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The latest track from the Canadian Hurricane Centre suggests Hurricane Lee could strike Nova Scotia early Sunday morning. The track shows Lee making landfall in southwestern Nova Scotia as a post-tropical storm around 3 a.m. that day, though the Atlantic provinces will likely feel its impacts through rain, wind and …

Federal scientists will be monitoring global research to determine the effectiveness of updated vaccines against the latest COVID-19 variant, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada say. Canada’s first known case of the Omicron variant BA.2.86 was detected this week in British Columbia as the country became the …

Catholic teachers in Ontario have become the latest group of educators to move one step closer to strike action, as their union announced dates to vote on any potential action. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) announced on Monday it would ballot its members over whether or not to …

A functional design study is the first step in the provincial government’s push to begin reconstruction of a highway leading into the southwest corner of Winnipeg. The project is part of the province’s One Million Perimeter Freeway Initiative for the city, which would see twinning work done on a section …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unionized workers at Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are the latest group to win retroactive pay for the three years their wages were capped by the Ford government’s wage restraint legislation, Bill 124. On Friday, the Canadian Union of Public …

There’s a low to moderate risk for flooding on most Manitoba rivers and basins this spring, according to the province’s latest flood outlook. Manitoba’s February spring flood outlook, released Tuesday, forecasts a moderate risk of flooding on the Assiniboine and Red rivers, as well as along the Fisher and Icelandic …

The Bank of Canada will release a summary of its deliberations on the latest interest rate hike later Wednesday, the first time the central bank is giving Canadians a peek behind the curtain into its decision-making process. The bank last year announced it would start publishing these summaries about two …

B.C.’s premier says safeguards are in place to protect the public as they engage with the province’s no-fault insurance system. David Eby made the comments in response to a Global News question Thursday related to the case of a Vancouver woman who alleges ICBC has been fighting her over medical …

Salesforce Inc. said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10 per cent of its employees and close some offices, becoming the latest tech firm to undertake cost cuts amid an economic slowdown. The company expects the move to lead to about US$1.4 billion to US$2.1 billion in charges, of …

When Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot while responding to a call Tuesday afternoon he became the sixth Canadian police officer to die since September, but an expert is warning the numbers do not represent a trend. Michael Arntfield, a criminologist and professor at Western University, said the recent deaths are …