OTTAWA - Organizations seeking to hire students through the federal summer jobs program can start filing their applications today, a process that federal officials have sought to improve to avoid the ...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is promising to table legislation to reform Canada's broadcasting and telecom rules within a matter of months, but is offering few details on&nbs...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - The Liberals' signature infrastructure program became a target in the House of Commons Tuesday as the Conservatives used their new sway in a minority Parliament to try to force an audit of th...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - Britain is granting Huawei partial access to its next-generation wireless network, but it still considers the Chinese telecom company a security risk that requires special attention...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - The federal government rang up more than $1.4 million in legal costs during the failed prosecution of retired vice-admiral Mark Norman. Revealed this week by Justice Minister David Lametti in...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday Ottawa is "looking at all options" to help Canadians quarantined in China during the outbreak of a new coronavirus. China beg...
Jan 30, 2020
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Sobeys is preparing to phase out plastic grocery bags across the country this week, but for many Atlantic Canadians the "Sobeys bag" will live on in their kitchen cupboard...
Jan 30, 2020
ST-SAUVEUR, Que. - Quebec is expanding its deposit system to include all beverage containers, with the program getting under way by the end of 2022. The new program will cover containers ran...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - Some of the country's highest earners could end up getting more benefit from the Liberals' new income-tax cut than those at the lower end of the income scale, the federal spending watchdog sa...
Jan 30, 2020
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has kicked off debate on a bill to implement the new North American free trade deal by urging MPs to approve the proposed legislation quickly. The Unit...
Jan 30, 2020