Canadians should expect more federal job cuts than the 19,200 the government forecast in last week’s budget, the union that represents most federal public-sector employees said Wednesday. Patty Ducharme, national executive vice-president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, says there are temporary employees whose jobs will be eliminated, and there are still cuts from [...]

View Where are the payphones in Ottawa? in a larger map The move to raise the price of a local payphone call from 50 cents to a dollar had Alan Neal at CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day wondering if payphones were soon to be an endangered species. That led to an idea: get listeners [...]

The head of the union local representing OC Transpo workers said he thinks the public will accept a new labour deal as long as it keeps the buses running. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 and the transit authority reached a tentative deal on Friday, one that includes an 8.25 per cent wage increase over [...]

A 33-year-old man from Valleyfield, Que., will make a court appearance Wednesday on child pornography charges after provincial police were tipped off by a U.S. investigation. The Sûreté du Québec arrested the man at his home this week, a month after launching an investigation into his activities. Sgt. Ronald McInnis said police in Philadelphia, who [...]

Police have detained more than 50 protesters after a morning demonstration against tuition hikes. The students started their march at Victoria Square and proceeded to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where reportedly the demonstrators caused some damage. They left the hotel and resumed the march in the streets. Police declared the demonstration illegal and warned people [...]