A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination in the federal government.
The Peace Tower is framed through the iron railing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on October 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickThe class-action is made up of some 45,000 people who worked for the government dating back to 1970. They are asking for $2.5 billion in damages for lost salaries and pensions.
Government ministers have said they remain committed to removing barriers and ensuring Black employees have every opportunity to succeed. "It is never acceptable, yet it is a daily fact of life for many Black and racialized people in Canada," the report said. A group of Cape Breton firefighters are apologizing after four people showed up at a Halloween dance dressed in what appeared to be Ku Klux Klan costumes.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces to do the same.
Advocates say new data showing record food bank usage across Canada marks a somber milestone, while the Manitoba organization helping to feed those in need said they are being pushed to the brink by the unprecedented demand.Candidates across Saskatchewan have made their final pitches to potential voters as the 2024 campaign comes to a close and election day arrives.
A recall has been issued for gummy candies due to pieces of wood, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.The count of absentee ballots in B.C.’s nail-biting 2024 provincial election has put the NDP ahead of the Conservatives in the Surrey-Guildford riding.Police with the British Columbia Highway Patrol have arrested a 28-year-old man after 73 kilograms of cocaine were allegedly found inside a vehicle near the resort city of Revelstoke.A minor earthquake shook off the coast of B.C.
Teams are facing off in a new eastern Newfoundland hockey league aiming to bring competitive play — and a few extra years on the ice — for young women in the province.Investigators found the remains of a 77-year-old American man on Wednesday at the scene of a fire that destroyed a hotel in western Newfoundland earlier on the weekend.Police in western Newfoundland say a 77-year-old man visiting the province from Kansas is missing after a fire at a hotel in Deer Lake, N.L.
Hundreds of people ran to the music of German composer and pianist Beethoven Wednesday night in a unique race in Halifax.Sky over Lake Erie lights up with fireball as Orionid meteor shower peaks
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