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Parcel backlog mounting as CUPW rejects latest offer from Canada Post
The union representing postal workers has just rejected an offer from Canada Post. It now seems the Crown corporation will head into its busiest time of year mired in a labour dispute. Journalists barred from Morneau speech in Beijing a day after Trudeau praises free press
Just a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke out in Paris in support of a free press — an institution he said needs to be "free-thinking, independent, rigorous, robust, respected" — Canada's finance minister gave a key speech in Beijing behind clo
Unhappy voter loses bid to officially vote ‘none of the above’ in federal electionPolitical | 185 hits | 10:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
He wanted ballots cast for 'none of the above' to be counted and noted, as a way of expressing dissatisfaction with political options ‘An honour system’: Elections BC, Elections Canada can’t confirm voters' citizenshipPolitical | 200 hits | 3:28 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
With just weeks to go before referendum ballots are due, Elections BC is trusting you to tell the truth about your citizenship status. It has no way of verifying the information. Clement admits to multiple infidelities, says foreign actors tried to extort him
Former Conservative MP Tony Clement, dropped from caucus during a public sexting scandal, is admitting to multiple cases of "inappropriate exchanges" online and says foreign actors tried to financially extort him. Tony Clement resigns duties over sexually explicit images Political | 176 hits | 6:22 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
Even the Queen is more accountable for her expenses than Adrienne ClarksonPolitical | 251 hits | 9:33 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
The idea that expenses should be paid after an office-holder leaves that office – and paid for life – has no parallel in Canadian public life Churchill residents rejoice as rail service gets back on track
Full passenger and freight rail service should be restored to Churchill, Man., by the end of the month. Conservatives push back when asked why they cracked open bottle, launched into song at meeting
What liquid is clear, comes in a glass bottle and gets served up in red plastic cups? That is the question after a meeting to elect a new MP as chair of the Canadian NATO parliamentary association descended into chaos Tuesday night with what appear to be CRA reaps more than $1B through clawbacks of federal benefits over 5 years
The Canada Revenue Agency netted more than $1 billion over the past five years through the agency's annual reviews of Canadians' federal benefits — prompting critics to accuse the agency of making money off the most vulnerable. Dead or not dead' Scheer compares Trans Mountain under Trudeau to Monty Python parrot sketchPolitical | 254 hits | 4:17 PM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
'I believe it is (his) strategy to not have this pipeline even started to be built by the next election. He just can't admit that it will be dead by the next election' Canadian embassy in Athens attacked with sledgehammers, red paint
A Greek anarchist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Canadian embassy in the country early Sunday morning.Paul to Saudi foreign minister: 'It takes a lot of damn gall' to lecture the US
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul pushed back on the Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir Monday who criticized him for suggesting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's death.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul pushed back on the Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir Monday who criticized him for suggesting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's death. Liberal government writes off $1.1B US loan to Chrysler, plus interest, docs show
CBC News has learned that the Liberal government has written off a loan made to Chrysler in 2009 to bail out the auto sector. The taxpayer-funded loan has been accruing interest for nine years without payments, and the write-off represents a loss of publi How a shift in Ottawa's bookkeeping is going to make the deficit loom larger
The deficit and debt numbers in the federal government’s Annual Financial Report being released today will be higher than projected because of a significant accounting change Ottawa is making. Trudeau changes tune on Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, refuses to comment on documentsPolitical | 94 hits | 2:30 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Lawyers for Norman, who was charged with breach of trust for allegedly leaking government secrets, said in a court filing that the government had "cherry-picked" what information to disclose. Lose your illusions. It's an ugly, dystopian world: Neil Macdonald
People my age grew up believing the world, led by the West, was becoming ever more progressive. It wasn't, and it isn't. All it took was one ambitious real estate huckster to dispel the illusion. B.C. says 35 legal marijuana shops in latter stages of approval process
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says only one store is approved to open on Wednesday. Andrew Scheer on new NAFTA deal: 'I would have signed a better one' than Trudeau | CTV News
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is opening a new front in his party's fight against the revamped NAFTA deal, saying he would have done better than Justin Trudeau. Alleged vote buying in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby under investigation
Authorities allege messages circulating WeChat appear to offer money in exchange for votes. Trudeau says Quebec plan to make cannabis legal at 21 leaves opening for organized crime
The prime minister says increasing the legal age for consuming cannabis, as the Quebec government plans to do, could undermine one of the federal law's key aims — eliminating the black market. City targets election protest signPolitical | 135 hits | 12:00 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Sign, sign everywhere a sign.But the City of Toronto says one election sign in Don Valley North (Ward 17) has just got to go. "Mine is not an election sign, but a protest sign," said Tony Dundas, a 68-year-old resident in the Don Mills Rd.-Finch Ave. area Far-right fringe candidate in Toronto mayoral race sues Bell for refusing to air her campaign ad
Goldy claims in a newly filed lawsuit that the broadcaster violated her constitutional right to freely express herself as a registered candidate Jean Chretien says rise of ’unspeakable’ Donald Trump marks end of the American empire
Chretien unleashes that unflattering opinion of Trump in a new book of anecdotes from his 10 years as Canada's prime minister EU trade chief defends Freeland after Trump trash-talks 'Canada's negotiator'
The European Union's trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom is coming to the defence of Canada's NAFTA negotiator, Chrystia Freeland, after Donald Trump slammed the foreign affairs minister. John Ivison: A sign the government is looking for an off-ramp for the governor general'
Do not be shocked if it emerges that this most touchy-feely of governments has created an expensive, superfluous position to provide a soft landing for Payette RCMP's first female commissioner one of Trudeau's 2 new picks for Senate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named two new senators to the Red Chamber Monday - one a former top Mountie, the other a prominent Saskatchewan businessman. Ottawa creating new ambassador for women, peace and securityPolitical | 163 hits | 12:02 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada will create a new ambassador position dedicated to women, peace and security, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday. Canada seeks tariff shield, assurances from U.S. as NAFTA talks continue and Freeland flies home
The window for Canada and the U.S. to land a NAFTA breakthrough this week is getting smaller, as officials sit down in Washington, D.C., today for what are expected to be the final high-level meetings this week. Michael Moore: I’ll move to Canada if ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ gets me in trouble
"Canada has a lot of problems... but [don't] think for a second that you're anywhere near what we have to take care of and correct," said Michael Moore. Toronto-area Liberal MP Leona Alleslev crosses the floor to join ConservativesPolitical | 186 hits | 3:40 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontario MP Leona Alleslev is crossing the floor from the Liberals to join the Conservative party caucus — the first such loss for the governing party since the last election. Bill C-69 is Trudeau's bookend to his father's disastrous NEPPolitical | 210 hits | 9:02 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
If you think it’s hard to get any significant resource project built in Canada now, just wait. Justin Trudeau’s federal government has dreamed up a bill so destructive it just might be the bookend to his famous father’s disastrous and infamous Nation Maxime Bernier launches People's Party of Canada | CTV News
Maxime Bernier has debuted the People's Party of Canada, the federal political party the former Tory MP is leading, with a promise to put "Canadian people first." Canada has taken in almost $300 million from retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports
Canada collected nearly $300 million in surtaxes in the first two months after it slapped U.S. imports with retaliatory tariffs. Freeland's shoddy Trump speech may cause us to sufferPolitical | 280 hits | 10:58 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The history books will not look kindly upon Chrystia Freeland for her 2018 Diplomat of the Year award from the esteemed Foreign Policy Magazine.In June, the rookie foreign affairs minister traveled down to Washington, D.C. 'A new low': Conservative robocall tries to exploit Liberal MP's cancer diagnosis
CTV News has obtained audio of a robocall made on behalf of a Conservative riding association that tried to pitch party memberships by citing a Liberal MP’s cancer diagnosis. Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations
Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behaviour, a far larger discovery than a "sophisticated" effort it reported three weeks ago with great fanfare. Liberals scrap controversial family reunification lottery, accepting more applications
The Liberal government is scrapping its controversial lottery system for reuniting immigrant families and reverting back to a first-come, first-served system following backlash from frustrated sponsors. Greens won't run candidate in Burnaby South as 'leader's courtesy' to Singh: MayPolitical | 153 hits | 10:00 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Green party will not run a candidate against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the riding of Burnaby South. Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect the wealthy
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada polled 1,700 of its union members who work for CRA chasing down taxes owed by corporations and the wealthy. The survey found that 90 per cent of them believe the system is skewed to benefit the ri Feds to make a statutory holiday to recognize 'tragic and painful legacy' of residential school
The federal government is planning to announce a new statutory holiday to mark Canada’s destructive residential school legacy. Jagmeet Singh might as well send Rachel Notley a cake shaped like a middle fingerPolitical | 247 hits | 10:41 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Alberta premier has made clear she’d rather stick needles up her nose than have Singh lecture her about pipelines from a seat in B.C.Boris Johnson faces growing criticism over burka jibe
A former minister says he would quit the party if Mr Johnson became leader.
A former minister says he would quit the party if Mr Johnson became leader.Skripal attack: US to sanction Russia over Novichok use
Ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter fell ill after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the UK.
Ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter fell ill after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the UK.Pride: DUP challenges ABC council flag flying decision
The councillors say due process was not followed in a decision to fly the Pride flag from ABC buildings.
The councillors say due process was not followed in a decision to fly the Pride flag from ABC buildings.Back to Canada News
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