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StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada

StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada

OTTAWA — A new report is casting doubt on the idea that Canada is facing a widespread labour shortage and bolsters the arguments by some labour economists that high job vacancies aren't due to a shortage of workers.
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No winning ticket sold for Friday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket sold for Friday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday's Lotto Max $60 million draw. However, one of six available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each was won by a ticket holder in Ontario.
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UBC faculty of medicine mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest

UBC faculty of medicine mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver man has died while trying to pursue his lifelong dream of climbing Mount Everest. The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine says it is mourning the unexpected death of Dr.
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Singh asks Trudeau for certain conditions before getting security clearance

Singh asks Trudeau for certain conditions before getting security clearance

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to be briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois declined to obtain the required security clear
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Federal invasive species fund opens to new projects

Federal invasive species fund opens to new projects

VANCOUVER — The federal government is set to begin accepting proposals to spend the remaining money in a multimillion-dollar fund aimed at fighting invasive species across Canada. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the $8.
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Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court

Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court

MONTREAL — A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec's decree banning prayer rooms in public schools, the second one in recent weeks.
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Unions holds rally in Iqaluit as housing authority strike nears 70-day mark

Unions holds rally in Iqaluit as housing authority strike nears 70-day mark

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Northern unions are calling on the federal government to stop the use of replacement workers as a strike by unionized staff with the Iqaluit Housing Authority nears the 70-day mark.
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Provinces, territories agree to help feds in '30 by 30' goal to halt land, water loss

Provinces, territories agree to help feds in '30 by 30' goal to halt land, water loss

OTTAWA — Canada's provinces and territories are on board to help the federal government in its goal to halt land and water loss across the country.
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New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser

New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser

OTTAWA — Spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants will be able to join their loved ones in Canada more quickly as the government shifts to a new system to approve family reunification applications, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced
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Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say

Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the State Department to ask that Americans be exempted from Canada's tax on foreign property owners.
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