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OTTAWA — Canadian Armed Forces personnel will get their largest pay increase in more than 25 years, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday, part of the federal government’s plan to improve the military’s capabilities and hit NATO’s spending target.
Carney said Ottawa will spend about $2 billion on the pay increases because soldiers and other military personnel are at the heart of protecting Canada’s sovereignty and their pay should reflect the importance of their roles.
The pay hikes, part of a $9 billion federal investment in the Canadian military that was announced in June,...
August 8, 2025 - 16:16 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for much of Ontario and Eastern Ontario over the next five days beginning Saturday. Read More
August 8, 2025 - 16:06 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week.Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose home is a few kilometres from the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, says she is waiting a bit longer to bring back half of her art collection, which was taken to a friend’s home when her family was told to evacuate late Sunday.
August 8, 2025 - 15:49 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
A British Columbia First Nation has won a major court victory, with a judge declaring it has title to a portion of land in the Vancouver area that includes currently active industrial operations on the Fraser River.Justice Barbara Young of the B.C. Supreme Court declared the Cowichan Tribes “have established Aboriginal title” to roughly 800 acres in the City of Richmond, as well as an Aboriginal right to fish for food. Her 863-page ruling – from a trial that stretched 513 days over five years, from 2019 to 2023 – was issued Thursday and published online Friday.
August 8, 2025 - 15:49 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
A passenger has been injured on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship after acrylic glass shattered on a water slide on Thursday.
The passenger, an adult, was on board the Icon of the Seas, according to
ABC News...
August 8, 2025 - 15:40 | National Post Staff | National Post
OTTAWA — Three months after the federal election, Pierre Poilievre’s top advisor Jenni Byrne has broken her silence over the party’s failed bid to form government.
Byrne, a top Conservative operative and Poilievre ally, has been praised for her role in the party leader’s meteoric rise in the polls during the Justin Trudeau era but also criticized for her role in the last federal election that saw the Liberals elected once again.
For the first time since the April 28 election, Byrne spoke at length about the experience on the...
August 8, 2025 - 15:32 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
