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The Matawa Chiefs Council is warning that Rogers’s planned 3G network shutdown could have consequences for remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario, including putting lives at risk. The council said it sent a letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this week that calls for an urgent …
Read More »Firings of U.S. federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day. Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X …
Read More »White House says federal worker layoffs ‘imminent’ after shutdown
Blame was thrown around by all sides on the first day of the shutdown after the White House and Congress failed to agree on a way to keep the U.S. government funded and open. The White House said layoffs to the federal workforce were ‘imminent.’ News Source link
Read More »Under Trump 2.0, this looming U.S. government shutdown looks different
A shutdown of the U.S. government is looking all but inevitable and there’s growing concern the Trump administration is poised to use it as an opportunity to launch mass firings of federal employees. It’s now less than 48 hours until the 11:59 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Congress to approve a spending …
Read More »Foreign aid agency USAID in crisis as Trump, Musk threaten shutdown
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the weekend impugning the agency that has contributed to Washington being the most critical source of foreign assistance around the …
Read More »Residential school survivors’ group on verge of shutdown amid lack of funding from Ottawa
A residential school survivors’ group on the verge shutdown due to a lack of funding is accusing the federal government of breaking promises and lying to survivors about Canada’s commitment to uncovering the truth. The Survivors’ Secretariat, which is conducting an investigation into missing children and unmarked burials associated with the …
Read More »As clock ticks on rail shutdown, minister and mediators are joining talks
Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon is heading to Montreal on Tuesday and Calgary on Wednesday to meet with stakeholders as a railway strike and lockout loom across the country, a spokesperson from MacKinnon’s office told Global News on Tuesday. Freight trains across Canada could come to a grinding halt as soon …
Read More »Police seize $100M of cannabis during shutdown of illegal grow op in Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Close to $100 million in illegal cannabis was seized during a raid on a massive grow op in Brantford, Ont., last Wednesday. Police say 18 people were arrested in connection with the shutdown at an industrial building on the city’s south end …
Read More »Montana airspace reopened by U.S. FAA after radar anomaly prompts brief shutdown – National
The U.S. military said late on Saturday a radar anomaly prompted the temporary closure of airspace to civilian airplanes in Montana but no threatening object was detected. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) sent fighter aircraft to investigate but the aircraft “did not identify any object to correlate to …
Read More »Ontario legislature eyes full shutdown for major renovations; likely to cost over $1B
TORONTO — At 130 years old, Ontario’s legislature is showing its age. There are lead pipes and asbestos running through the walls, mountains of old cables and wires stacked on top of new ones, an inefficient steam heating system with parts that frequently fail and fire safety systems in need …
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