‘It all comes back to lodging’: electrician says lack of housing slows construction
KUUJJUAQ, Que. — Daniel Gabois would usually be out hunting this time of year. Flocks of Canada geese have started to appear overhead in their V-formations, returning to nesting grounds in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. That's the signal for
Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorial
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An unmarked burial ground at the former Kamloops, B.C. residential school set off a reckoning for Canadians about their country's history and relations with Indigenous Peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The prime minis...
‘A light of hope’: first of three flights bringing Ukrainians lands in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba's capital city. The 30-year-old is one of more than 300 Ukrainian nationals who were on a federally chartered flight to b...
Ontario parties attach different price tags to pledge to boost student grants
TORONTO — Three of Ontario's four main parties are pledging to reverse cuts to the province's student assistance program, but they've all attached different price tags to the promise. The program that converted many student loans to grants and made tu...
Conservative party ends its investigation into complaint about a racist email
The Conservative Party of Canada has ended its investigation into a racist email sent to leadership contender Patrick Brown's campaign team after the party member purportedly behind it resigned their membership. Party spokesman Wayne Benson says the re...
Military members urged to contact Habitat for Humanity amid housing crisis
OTTAWA — An email encouraging members of the Canadian Armed Forces to consider contacting Habitat for Humanity if they can’t find affordable housing is casting a spotlight on a growing challenge facing many military personnel and their families. The em...
Walk out at trade meeting when Russia spoke “not one-off”, says Trade Minister
OTTAWA — Canada's international trade minister has warned the walkout she staged when a Russian representative began his remarks at a meeting of trade ministers in Bangkok over the weekend is "not a one-off". Mary Ng said she would be prepared
Ontario party leaders reaffirm pledges for residential school burial searches
Ontario's four main party leaders are reaffirming commitments to search for burial sites at the province's former residential schools for Indigenous students one year after ground-penetrating radar unearthed what are believed to be the graves of 215 ch...
‘I would like us to not be forgotten’: Election breeds hope, skepticism in Far North
Susanna Baxter says she has lived a life full of barriers. Limited access to health care, poor education, trouble accessing clean drinking water and overcrowded housing are just some of the issues she says she experienced growing up in Marten Falls
Prime minister should have lieutenant-governor shortlists, constitutional lawyer says
OTTAWA — The COVID-19 emergency and a recent court ruling in New Brunswick show why the prime minister should have a succession plan for lieutenant-governors, one constitutional lawyer says. “The weirdest aspect of the Canadian constitution is that if ...
