Service Canada wants to ensure that everyone receiving benefits through Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, and Employment Insurance continue to receive their payments.   Clients who receive payments by cheque are encouraged to register for direct deposit. You can update or register for direct deposit by: Visiting your nearest Service Canada Centre or Scheduled Outreach location; or Submitting a call back request at eServices.Canada.ca; or Calling one of several call […]

Employees who are part of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked out at 12:01 a.m. Toronto time on Friday, according to a union statement. The work stoppage at Canada Post Corp. will disrupt mail services across the country. The union says approximately 55,000 workers are striking, claiming little progress has been made in the bargaining process. It issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it’s been asking […]

History tells us that more than 3,500 status Indian volunteers enlisted in the first World War from all across Canada. According to Indian Affairs records this “number represents approximately thirty-five per cent of the Indian male population of military age” between 1914 and 1919, and this doesn’t include the enlisted men that Indian Affairs didn’t know about.[i] The Great War broke out in 1914 many years before our people were granted […]