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Canada Post workers won’t be heading to a picket line just yet, but the union representing them says it’s still taking strike action by calling for a ban on overtime. The Crown corporation is warning that could lead to delays.The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) advised members late Thursday night that it had called for a nationwide overtime ban starting at 12 a.m. Eastern on Friday.“This is a legal strike action.  All CUPW members must follow this direction,” the union wrote in a news release.“That means members are being called on to refuse to work any more than eight hours in a day and refuse to work more than 40 hours in a week.”It comes a few hours after the two sides met Thursday evening at the request of the CUPW, Canada Post says, with the assistance of mediators. St...

The federal government is facing a human rights complaint over a multi-billion dollar program meant to set aside government work for First Nations, Métis and Inuit companies, Global News has learned. The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council is appealing to the Canadian Human Rights Commission to weigh in on the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD), a list of purportedly Indigenous-owned and -operated companies.The IBD is where federal departments and agencies go to find Indigenous companies from which to purchase products and services, with an eye to meeting Ottawa’s policy of at least five per cent of its procurement going to First Nations, Métis and Inuit companies.Global News, in partnership with the First Nations University of Canada, revealed in August that Ottawa has awarded bi...

By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted May 22, 2025 7:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s western premiers say they’ve agreed to identify, plan and develop new economic corridors to connect provincial resources to international markets. The leaders from British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and the northern territories, after meeting for two days in Yellowknife, say it’s time for Western Canada to become the country’s economic engine. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news...

The “initial moves” by the Mark Carney government suggest a “new atmosphere” for Canada-Israel relations, Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed said in an interview with Global News. “The initial moves of the current government, be it to threaten Israel or official summation to the ministry, are moves that are different. We have not heard that in the past, so in that sense, that’s what I’m talking about, this new atmosphere,” Moed told Global News when asked if he noticed a difference in tone between the current government and that of former prime minister Justin Trudeau.Canada summoned Israel’s ambassador after the Israel Defense Forces fired shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation in the West Bank that included four Canadians.The IDF says no one was injured in the incident. ...