Doug Ford has built a wedge between francophones and his government in Ontario — and it could frustrate Andrew Scheer’s hopes of gaining ground in Quebec.
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.
Two decades on, Tara Singh Hayer’s death remains a wound that won’t heal
Murdered journalists don’t always make global headlines. When a government is suspected of the crime, it’s big news. When it’s some squalid band of criminals? Not so much.
Morneau unlikely to match Trump’s tax moves in economic update
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is unlikely to fully match the Trump administration’s changes to the way American businesses write off their capital costs when he delivers his fall economic statement next week, says a senior government source.
‘One of the big places we need to be,’ Trudeau says ahead of final Asia-Pacific summit
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent Friday morning at a hawker’s market. But as he jetted off from one Southeast Asian summit to his next, he seemed more like the guy with something to sell.
CIA concludes Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing: officials
The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a finding that contradicts Saudi government assertions that he was not involved.
Toronto private school at centre of sexual assault investigation alerts police to 3rd ‘incident’
Officials at a Toronto private boys’ school announced Friday they’ve notified police about a third “incident” as the school continues to deal with a crisis sparked by allegations that students have been assaulted or sexually assaulted on camera.
North California wildfire death toll now 71 as list of missing grows
With the confirmed death toll at 71 and the list of unaccounted for people more than 1,000, authorities in Northern California on Friday searched for those who perished and those who survived the fiercest of wildfires ahead of a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Oil vessel off the Newfoundland coast spills 250,000 litres of crude
An oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland caused an estimated 250,000 litres of crude to leak into the ocean, Husky Energy said Friday.
Stop sending mail and parcels, Canada Post asks foreign services
Canada Post has asked 190 international partners to halt mail and parcel shipments to Canada as it reels under a backlog resulting from a labour dispute. The Trudeau government gave one final push Friday to bring the dispute to a close, suggesting it will act quickly if rotating strikes continue beyond a Saturday midnight deadline.