Labour lawyers say joint union-employer panels created to handle remote work complaints don’t have a clear solution for when a public servant is unhappy with their arrangement. A letter of agreement on telework, negotiated between the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in bargaining that recently ended …
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Canadians waiting to have their CERB eligibility status reviewed may still lose money to clawbacks
Canadians who may have received pandemic benefits by mistake are allowed to ask for a review of their eligibility status — but they might see their tax refunds or other benefits withheld by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) while they wait for a decision. CRA says it has collected $247 million …
Read More »Quebec avian flu cases higher than expected as bird deaths near 1 million: expert
The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is having a widespread impact on poultry farming in the province, from anxiety for farmers to a shortage of the drug used to euthanize infected flocks. As of Friday, 20 locations in the province were considered actively infected. Poultry farmers in Quebec are grappling with …
Read More »A controversial P.E.I. development includes a stony seawall. Critics say it threatens the shoreline
A controversial construction project on the coast of P.E.I. has been the subject of residents’ ire for months, thanks to a large stone seawall that critics say severely restricts access to the public beach. But the property’s owners say the seawall mitigates erosion. Owners of property at Point Deroche argue …
Read More »So close to Canada, but stranded in Maine. After Roxham change, migrants are piling up in this small U.S. city
There are roughly 1,500 asylum seekers in Portland, Maine, population 68,000, where services are buckling under the needs of the growing number of migrants, many of whom had hoped to continue onto Canada. With Roxham Road closed, Portland’s services are straining under the needs of 1,500 asylum seekers. A fierce …
Read More »Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Farm among properties flooded near Dawson City, Yukon
People in the Yukon’s Klondike River valley have been battling floodwaters all week, including at the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Farm near Dawson City. Derrick Hastings, the farm’s manager, said things happened quickly. The farm had been preparing as ice jams on the Klondike caused flooding in nearby Rock Creek and Henderson …
Read More »My wife and I were left on our own after miscarriage
Nearly one year after the loss of her twins, Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich writes she felt abandoned and alone in the aftermath of the miscarriage. We didn’t know what had happened; if I was still pregnant, if the bleeding would stop, if it would get worse. ‘We’re loss moms, I guess’ One …
Read More »Indigenous communities in Alberta coping with ’emotional roller-coaster’ of wildfires
Indigenous communities in Alberta have seen some of the most serious damage from the wildfires so far, leaving evacuees trying to cope with the impact on their homes. As of Friday, wildfires forced evacuations from four First Nations in Alberta, as well as one Métis settlement. A dozen more First …
Read More »Owl be there for you: Grumpy the owl finally fostering an owlet at Kamloops wildlife park
Grumpy, the great horned owl, is finally getting a chance at motherhood. The bird came to B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops in 2001 with a wing injury, most likely from being hit by a car. For many years, she was on display with other owls, but when the other two …
Read More »Troops fan out across Alberta as province prepares for challenging battle against wildfires
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment are now working alongside roughly 2,000 firefighters battling fires across the province. Army reserve soldiers from across Alberta also deployed this week. Soldiers to serve alongside thousands of firefighters on frontlines Troops are fanning out across …
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