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When asked about the City of Calgary's $10 million invoice, Alberta premier Danielle Smith said she'd be open to a conversation about centralizing tax collection.
August 25, 2025 - 19:54 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
The Canada Revenue Agency has offered contract extensions to around 850 call-centre employees as their union sounds the alarm over staffing levels. CRA spokesperson Etienne Biram says the workers, whose contracts were set to expire in September, were contacted about the decision last week.
August 25, 2025 - 19:26 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
Canada and South American bloc Mercosur will resume negotiations for a free-trade agreement, Brasilia and Ottawa announced on Monday after a meeting in Brazil's capital.
August 25, 2025 - 18:45 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Canada and South American bloc Mercosur will resume negotiations for a free-trade agreement, Brasilia and Ottawa announced on Monday after a meeting in Brazil’s capital.Mercosur, whose rotating presidency is currently held by Brazil, is a major exporter of beef, soybeans and minerals. Besides Brazil, the bloc includes Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, while Bolivia is in the process of becoming a full member.
August 25, 2025 - 18:33 | | The Globe and Mail
Joan Leishman was a globe-trotting journalist, a champion of refugee writers in Canada and a tireless human-rights advocate. She spent more than 30 years in the employ of the CBC, in radio and television. In 1992, she opened the broadcaster’s first South African bureau as the apartheid era ground to an end after the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990, which she had covered for CBC. While based in Africa, she also covered the Rwandan genocide. Earlier in her career she had worked as a freelancer in Mexico City when a massive earthquake devastated parts of the city.
August 25, 2025 - 18:16 | James Cullingham | The Globe and Mail
This year’s Pride Parade was supposed to be a moment of celebration. Instead, it was cut short by a pro-Palestinian protest. CTV’s Josh Marano delivers the details in Hour 4, as Ottawa’s Mayor comments on the unexpected disruption and the next steps that Capital Pride should take to avoid a repeat scenario. Plus, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Austin Lee and Jackie Perez.
August 25, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
