Unpublished Newswire
Quebec is moving forward with plans to shield its poutine cheese curds with protected geographical status.
The Conseil des Industriels Laitiers du Québec (CILQ), the province’s dairy industry association, is pushing for a “Protected Geographical Indication” (PGI), which would enable provincial producers to identify their cheese curds as protected with an official designation seal.
To obtain the PGI, all production stages — from raw materials to final packaging — must occur in Quebec. The PGI will safeguard what the CILQ considers the unique qualities of the province’s fresh cheese...
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
A fight for ownership of the trademark for an outlaw motorcycle club’s patch — a logo notorious from a biker war that killed more than 160 people — has been settled by federal bureaucrats at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
In a strange clash of corporate rules meeting biker culture, the mother of a former national president of the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club faced a hostile takeover of her right to the logo by a law firm representing a client the lawyers wouldn’t name.
The Rock Machine name and logo is recognizable to many people of a certain age, particularly in Quebec...
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
Like the Members of Parliament in Ottawa, the 105 members of Canada’s Senate are getting a pay raise on April 1.
But before they receive a nearly $10,000 hike to their base salary of
$184,800
, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling out a handful of the worst offenders and some...
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
Journalistic tradition dictates that the New Democratic Party be treated as an organization of consequence, with lengthy historical roots and some significant achievements. Lately it hasn’t been acting like it, though. Its standing in the House of Commons slipped to fourth place three elections ago and shows little sign of revival. Its seven paltry seats aren’t enough to qualify for official recognition. Its finances are
dire...
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | Kelly McParland | National Post
Michael Lindsay was tapped to lead the Crown corporation in 2025, tasked with refocusing its mandate and bringing years-delayed transit lines into service for the first time.
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
Emergency physicians at St. Boniface Hospital said it's demoralizing to see long wait times at Manitoba's second-largest hospital, and elsewhere in the health-care system, having become increasingly normalized over the years.
March 6, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
