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[published_date] Anyone who works Monday to Friday and is keen for a long weekend this Canada Day has likely had to do a bit of calendar juggling to cope with the ill-timed holiday. The statutory holiday falls on a Tuesday this year, forcing many to work an odd Monday squeezed between days off, unless they…

[published_date] Before taking their latest chance to weigh in on the wisdom of exiting the Canada Pension Plan, Albertans must first watch a five-minute video, most of which tries to persuade them how great an idea it is. The promise of lower premiums and higher benefits hasn't sold well in the past. We recently learned…

[published_date] Three coastal First Nations have worked together to come up with a plan to move a grizzly bear that's been causing problems on Texada Island — just off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast — but so far, the province has not signed off.  On June 13, the B.C. government said there was no "kill order" for…

[published_date] This First Person column is written by Chidinma Favour Anosike, who lives in Regina, and is part of a Canada Day series exploring what Canada means to people across this country. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ. When I arrived in Canada in the spring of 2023, I was awestruck to see so…

[published_date] With Quebec's moving day fast approaching, more than 2,000 households across the province are still searching for housing — 320 more than at the same time last year, according to the province's housing corporation.  Advocacy groups say they are bracing for more emergency calls. "There's been a lot more evictions, cases of repossessions," said…

[published_date] During the spring campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised a re-elected Liberal government led by him would move fast to solve problems and meet challenges by Canada Day. After his victory, those promises left Carney a little more than 60 days to address issues that have bedevilled previous governments, in some cases, for a…

[published_date] Cost of Living 9:34 Could shop class solve Canada's trades shortage? To meet the federal government's promise to "build, baby, build," the country is going to need a whole lot more skilled trades workers. But a shortage of shop class teachers in Canadian high schools might make them hard to find.  "We have…

[published_date] An evacuation order in Wheatley, Ont., is over after a gas leak was discovered Thursday. Chatham-Kent municipal spokesperson Eric Labadie said residents were given clearance to head back into their homes overnight. He told CBC News the gas has stopped emitting behind the village's library. However, crews continue to search for the origination of the leak. "Chatham-Kent…

[published_date] A year after her mother was sentenced to prison for defrauding Inuit organizations to help pay for her education, an Ontario woman went public for the first time about the case — and Jordan Archer's story has again stirred up anger and frustration among Inuit. Archer, formerly Nadya Gill, spoke to the Toronto Star…

[published_date] Black and Middle Eastern people in Hamilton continue to be overrepresented in use-of-force incidents recorded by the Ontario city's police service. The statistics, which were submitted to the police board on Thursday, mark the fifth straight year that Black people are disproportionately represented. The inclusion of race-based data started being published in 2020 as part of an Ontario government mandate,…

[published_date] The final numbers are in on last years' Alberta budget, and the bottom-line figure is an $8.3-billion surplus. It's $2.5 billion more than officials had expected to get, and Finance Minister Nate Horner told reporters Friday the jump is because of more tax revenue from a growing population, coupled with oil royalties that were…

[published_date] A Quebec government-commissioned investigation into the campus climate at Dawson and Vanier colleges is recommending the adoption of a law to "oversee academic freedom in the college system" with the aim of reducing tensions among students. The report published Friday, after it had first appeared in the Journal de Montréal, found that the principles of secularism…