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Tiny increase in young appointees to federal posts after Liberal overhaul
Newly released documents show Liberal changes to the federal appointments system has yielded a small increase in the number of younger people getting government posts.
Countermeasures were key to ending tariff stalemate with U.S., says Trudeau
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on American goods played a key role in restoring free access to the U.S. market for Canadian steel and aluminum, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.
Feds launch tourism strategy designed to boost sector 25 per cent by 2025
A new Canadian tourism strategy is meant to help boost international visits to Canada during non-peak seasons by more than a million people and get visitors to see the country beyond Canada's biggest cities.
Ontario researchers invent way to store vaccines at higher temperatures
Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.
Justin Trudeau credits immigration for Canada’s growing tech sector
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of attendees at a conference in Toronto on Monday, May 20, 2019, that Canada's thriving technology sector is a result of the country's openness to immigrants and he hopes Canadians will continue to view immigration positively.
Long-awaited end to Canada's tariff standoff with U.S. finally at hand
Canada's year-long standoff with the Trump administration over punitive U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs is finally over, sources say, removing a key hurdle in efforts to ratify the new North American trade pact.
Senate committee approves dozens of energy-industry-friendly amendments to C-69
A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments — primarily aimed at mollifying the energy industry — to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation.
Asylum claims have more than tripled since 2015, Statistics Canada says
New figures out this morning from the national statistics office says the number of asylum claims in Canada more than tripled between 2015 and 2018.
Data reveals scope, damage of spring floods in Quebec and New Brunswick
New data has revealed the scale and scope of this spring's devastating floods.
Ottawa set to award contract to build two ferries to Quebec's Davie shipyard
Quebec's Davie shipyard is in line to receive a contract for the construction of two East Coast ferries, the federal government announced on Friday, May 17, 2019.