The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA–The federal government will get back all of the money it has overpaid civil servants through its problem-plagued payroll system, the deputy minister in charge of overseeing the system vowed yesterday. She added that overpayments to government employees are commonplace. A number of government employees who […]
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The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The sight of an ungainly and mostly hairless white moose trudging into a northern British Columbia town has become the most visible sign of the winter tick problem in the province. The parasite literally sucks the life out of its host while the moose stops feeding to […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–People have been walking across the U.S. border to claim refugee status for years, but a Winnipeg immigration lawyer says he’s not used to seeing them cross over in the bitter cold. When they arrive, says Bashir Khan, they often are thirsty and hungry. For some, the […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The Trudeau government’s economic advisory council is recommending Ottawa raise the age of retirement eligibility and explore a national child-care program as ways to deliver a much-needed participation boost for the country’s workforce. The proposals were among a collection of new suggestions released yesterday by the […]
The Canadian Press BANFF, Alta.–Bison once again are grazing along the remote eastern slopes of Banff National Park after a more than century-long absence. Parks Canada announced yesterday it has moved 16 of the animals to the mountainous landscape that vast herds of the species once roamed for thousands of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–With just days to go before the very first release of data from the 2016 census, there is an unusual calm outside Marc Hamel’s Statistics Canada office. A calm before the storm, perhaps. After all, tomorrow’s release will be watched closely by federal officials, demographers, and urban […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba is expected to ask for his freedom today. Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, was found not criminally responsible for the killing of Tim McLean in 2008. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Baker […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand VANCOUVER–Lynn Cooper wanted to be an urban planner as a university student. But her dream came to an abrupt end with a workplace accident–sentencing her to a life of curtailed ambitions and chronic pain. Thirty years later, Cooper said it’s hard for anyone who hasn’t experienced […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–A new report suggests the federal government’s offer on health funding to the provinces doesn’t provide enough cash to help them keep up services in the coming years. The study, to be released today by a University of Ottawa think-tank, follows months of bitter federal-provincial talks […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale says the government is trying to ensure Canadian dual-nationals still can use their Nexus trusted-traveller cards at the border following word that cards have been revoked. Goodale told the House of Commons today the government will urge American officials to apply the […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–A Toronto mother says her disabled daughter is still traumatized more than a week after being forgotten on board a school bus and left in the cold for six hours. Laura Mastache said her daughter, Wendy, who has both autism and epilepsy, has been noticeably more […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The New Democrats called him a liar. He can’t be trusted, echoed the Conservatives. And the leader of the Green Party said he left the country’s young people disillusioned and weeping. To be sure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provoked an impassioned response from his political rivals […]
