CRA says it’s owed more than $10 billion in COVID-19 benefit payments
Ottawa By Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 31, 2025 12:35:25 PM. Last Updated Dec 31, 2025 02:42:20 PM. OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it’s owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits. Nina Ioussoupova, a spokesperson for the agency, said that, as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits […]
Treasury Board minister silent on details of plan to shrink federal public service
Ottawa By Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 29, 2025 11:32:47 AM. Last Updated Dec 29, 2025 02:02:39 PM. OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali says the federal government hasn’t worked out details of its plans to cut the bureaucracy and boost the amount of time public servants spend in the office. Ali […]
Canada Post ‘fully prepared’ for holiday rush after last year’s disruptive strike
Ottawa By Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 17, 2025 04:00:14 AM. Last Updated Dec 17, 2025 01:19:24 PM. Canada Post says it’s ready for the holiday rush and expects to deliver letters and parcels on time coming out of its labour turmoil of the past two years. The postal service said Tuesday that […]
LeBlanc believes U.S. will keep CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico
Ottawa By Émilie Bergeron, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 11, 2025 04:30:18 AM. OTTAWA — The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates […]
IMF chief, former PBO Kevin Page say Ottawa has leeway to run steeper deficits
Ottawa By Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Posted Oct 16, 2025 12:46:58 PM. Last Updated Oct 16, 2025 03:02:13 PM. OTTAWA — Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer and the head of the International Monetary Fund are both arguing Ottawa has room to run steeper deficits in the upcoming federal budget, despite concerns raised by the […]
System outage causing processing delays at Canada-U.S. border
Ottawa By Denio Lourenco Posted Sep 30, 2025 10:52:45 AM. Last Updated Sep 30, 2025 02:07:59 PM. Commercial trucks experienced difficulties crossing the Canada-U.S. border on Tuesday morning as the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dealt with a system outage. The agency said the outage caused delays in commercial processing, specifically at ports of entry […]
Police charge 3 after multiple thefts from Rideau Centre
Ottawa By [Natasha O’Neill](https://ottawa.citynews.ca/author/natasha-oneill) Posted Sep 29, 2025 01:21:21 PM. Last Updated Sep 29, 2025 01:21:26 PM. After several thefts at retail stores at Ottawa’s downtown mall, police have laid charges. Officials are calling it Operation Robin Hood, and it saw officers pair with the Market Neighbourhood Resource Team and Rideau Centre Security to catch […]
Federal NDP officially launches leadership race
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Court finds Trump’s tariffs against Canada, other countries illegal, but leaves them in place for now
Ottawa By Paul Wiseman And Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press Posted Aug 29, 2025 05:48:13 PM. Last Updated Aug 30, 2025 09:10:24 AM. WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose [sweeping tariffs](https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-into-effect-economy-warning-signs-eafe20de9abad312573b320fd4b5fb33) on almost every country on earth but left in place for now his […]
What’s different about the Canada/U.S. trade talks this time around?
Ottawa By Analysis by The Big Story podcast Posted Aug 28, 2025 07:45:36 AM. Here we go again. Trade talks between Canada and the U.S. are back on following a lengthy pause between the two sides. Our Canada-U.S. Trade Minister flew down to Washington this week to resume negotiations. Canada dropped many retaliatory tariffs in […]