Feds Short $14.5 Billion Over Decade of Equalization Payments, PBO Says
The federal government has shortchanged provinces on equalization payments under rules put in place after the last economic crisis in the late 2000s, Parliament’s spending watchdog says, warning… Read more »
National Ballet of Canada Announces Virtual Season, Including Digital Films
The National Ballet of Canada is dancing into the virtual world. Earlier this month the company announced the COVID-19 pandemic had forced it to cancel its physical… Read more »
WestJet Increases Surcharges After Nav Canada Rate Hike
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is raising its surcharges on domestic flights in response to a 30 per cent rate increase by Nav Canada, which operates air navigation across the… Read more »
COVID-19 in Schools Inevitable, Cost to Reduce Class Sizes Unrealistic: Kenney
COVID-19 cases disrupted the reopening of two Alberta schools on Tuesday, but Premier Jason Kenney said his government has accepted that such infections are inevitable and don’t warrant closing… Read more »
Surgery Backlog in Ontario Due to COVID-19 Could Take 84 Weeks to Clear: Study
A new study suggests it could take more than a year and a half to clear the backlog of surgeries in Ontario hospitals caused by the COVID-19… Read more »
Calgary Shooting That Left Two Dead Linked to Organized Crime: Police
Police say a shooting in Calgary last week that resulted in the deaths of two people is related to organized crime. Officers responded to a report of shots… Read more »
81 Quebec City Students in Isolation After COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at Two Schools
More than 80 students in Quebec City are in isolation after three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at two high schools, the local public health agency said Monday. Two positive COVID-19 cases were… Read more »
Trudeau Calls Out Vandals Who Toppled Montreal’s MacDonald Statue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada over the weekend, while the Quebec… Read more »
Ontario Liberal Party Wants Education Workers Treated Like Front-Line Workers
The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is asking businesses to treat education workers as front-line workers. Steven Del Duca says retailers and institutions have made life… Read more »
Canada Signs Deal With Novavax To Get 76 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
The federal government has a deal with a third vaccine developer to get access to an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as next spring. Prime Minister Justin… Read more »
Groundhog Day Prognosticator Winnipeg Wyn Dies, Wildlife Centre Says
Winnipeg Wyn, an orphaned Manitoba woodchuck that helped mark the passage of Groundhog Day each year, has died. The Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre announced the woodchuck’s passing… Read more »
Crews Battling Seven Wildfires Currently in Nova Scotia
Crews were on the scene of several wildfires across Nova Scotia on Saturday, as Environment Canada warned residents in the western part of the province that air… Read more »
Calgary Chicken Processing Plant Will Remain Open After COVID-19 Outbreak
The Sofina Foods/Lilydale poultry processing plant in Calgary will remain open despite a growing COVID-19 outbreak. An Alberta Health official said Friday there had been 19 cases of the virus… Read more »
‘There Is a Communication Problem’: Back-To-School Headaches in Quebec
A private high school on Montreal’s south shore sent an entire Grade 7 class home this week after a parent of one of the students called in to say he… Read more »
Personal Info of Kids with Disabilities Accidentally Shared: Manitoba Government
The Manitoba government says human error resulted in the personal information of 9,000 children with disabilities being unintentionally shared. The province says the breach occurred on Wednesday when… Read more »
Study Finds Chronic Health Issues More Common among Transgender People
New research finds transgender people in Ontario suffer more chronic physical and mental health problems than the general population. Researchers say the findings underscore the need to… Read more »
Toronto-Area Woman Facing Terrorism Charges after Allegedly Trying to Join ISIS
RCMP say they’ve charged a woman from the Toronto area with terrorism-related offences after she allegedly travelled to join the Islamic State group. Police say 22-year-old Haleema… Read more »
Halloween ComicFest 2020
Halloween ComicFest is an annual event where participating local comic shops across North America celebrate the Halloween season by giving away free comics to fans. Comic shops… Read more »
Why One Quebec Health Worker Is Honouring the Pandemic’s Victims with an ‘Altar for the Dead’
As part of her morning ritual, Adriana Enriquez-Rosas tends to the flowers in the bright blue vertical planter that leans against her fence. She has dubbed the… Read more »
Section of Rare Forested Land Donated to Prince Edward Island Nature Reserve
A nature reserve in Prince Edward Island is expanding thanks to a land donation to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Brothers Tony and Liam Dolan of Charlottetown are donating… Read more »
Feds to Give Provinces $2B to Bolster Safe Reopening of Schools This Fall
The federal government is giving $2 billion more to provinces and territories to help them ensure kids can safely go back to school next month. Prime Minister… Read more »
Oilers to Draw Winning Ticket for Record-Setting 50/50 Raffle on Aug. 26
The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation says a winning ticket for a record-setting 50/50 raffle will be picked on Wednesday. The pot for the Aug. 7 online draw hit… Read more »
‘I Don’t Drop the Ball’: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole Promises to Fight for West, Human Rights
Newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said Tuesday that as leader, and as a prime minister, he will stand up for the rights of women and the LGBTQ… Read more »
P.E.I. Will Ease Restrictions on Visits to Long-Term Care Homes Beginning Sept. 1.
Prince Edward Island is further easing restrictions on visits to long-term care homes beginning Sept. 1. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said today the changes will… Read more »