Unpublished Newswire
The Manitoba Museum might have one of the largest collections of Hudson’s Bay artifacts, but its CEO isn’t bitter the defunct retailer’s crown jewel isn’t destined for her institution.There will soon be a new home for the 355-year-old royal charter that birthed the Bay, giving it extraordinary control over a vast swath of unceded lands – and enormous influence over settlers’ early relations with Indigenous Peoples.
August 8, 2025 - 06:31 | Tara Deschamps | The Globe and Mail
From the moment he took office, Prime Minister Mark Carney made moves to show his commitment to Indigenous peoples. In March, he met with the leaders of the three main Indigenous organizations: the Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. In May, amid US president Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty, King Charles III delivered a speech from the throne that placed reconciliation at the heart of the national story. That same month, Carney appointed Cree member of Parliament Mandy Gull-Masty to lead Indigenous Services Canada. The former...
August 8, 2025 - 06:30 | Joy SpearChief-Morris | Walrus
For years, municipalities have voiced the need for updated laws to deal with problematic councillors.
August 8, 2025 - 06:25 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Statistics Canada is set to publish new jobs data for July this morning.A Reuters poll of economists expect the economy added 13,500 jobs last month but that the unemployment rate ticked back up to seven per cent.
August 8, 2025 - 06:20 | Craig Lord | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Republicans on an influential House committee are pushing top Trump administration officials to pressure Canada to kibosh its controversial Online Streaming Act, which they describe as a “major threat” to the trade relationship.
In a July 31 letter obtained by National Post, 18 Republican members of Congress on the powerful House ways and means committee ramped up pressure on White House officials to get Canada to dump the “discriminatory” Act the same way it ditched the Digital Services Tax in late June.
“The fact that the Online Streaming Act already imposes...
August 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
America’s most prestigious lawyers’ group is gathering in Toronto Monday, ironically to be greeted by an honour guard of redcoats from the War of 1812 in which American troops sacked the city.
As Canada and the United States are embroiled in a trade war, more than 1,700 people are expected to attend the American Bar Association’s meeting at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. On the agenda is tackling U.S. President Donald Trump’s law firm intimidation tactics. But first, their house of delegates will be greeted by two members of the Fort York Guard, student re-enactors wearing the...
August 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
