The Canadian Armed Forces is sounding the alarm as it deals with a severe shortage of new recruits to fill thousands of vacant positions within the ranks. The shortfall is so bad that the senior officer responsible for managing military recruitment and training is describing it as a crisis. Brigadier-General Krista Brodie says the military […]
A day after post-tropical storm Fiona left a trail of destruction through Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec, residents of a coastal town in western Newfoundland continued to pick through wreckage strewn across their community, easily the most damaged area in the region. Photos posted on Sunday from Port aux Basques show homes and outbuildings smashed […]
Post-tropical storm Fiona arrived in Nova Scotia early Saturday morning, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center saying the centre made landfall on the Canso Peninsula near Hart Island and Guysborough. The Canadian Hurricane Centre tweeted early Saturday that Fiona is the lowest pressured land falling storm on record in Canada. In an early update, the […]
According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, employers in Canada’s prairie region are expected to see an increase in hiring for the fourth quarter of 2022. Mindy Stoltz of Manpower’s Winnipeg office said that nearly half of employers in the survey plan to hire people. “Survey data reveals that 48 per cent of employers […]
Liberal cabinet ministers said Tuesday the government is listening to Canadians who are struggling under the weight of inflation and entirely dismissed criticism from the new Conservative leader that they are part of a “radical woke coalition.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially announced the first policies to directly respond to the cost-of-living crisis spurred by […]
Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do. The House of Commons is set to resume sitting in nine days, meaning Poilievre and his inner circle have […]
The Canadian economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, with growth largely driven by increased business investment in inventories and household spending. Statistics Canada released its latest reports on monthly and quarterly real gross domestic product on Wednesday morning, which showed the economy grew for a fourth consecutive […]
The federal government posted a surplus of $10.2 billion in the first quarter of the fiscal year. According to the Finance Department’s monthly fiscal monitor report, the surplus posted for April to June compared with a deficit of $36.5 billion during the same period last year. The report says the federal government’s 2022-2023 financial results […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ontario judge Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first Indigenous person to sit on the country’s highest bench. O’Bonsawin comes to the court after spending five years as a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa. She has also taught law […]
Michael Kram, Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana, will be helping to lead a federal investigation into last week’s nationwide Rogers Communications outage. Kram and the three other Conservative MPs on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology sent a joint letter to Parliament demanding an emergency committee meeting to investigate the outage. […]
