaints that the Israel-Hamas war ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fewer federal bureaucrats express confidence in their bosses, survey suggests
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Confidence federal public servants have in their senior managers has fallen in recent years, a new survey suggests. The 2024 Public Service Employee Survey said 55 per cent of public servants have confidence in senior management at their department or agency, down from 64 per cent in 2022 and 68 per cent in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec language watchdog now says it’s OK to use ‘go’ to support sports teams
By Canadian Press on July 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s language watchdog has changed its tune on whether it’s acceptable to use the word “go” to cheer on sports teams. In a new guideline posted in its online dictionary, the Office quĂ©bĂ©cois de la langue française says that while “allez” is the preferred term, it’s now “partially legitimized” to use the English ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disastrous collapse of cyanide-soaked ore at Yukon mine happened in seconds: report
By Canadian Press on July 2nd, 2025
An independent review says last year’s spill of millions of tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine unfolded in seconds but resulted from the “accumulation of a series of adverse conditions and events.” The 156-page report released Wednesday says the June 2024 collapse was triggered by the failure of a section of Eagle ... Read More »
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