Dubowski pleased with council position even with budget complexities

A new crop of councillors popped up during the most recent municipal election in the fall, and since then, Mathew Dubowski has been working hard to get acquainted with the position. After he was nominated to the role as the youngest member of the council, the 27-year-old has been learning the ropes through a number of council meetings and other events.

Dubowski talked about the experience he's had so far working with the municipal government.

Canada Post puts forward ‘final offers’ to union as overtime ban continues

Canada Post on Wednesday laid out its "final offers" to the union representing 55,000 workers after negotiations resumed Wednesday morning, as tensions run high over the future of the beleaguered institution.

Included in the proposal are an end to compulsory overtime, a signing bonus of $1,000 for urban employees and $500 for rural and suburban ones, cost-of-living payments that are triggered at a lower inflation threshold.

Parliament gets back to work with a new prime minister and many new faces

Parliament gets back to work Wednesday with a new Speaker, a new prime minister and plenty of new faces in the House of Commons.

Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia will preside over the House of Commons for the first time today, while his office has confirmed that all 343 members of Parliament have now been sworn in.

Roughly a third of those MPs, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, were elected for the first time in April and will face their first question period today.

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