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Steel firms, workers to meet with MPs in Ottawa urging tariff action against U.S.
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian steel companies and union workers are meeting with members of Parliament today with the hopes of convincing Ottawa to punch back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hike. Industry and labour groups, along with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, are all calling on the federal government to quickly implement matching tariffs to retaliate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian men, children held in Syria pursue human rights complaints against Ottawa
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A dozen Canadian men and children detained in Syria are complaining to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that Ottawa is discriminating against them by not assisting their return to Canada. The Canadians are among the foreign nationals who have endured squalid and dangerous conditions for years in camps and prisons run by Kurdish ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port supervisors union and employers ratify four-year deal
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship and Dock Foremen Local 514 said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port supervisors’ union and employers ratify four-year deal
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship and Dock Foremen Local 514 say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. port supervisors’ union, employers ratify 4-year deal
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Throne speech adopted without a vote in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — The government’s reply to the throne speech was adopted in the House of Commons Wednesday. It was adopted “on division,” meaning no recorded vote was held. It does not need a vote in the Senate. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Steven MacKinnon said on social media that the adoption ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two lots of birth control pills recalled because they contained too many placebos
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
TORONTO — Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills. The agency says Teva Canada Ltd. received a complaint that the packages had an extra row of placebos in place of the active pills. The packages of Seasonale are supposed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former astronaut, federal minister Marc Garneau dies at 76
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space who went on to become a high-profile federal politician, has died at 76 years old. MPs rose for a moment of silence in the House of Commons tonight at the request of government whip Mark Gerretsen. Garneau was a pioneer in Canada’s space program. He later ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prisoners allege pandemic rules ‘wreaked havoc’ on minds in class-action lawsuit
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Federal prison inmates who allege they were subjected to inhumane treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have cleared a crucial legal hurdle to move forward with a class-action lawsuit filed five years ago against the Canadian government. The British Columbia Supreme Court last week certified the class of inmates who claim they were “subject ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Former minister, astronaut Marc Garneau dies at 76
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Former astronaut and minister Marc Garneau has died at 76 years old. MPs rose for a moment of silence in the House of Commons tonight at the request of government whip Mark Gerretsen. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smoke covering parts of U.S. as wildfires continue to rage in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
Swaths of smoke from wildfires that have torched buildings and forced thousands from their homes in Western Canada have drifted as far as Newfoundland and Labrador in the east and Texas in the south. People in the northern and heavily populated southern areas of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are feeling it the worst, as that’s where ... Read More »
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