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Ottawa settles Phoenix pay system lawsuit with non-union employees

Ottawa settles Phoenix pay system lawsuit with non-union employees

OTTAWA — The federal government has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit launched by casual and non-union employees over the Phoenix pay system.
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Federal government will not send Canada Post strike to arbitration, minister says

Federal government will not send Canada Post strike to arbitration, minister says

OTTAWA — The federal government says it is not planning to intervene to resolve the labour dispute at Canada Post, even with less than a month to go before Christmas.
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Trump's tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different

Trump's tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.
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Trump nominates longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
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Trump nominates longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
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Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.
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Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of a Maine town, it's more complicated

Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of a Maine town, it's more complicated

NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — When Donald Trump was elected president this month, Caroline Pryor’s mind turned immediately to the man who lives down the road — Leonard Leo.
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US sanctions more allies of Maduro over alleged post-election crackdown in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them on Wednesday of perpetrating some of the repression with which officials in Venezuela responded to July's disputed
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Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that immigration agents were going to try to enter schools.
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Tim Houston's Progressive Conservatives win decisive majority in Nova Scotia

Tim Houston's Progressive Conservatives win decisive majority in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to an overwhelming majority win Tuesday, bucking a trend in recent provincial elections that saw incumbents roughed up by the electorate or soundly defeated.
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