Unpublished Newswire
Verona Scorsone-Jung and her new best friend are jumping off the dock at their summer camp, swimming to the ladder and doing it all over again in a continuous loop of carefree summer fun.Then there’s a pause, because 10-year-old Verona wants to explain a few things about having Tourette syndrome.
August 20, 2025 - 16:53 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
The Ottawa Police Service said a man had been arrested and charged in relation to a hate-motivated incident where a Muslim woman was assaulted on an OC Transpo bus last week. Read More
August 20, 2025 - 16:42 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
Two proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed in the Quebec Superior Court in the wake of the Air Canada strike.
The aim of both lawsuits is to recoup compensation for the harms suffered by Air Canada passengers affected by flight disruptions that occurred around Thursday, Aug.14. The first takes aim at Air Canada. The second targets Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the airline’s 10,000 flight attendants.
Courts must certify a proposed lawsuit as a class action before it can apply beyond the representative plaintiff named in the suit.
What is alleged...
August 20, 2025 - 16:28 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
About 400 acres of land in Dunrobin could be filled with solar panels by 2030 if a proposed energy project is realized. Read More
August 20, 2025 - 16:28 | Alexa MacKie | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The commission tasked with reviewing judicial compensation says that $414,900 per year isn’t enough to keep the bench attractive to top applicants and recommends the government increase judges’ salaries by at least $28,000.
“The current salary and benefits paid to judges are inadequate,” reads a report by the commission reviewing federally appointed judges’ compensation that was tabled in the House of Commons Wednesday.
“An increase to the judicial salary is required to ensure outstanding candidates continue to be attracted to the judiciary.”
The report recommends...
August 20, 2025 - 16:27 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
OTTAWA — Alberta Immigration Minister Joseph Schow says he wants Ottawa to stop turning a blind eye to illegal immigration in Canada and have an honest conversation about the strain he says it’s putting on infrastructure and public services.
“I’m not going to sugarcoat it, we believe there’s 500,000 illegal immigrants currently spread across Canada and these individuals are benefitting from taxpayer-funded services.” said Schow.
“The federal government is choosing to disregard this number and that’s a real problem.”
Schow, who is also Alberta’s minister of jobs, economy and trade...
August 20, 2025 - 16:11 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
