Leading business groups ask Liberals to send Air Canada pilot dispute to binding arbitration

Leading business groups ask Liberals to send Air Canada pilot dispute to binding arbitration

Dozens of Canadian business associations across the country have signed a letter urging the Liberal government to prevent Air Canada pilots from striking by sending the labour dispute to binding arbitration.  The letter — which was signed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Council of Canada, Food Producers of Canada and the Canadian Toy … Read more

Washington’s indictment shines a bright light on the dark corners of Russian disinformation operations

Washington’s indictment shines a bright light on the dark corners of Russian disinformation operations

The affidavit of an FBI special agent, and the Russian documents attached to it, offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a vast Russian network of disinformation. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Russians — both employees of state broadcaster RT — accused of illegally funnelling $9.7 million into a Tennessee media company. … Read more

Nicotine pouches are now restricted to pharmacies. Former smokers say that’s making it harder to quit

Nicotine pouches are now restricted to pharmacies. Former smokers say that’s making it harder to quit

Flavoured nicotine pouches are now only available for purchase in Canada from a pharmacist — but some former smokers say the new national regulations also make it harder for adults to reach a product that was helping them quit cigarettes. “I think the government should be doing whatever they can to limit youth from getting … Read more

Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble as company known to ‘slash and burn’ buys dozens of newspapers

Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble as company known to ‘slash and burn’ buys dozens of newspapers

If you want to understand the struggling local news landscape, look no further than Atlantic Canada, where a takeover has kept the region’s largest newspaper publisher in operation, but still leaves local journalism in a tenuous state. Toronto-based Postmedia, whose titles include the National Post and the Montreal Gazette, has taken over the financially insolvent SaltWire … Read more

Will the AI chatbot wave come for the federal government?

Will the AI chatbot wave come for the federal government?

Delayed air passengers, disgruntled phone customers and even hungry people craving a slice of pizza increasingly find their pleas to private companies being answered by artificial intelligence. Soon Canadians who need to reach out to the federal government could also find themselves talking to an employee who’s been helped by non-human assistants. Ottawa is working … Read more

Ticketmaster says customers’ credit card information affected by data breach

Ticketmaster says customers’ credit card information affected by data breach

Ticketmaster is notifying customers about a “data security incident” that may have leaked their personal information. The ticket-selling company wrote in an email to customers Monday that it recently discovered an “unauthorized third party” obtained information from a cloud database hosted by a third-party company between April 2 and May 18.  The information “may have included … Read more

As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly

As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly

The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in members’ inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July. Citing “scheduling logistics,” Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs for an urgent gathering to discuss the fallout from the byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s. In … Read more

Culling wolves alters the survivors and that could be ‘bad news’ for caribou, study finds

Culling wolves alters the survivors and that could be ‘bad news’ for caribou, study finds

When wolves are killed by bullets fired from helicopters during Alberta government culls, surviving members of the pack quickly learn to evade the threat, a new study has found.  For nearly two decades, Alberta has killed off hundreds of grey wolves each year in an attempt to bolster dwindling caribou populations, a practice critics have … Read more

Coastal erosion threatens to wash away D-Day beaches

Coastal erosion threatens to wash away D-Day beaches

Visitors pepper the length of Utah Beach in Normandy, France, some pausing to take photos, others simply staring out across the English Channel.  One passerby in a bright orange windbreaker stops to scoop a handful of sand into a plastic bag and tucks it into his satchel.  “Dad always wanted to come back. He just … Read more

Stressed at work? Anxious about the wider world? You might be part of ‘The Great Exhaustion’

Stressed at work? Anxious about the wider world? You might be part of ‘The Great Exhaustion’

Cost of Living76:40:00The Great Exhaustion For years, Sabrina Royal worked with one of Canada’s big banks. She worked her way up from an entry-level job to a management position. But that’s when her hours started getting out of hand. “When it was good, I was working 8 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m.,” Royal, 42, told … Read more