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What we expect from regional and city governments is increasingly out of step with their powers
This column is an opinion by Tomas Hachard, manager of programs and research at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University...
Despite court order, landlords still trying to reclaim luxury homes turned into illegal rooming houses
A few Toronto-area landlords are still trying to reclaim their luxury homes after an Ontario Superior Court judge voided their leases two months...
Canada has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers in 5 years
Canada has turned away at least 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016 — including some who were hoping to find refuge...
Organizations can apply for federal emergency rent subsidy starting Monday
Businesses, nonprofits and charities hit financially by the pandemic will be able to apply for the federal government’s new rent subsidy program starting Monday. ...
Sports groups defrauded by their own members face uphill battle in rebuilding community trust
Whenever an organization is the victim of theft, the impact can be deep and long lasting. When money is stolen by an employee...
Saskatchewan staved off bankruptcy in the ’90s. Is there hope for N.L., too?
Roy Romanow says he still loses sleep over decisions he made 27 years ago. The former NDP premier of Saskatchewan came to power amid...
The environmental policy the oilpatch wants from Ottawa ASAP
Shell Canada will plant more than 800,000 trees in the interior of British Columbia next year, a project that the company hopes will create valuable carbon...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Friday
The latest: Faced with mounting COVID-19 case numbers, Quebec is considering temporarily closing schools as part of its efforts to “break” the second...
Alberta preparing to introduce further restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
Alberta’s government is weighing new restrictions for the province as it sees record-breaking COVID-19 numbers. Possible restrictions could include capacity limits on worship services and...
Refugee advocates say Canada must step up resettlement efforts despite pandemic
Advocates for refugees say the federal government must step up its efforts to help people fleeing conflict and persecution abroad — even as...
Calls to Kids Help Phone have surged. Now some counsellors are making a distress call of their own
Kids Help Phone, the charity that offers 24/7 counselling services to young Canadians in distress, needs to listen to the concerns of its stressed staff if...
High schoolers, educators worry condensed schedules will bring ‘information overload’
High schoolers After landing her best-ever grade in math last year, high school senior Kamaldeep Dhillon has struggled with the subject this year...
RCMP’s diversity hiring remains stagnant, new figures show
The head of the RCMP has promised to “double down” on efforts to boost diversity among its officers — but newly available statistics show...
How businesses and schools are dealing with airborne COVID-19 and preparing for a winter indoors
On a sunny Friday in October, the 9Round fitness club in midtown Toronto was as busy as it could be, according to local...
For Canada’s energy sector, a Joe Biden win would be just 1 more item on a long list of uncertainties
This week was the first time Tom Simons had travelled to the U.S. in eight months because of the pandemic, and he just happened...
In the Arctic, ‘everything is changing,’ massive animal tracking study finds
Animals across the Arctic are changing where and when they breed, migrate and forage in response to climate change, says a new study...
