Category Archives: National News

The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost
The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans' fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world. Since the Oct. 25 laun...
Harvard Media Nov 10, 2024

COP29 primer: Canada's priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact
Canada could be an important consensus builder at this year's international climate negotiations, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said, while downplaying concerns that Donald...
Harvard Media Nov 10, 2024
Port workers' union accuses BC Maritime Employers Association of ending talks early
A labour dispute continues to paralyze cargo shipping at British Columbia ports, and the union for locked-out workers is accusing employers of abruptly ending contract talks early. The Inter...
Jon Troth Nov 10, 2024
Right-to-Repair bills gets green light from Senate
A pair of bills related to interoperability of farm equipment and right-to-repair passed in the Senate. Kyle Larkin, Executive Director of the Grain Growers of Canada, says Bills C-244 and C-294 amend...
Harvard Media Nov 08, 2024
Canada's unemployment rate holds steady at 6.5% in October, economy adds 15,000 jobs
Statistics Canada says the economy added a modest 15,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate held steady at 6.5 per cent. The labour force survey says business, building and support services ...
Jon Troth Nov 08, 2024
Uncertainty lingers among Canadian farm groups following Trump's U.S. Election victory
The Canadian agriculture community is processing the outcome of Tuesday's U.S. Presidential Election and what the change in administration means to them for the next four years. Republican candidate D...
Harvard Media Nov 06, 2024

Donald Trump wins US presidency, GOP reclaims Senate majority
Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violen...
Harvard Media Nov 05, 2024
Agriculture Community watching U.S. Election closely
Americans will elect a new President Tuesday -- the culmination of nearly a two-year process to elect a new US President. Republican candidate, and former President, Donald Trump and Democrat Vice-Pre...
Harvard Media Nov 05, 2024

UN refugee chief says reducing refugee targets is wise if it prevents backlash
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, met with the prime minister in Ottawa on Monday. His visit comes a little more than a week after the federal government announced plans to cut ov...
Harvard Media Nov 05, 2024

B.C. ports shuttered as lockout takes hold in latest labour dispute
One of Canada's most vital trade arteries is cut off as employers at most of British Columbia's ports lock out their workers in a dispute involving about 700 unionized foremen. The BC Maritime Employe...
Harvard Media Nov 05, 2024
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