11 h. ago Tribunal confirms firing of federal bureaucrat who received $14,000 from CERB

Case appears to be the first ruling on a grievance filed by a bureaucrat who opposed their firing for improperly receiving CERB

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3 d. ago USDA Opens 59% of Federal Forest for Logging to Manage Fire Risk

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins placed nearly 113 million acres of forest — amounting to 59% of all federally managed forests — under an emergency determination aimed at boosting logging and reducing wildfire.

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5 d. ago North Vancouver federal election candidate has U.S. convictions for illegal firearms

Oliver King, formerly known as Hamid Malekpour, was convicted of five counts in May 2011 in a Seattle courtroom

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1 week ago Two workers injured after fire breaks out at Regina oil refinery

REGINA — Two workers were assessed for minor injuries following a fire at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. says the blaze has been contained. It says it does not know the cause of the fire and will provide more information once available. Regina Fire and Protective Services says firefighters have been […]

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2 w. ago Evan Solomon, fired by CBC decade ago, eyes Liberal candidacy in federal election

Mark Carney appears to have a close friend on board for the next federal election. Evan Solomon, a former CBC broadcaster who was fired nearly a decade ago after a report alleged he helped broker art deals to wealthy Canadians including Carney, is planning to run as a Liberal Party candidate in the upcoming election. […]

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2 w. ago Poilievre Pledges Money, Fast Approvals for Canada’s Ring of Fire Mining Region

The head of Canada’s Conservative Party says a government led by him would aim to approve all federal permits for Ontario’s Ring of Fire minerals region within six months to speed the harvesting of chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper and platinum.

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3 w. ago Un policier de la Sûreté du Québec destitué pour agression sexuelle

Le Tribunal d’arbitrage confirme la décision de son comité de discipline.

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3 w. ago Six Federal Agencies Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Orders

A San Francisco federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of the government’s newest employees who were terminated in February.

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4 w. ago Federal official recounts chaos inside consumer agency after Trump fired its director

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau heard testimony Monday about the chaos that erupted inside the agency last month after government employees were ordered to stop working. The bureau’s chief operating officer, Adam Martinez, said the agency was in […]

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4 w. ago Can't shop Canadian: 80 per cent of Canada's aging firefighting equipment comes from the U.S.

“We are facing an unprecedented situation where our ability to protect Canadians from fires and other emergencies is being threatened by what’s in federal policy blind-spots"

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