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Pedestrian killed in Highway 401 collision

July 1 , 2025 at 02:52:59 p.m. EDT • :

A pedestrian has died in a collision with a vehicle on Highway 401 near Mallorytown, Ont., according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

Gatineau River boaters fear loss of Chelsea launch

July 1 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Some boaters in western Quebec worry they could soon lose access to the Gatineau River if Chelsea's municipal council goes ahead with a plan to close a ramp used for motorized watercraft.

New law that aims to protect Ontario gig workers falls short, critics say

July 1 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

New legislation that offers more protection to digital platform workers becomes law on Tuesday, but critics say the act is "lacking" and falls short of what gig workers actually need.

Ottawa avoided a trade setback. But Trump could come for supply management next

July 1 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

By quashing the digital services tax, Canadian negotiators paid a kind of toll on the road to a trade deal with the U.S., in that they simply kept the talks rolling. But the move could back Canada against the wall on the far thornier issue of supply management.

First Nations opposition to Bill C-5 draws comparisons to Idle No More movement

July 1 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Hayden King, executive director of the Yellowhead Institute, says both the speed with which it was passed and ideas in the bill remind him of former prime minister Stephen Harper's omnibus bill that helped create the Idle No More movement.