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A union representing federal employees is asking its members to bring their own lunch to work, in an apparent retaliation against downtown Ottawa businesses as new return-to-office protocols begin. “Buy nothing,” reads a post by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) on Instagram. “The needs of the downtown core shouldn’t fall on the back

There have been almost $2.8 billion in claims made because of a severe hailstorm in Calgary this past August, making it the second-costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the initial estimates of the costs come from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. Only the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire resulted

The sound of sombre song serenaded the halls of the Manitoba legislature Wednesday as Cathy Merrick’s casket was brought in for a closed-door ceremony. Merrick died last Friday and was to lie in state Wednesday afternoon to allow the public to pay their respects. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download

The iconic “Roaring Lion” portrait of Winston Churchill will soon hang once again in Fairmont Château Laurier after it was stolen more than two years ago. Ottawa Police confirmed Wednesday that later this month, two of the force’s investigators will head to Rome, Italy to recover the treasured photograph. The portrait, captured by renowned Canadian

A federal police oversight agency has found the RCMP’s enforcement of a civil injunction against old-growth logging protesters on Vancouver Island was unreasonable and violated the rights of activists. The Ottawa-based Civilian Review and Complaints Commission on Wednesday published a summary of its final report into the RCMP’s handling of the protests in the Fairy

Canadian National Railway Co. revised its earnings guidance for 2024 lower due to several factors including the recent labour stoppage that saw both Canada’s major railways grind operations to a halt. The company made the announcement and said its operations have recovered after the shutdown. Both CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out

Canada’s children’s troubadour is selling his B.C. home, which is now up for grabs for $1,995,000. Raffi Cavoukian, the man responsible for generations of kids growing up singing tunes like “Baby Beluga,” “Bananaphone” and “Down by the Bay,” says he has lived at the idyllic property on Salt Spring Island for a decade-and-a-half, but it’s

The lucrative lobster fishery in Nova Scotia generates hundreds of millions of dollars for the provincial economy each year, but illegal fishing and lobster sales on the black market dominated discussions at the legislature this week. Premier Tim Houston addressed the issue on Friday, citing rising arson, threats, and violence at wharves in the province’s

OTTAWA – The RCMP says it installed tools on digital devices to covertly collect electronic evidence in 32 cases over a recent five-year period. The criminal offences being investigated in these cases from 2017 to 2022 involved national security, illicit drugs, financial misdeeds and other serious matters. The national police force disclosed the statistics Tuesday

A B.C. man has won his fight to keep a Great Dane in his condo – despite the building’s ban on pets. The province’s civil resolution tribunal ruled on the dispute Tuesday, finding the dog functions as an emotional support animal and that removing it would be tantamount to discrimination and would violate of the