Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. The tribunal found the university appears to h...

OTTAWA - New Democrats and Conservatives have both launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having increased power in the...

OTTAWA - Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly out...

OTTAWA - A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $...

TORONTO - An investigative journalist who authored books that tackled topics ranging from a prime minister's involvement in jet purchases to the murders of women on a British Columbia pig farm has die...

OTTAWA - Canada's transport minister said he is determined to get to the bottom of a recent train delay that left Via Rail passengers stranded for about 10 hours in Quebec over the long weekend. Pablo...

MONTREAL - A 4.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through parts of Quebec early Sunday morning. Natural Resources Canada says the quake struck at 5:43 a.m, and was "lightly felt" in Drummondville, Trois-R...

TORONTO - A Toronto-based woman whose family lives in Israel says she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning a cousin taken hostage by Hamas has died in the Gaza Strip. Maayan Shavit sa...

MONTREAL - Jacques Marchildon says sprinklers were the nail in the coffin for Villa Marie-Ange, the 14-person seniors residence he co-owns in St-Adelphe, Que. In the coming months, the two-storey buil...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's decision to reel in the temporary foreign worker program after loosening the rules to help businesses find workers after the pandemic is sparking a contentious debate...