VICTORIA — B.C. dairy farmers have begun dumping out raw milk on their farms— despite rising demand and sales — because of problems getting the milk into the supply chain and to grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. Dairy Association confirmed to Postmedia News on Monday that B.C. farmers have been disposing [...]
VANCOUVER — A group of British Columbia First Nations says it will appeal a decision on the the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Band say they have fought and challenged the project through every federal court, and now want to take [...]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian company said Monday that it’s started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman for TC Energy said work began over the weekend at [...]
OTTAWA — More than 300,000 out-of-work Canadians successfully applied for pandemic-related emergency relief in the first few hours after the application process began Monday, and Ottawa says it will soon change the rules to let hundreds of thousands more access the help. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not say how many people have thus far not been [...]
(Reuters) - Canada’s biggest banks have received nearly half a million requests from homeowners to hold off mortgage payments as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic deepens, according to the Canadian Bankers’ Association. Since the banks announced a plan to provide financial relief over two weeks ago, almost 500,000 requests to skip or [...]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their salaries to charity, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the economy and puts thousands of Canadians out of work. The raise goes into effect today, as does the latest increase [...]
The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant and decisive action to help Canadians facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 18, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a new set of economic measures to help stabilize the economy during this challenging period. These measures, delivered as part of the Government [...]
Canadians rely on radio and television to stay up to date on matters related to COVID-19. The government knows that our Canadian broadcasters have been working around the clock to deliver news and information programming, while facing operational challenges and significant declines in advertising revenue. This is why, after discussions with the Government of [...]
Transforming Travel Around Montreal By Anna Guy It has been described by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “one of the most ambitious public transportation projects in our history.” The Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM), is Montreal’s new automated light rail network which will, upon completion, transform how millions of people get around the [...]
Region of Kitchener Waterloo’s Rapid Transit Service Moving More Than People By Anna Guy The Region of Waterloo ON, has recognized the need to strategically tackle an expanding urban core and population growth. According to the Province's Growth Plan, the Waterloo Region's population will reach 742,000 by 2031, making it one of [...]