Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Federal officials are not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Immigration department officials do not know if Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to include Canada's new immigration plan in the federal budget next week will be the full scope of the ann...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

'Call 1-800-Doug-Ford': Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
MONTREAL - Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. While Premier Franois Legault critic...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Red shirts and red-rimmed eyes: 740,000 Alberta students back to classes post-strike
There were red shirts, red-rimmed eyes - and a lot of questions - as more than 740,000 students returned to classes in Alberta on Wednesday after a provincewide teachers strike. In Calgary, about two ...
Fakiha Baig and Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it doesn't know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential f...
Justin Escoto, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Federal officials not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his pre-budget speech last week that the upcoming federal budget will include "Canada's new immigration plan," but immigration department officials don't kn...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Judge says $510M in fees for lawyers in treaty case was unreasonable
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge has ruled a $510-million legal fee for lawyers who worked on a First Nations treaty rights case was unreasonable - and has ordered the fee scaled back to $23 million. "...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Budget to include funding for women, LGBTQ initiatives: Champagne
OTTAWA - The federal government says the upcoming budget will include new money to support women's participation in leadership roles and to provide security for LGBTQ communities during Pride events. ...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Cockrill denies that job cuts are happening to RUH occupational therapy
REGINA - Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill has pushed back against accusations that occupational therapist positions are being cut at Royal University Hospital. Opposition Rural and Remote Health Critic...
John Cairns Oct 29, 2025

Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate but signals cuts may be done
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is signalling it might be done cutting interest rates in the short term but that doesn't mean economic growth is going to pick up quickly after a "structural" hit from U.S....
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

U.S. ambassador should apologize to Ontario rep over reported tirade: Ford
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the U.S. ambassador to Canada to apologize to Ontario's representative in Washington after sources say the ambassador shouted profanely about the prov...
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025
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