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Feds pressed regulator to cut airlines more slack around passenger compensation: docs

MONTREAL — Internal documents show the federal government pushed for travel rules that cut airlines more slack around paying compensation to passengers, despite resistance from Canada's transport regulator. In...

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Ontario minimum wage to rise to $17.95 on Oct. 1

Ontario's minimum wage is set to rise to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1. The province boosts the wage annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. The current minimum wage...

24m ago

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos

Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar...

2h ago

Stopgap measures aren't enough to halt rising gas prices as the world scrambles for more oil

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war, which took a record amount of oil off the market when tankers full of crude were stranded...

2h ago

'Be in that moment': Astronaut Jeremy Hansen's wife prepares for his lunar mission

CAPE CANAVERAL — As Jeremy Hansen prepares to begin a historic mission to the moon aboard the Artemis II, his wife says his family will be trying to take in every single moment. If everything goes...

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Expert's report criticizes CRA over audit of Muslim charity, calls for improvements

OTTAWA — A report by an expert in extremist financing and money laundering says the Canada Revenue Agency's approach to policing terrorist abuse "proved seriously deficient" in the case of a long-running...

5h ago

Attacks persist in Iran and across the Mideast as Trump threatens escalation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran kept up its attacks on Persian Gulf neighbors on Wednesday as airstrikes pounded Tehran, while U.S. President Donald Trump again made contradictory statements...

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Alcohol, 'Buy Canadian' policy flagged by U.S. as trade irritants: report

OTTAWA — Provincial rules around alcohol and the federal government's "Buy Canadian" policy have been flagged in a new report citing several trade irritants between Canada and the U.S. The annual document...

12h ago

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City. Speaking to reporters in Peterborough,...

13h ago

Big streamers’ challenge of CRTC financial disclosure rules won’t go ahead

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal won't hear a court case filed by large foreign streaming companies fighting a CRTC requirement to disclose financial information. The court has dismissed a motion...

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