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Canada’s Lengthy Stanley Cup Drought Continues as Habs Fall to Hurricanes

Hockey might be considered Canada’s game, but its most iconic trophy has extended its decades-long residency in the United States for at least another year. Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson scored in a dominating first period that helped push the Hurricanes past the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on Friday night, closing a five-game series. [...]

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Canada Post Workers Set to Wrap up Voting on New Tentative Deal

Postal workers are set to wrap up voting on new tentative agreements today after more than two years of labour strife. Some 55,000 union members began voting April 20 on a five-year contract which includes wage increases of 6.5 percent and three percent in the first two years. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says [...]

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Immigration Lawyers Say Automation Is Partly Driving a Massive Federal Court Backlog

The number of immigration cases being brought to Federal Court has more than quadrupled since 2020—and some immigration lawyers are linking the surge in part to the federal government’s use of artificial intelligence and automation to clear visa application backlogs. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada insists that technology is not to blame and that multiple factors are driving the boom in legal challenges of the department’s decisions. About 6,400 immigration cases were brought to Federal Court in 2020, a figure in line with the trend over the previous decade. The caseload spiked sharply in 2021, when 9,700 cases were sent to the court.

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