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OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has raised some eyebrows among labour advocates after singing the praises of a rural Alberta slaughterhouse accused of exploiting foreign workers.
“I think we need to be careful in putting forward what’s known to be a very difficult and dangerous place for foreign workers as a quote-unquote ‘immigrant success story’,” said Bronwyn Bragg, a geographer at the University of Lethbridge who researches migration and precarious work.
Smith said Tuesday that the success of the local beef processing facility in her home riding, owned by Brazilian...
August 27, 2025 - 16:46 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
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— Although Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre never got the “carbon tax election” he wanted, he is nevertheless sticking to that well-trodden ground by branding another Liberal environmental policy with the same label.
His announcement in Charlottetown on Wednesday, that Canadians should view a set of regulations applied to fossil-fuel suppliers as “the carbon tax 2.0,” illustrates two central questions the Conservative leader...
August 27, 2025 - 16:27 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
City Council has approved changes that will allow six new towers and a new public park to be built near St. Laurent Station.
The plan includes two groups of high-rise buildings with a total of about 1,770 residential units. These will be built southwest of Coventry and Belfast roads. The north block will have a new public park and two towers that are 25 and 28 storeys tall. Shops will be on the ground floor, facing Coventry Road. The south block will have four towers that are 21, 31, 33 and 35 storeys tall.
Eight-storey building brings more housing and public realm improvements to...
August 27, 2025 - 16:00 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Venus Williams will compete in women’s doubles at the U.S. Open with Canada's Leylah Fernandez, after receiving a wild-card entry. (Aug. 27, 2025)
August 27, 2025 - 15:54 | | The Globe and Mail
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.“As our young people have a quarter-century high in their unemployment, Mark Carney this year is expected to bring in a record number of temporary foreign workers to take the jobs of Canadian youth,” Poilievre said.
August 27, 2025 - 15:54 | David Baxter | The Globe and Mail
Thousands of Quebecers are asking Disney’s streaming service to maintain Quebec-French-language dubbing for The Simpsons, after a change in broadcasting rights left the issue in limbo for the first time in more than three decades.
Teletoon, which is owned by Corus Entertainment, had an agreement with Disney+ to air new episodes of The Simpsons as well as Family Guy and American Dad. The broadcaster also provided a local dub for the show, using Quebec actors speaking in the local dialect, which is distinct from that spoken in France.
But when Corus chose not to renew the broadcasting...
August 27, 2025 - 15:52 | Chris Knight | National Post
