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In the news today: Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Canada Post workers issue strike notice, poised to hit picket lines Friday
MONTREAL — Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union representing more than…
Environment Canada issues weather alerts for B.C. Interior highways
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for three major highways in the…
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge…
Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL — Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrétien was supervising a team digging at the…
Protesters opposed to agency-ordered cull at ostrich farm prepare for long-term stay
NAKUSP — Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm…
‘A family is torn apart’: 3 kids killed in suspected drunk driving crash in Toronto
TORONTO — An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as…
Liberal government to table federal budget this fall, PM Carney says
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday the Liberal government will present a federal…
Carney reaffirms Canadian support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelenskyy
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada’s “steadfast and unwavering support” for Ukraine in…
‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ is a ‘life-preserver in tumultuous times’: Canadian showrunner
TORONTO — For Roma Roth, setting her show “Sullivan’s Crossing” in Nova Scotia is a…
Rain provides respite in Manitoba wildfire fight, but evacuation order still in place
LAC DU BONNET — Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac…
Vancouver Island University students make the world’s largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of…
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about…
Elections Canada confirms win for NDP incumbent Lori Idlout in Nunavut
IQALUIT — Elections Canada has confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has won the riding of…
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure,…
A one-teen prom on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK — Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on…
Drake shares petition calling for Tory Lanez’ release from prison: ‘Come home soon’
TORONTO — Drake has shared a petition calling for Canadian rapper Tory Lanez to be…
Manito Ahbee: Manitoba powwow, one of North America’s largest, celebrates 20 years
WINNIPEG — For many familiar with Canada’s powwow scene, Maggie White is known as the…
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect…
Big streamers tell CRTC they should have more flexibility than broadcasters on CanCon
OTTAWA — A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those…
Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling
Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want…
Rain offers some help for crews battling deadly wildfires in eastern Manitoba
LAC DU BONNET — Rain offered some help in the battle against forest fires in…
B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA — British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100…
Carney wheels up to Rome ahead of Pope’s inaugural mass
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to…