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Quebec’s premier appears to want a federal election to take place sooner rather than later. In a brief statement to reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday, Legault expressed his disagreement with the Bloc Québécois’s decision to support Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government in a non-confidence motion that is expected next week. For months, Legault said, he’s…
The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions will include 182 French Olympic representatives, including 78 medallists, and 137 Paralympic participants with 50…
Concerned organizations in Rainy River, Ont. say the town’s medical system is on life support as they struggle to recruit and retain staff. The northwestern Ontario town is facing dire shortages of both doctors and paramedics, said Mayor Deborah Ewald at an Ontario Health Coalition press conference Friday. “There needs to be some significant changes because…
Summerside’s mayor has returned to social media and open-to-the-public office hours after an experience with online harassment that he ultimately had to report to police. Since his election in November 2022, Dan Kutcher had been more active than many municipal politicians on social media platforms, and his open-office policy on Friday mornings could be considered unusual among public…
Ontario’s progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press. Progress updates on the Ontario Autism Program show a widening gulf between the number of children…
Some Whitehorse community organizations are hailing a recent court decision striking down short-notice evictions under the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act as a victory for vulnerable and marginalized people in the territory. Yukon Supreme Court Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan ruled in a 75-page decision last week that section 3(2) of the act, often referred to…
After a woman was struck and killed while riding her bicycle in Etobicoke late last month, dozens of cyclists gathered at the site of her fatal collision to honour her memory Saturday, saying Toronto’s cycling infrastructure has to improve. The ghost bike ride was in honour of a 26-year-old woman who was struck by a motorist…
Organizers in Thunder Bay, Ont., have been busy preparing for the 11th annual Rockin’ Recovery event scheduled to take place this Saturday at the city’s CLE Coliseum Building. Storytelling is at the heart of the event, along with the message that recovery from addiction is possible. “Stories are important because you see yourself or your…
For anyone who spent their childhood riding stinky, noisy school buses, it’s a revelation to climb aboard one of the electric models coming off the assembly line at Lion Electric in Saint-Jérôme, Que., northwest of Montreal. “The only thing you hear is the wheels on the road,” said founder and CEO Marc Bédard. Proponents believe kids who ride e-buses…
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says that the city needs 300 photo radars to calm traffic, particularly in school zones, but she is disappointed with the Quebec government’s plan to purchase only 250 for the entire province. At a Wednesday news conference, Plante urged Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault to allocate more photo radars to Montreal. These devices can…
