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Descrease article font size Increase article font size 32 days after Canada post employees went on strike, they’re set to return to work Tuesday December 17th following orders by the federal labour relations board. Brahm Enslin is President for Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) local 824 in Saskatoon. He says he can’t understand why the government forced a resolution instead of negotiating one.“It seems to be in lockstep with what Canada Post was trying to do the whole entire time,” Enslin said.He added postal workers take their jobs very seriously, expressing his disappointment that negotiations failed to reach an agreement. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, si...

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 16, 2024 7:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Liberal MPs filing out of the caucus meeting Monday night would not say whether the prime minister is staying on or whether he has their support. Most MPs did not answer questions from reporters as they exited the meeting, saying that what happens in caucus is confidential.Ruby Sahota said Trudeau has her full support while James Maloney said the prime minister has the confidence of caucus. But Chad Collins, who publicly called for the prime minister to resign on Monday, disagreed.“We’re not unit...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian icon Terry Fox will soon make his way to the $5 bank note, the federal government announced in its Fall Economic Statement (FES) on Monday. The federal government’s budget document described Fox, who campaigned to raise awareness and funding for cancer research by running the Marathon of Hope, as a “Canadian hero.”“The 2024 Fall Economic Statement announces that Terry Fox will appear on the next $5 bank note,” the document, released on Monday, read.The government said this was being done to inspire more Canadians to give $5 to the cause that Terry Fox championed. 6:00 Annual Terry Fox ...

By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted December 16, 2024 4:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada’s border security but still won’t say exactly how that money will be spent. The figures are part of the government’s fall economic statement which was tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon in Ottawa.The urgency to shore up the border comes amid a threat from president-elect Donald Trump to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada doesn’t address the perception that migrants and f...

The Liberal government’s fall economic statement arrived in a cloud of controversy Monday after Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt resignation as the minister of finance. The fall fiscal update will largely see the federal government look inward for growth opportunities as the spectre of United States president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist policies loom large over the Canadian economy.Within the 270-page fiscal update, the federal government offers an overview of risks to Canada’s economy tied to Trump’s return to office. Until he begins his second term in January, however, the specifics of how his policies including potential tariffs will impact Canada are unknown.The Liberals eye domestic spending on artificial intelligence and opening the floodgates to more investments from Canadian pensi...