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More than four months after pledging that emergency physicians would soon begin roles monitoring waiting room patients, the Alberta government’s promised triage liaison physicians aren’t yet on the job.

Anna Betty Achneepineskum says she’s provided testimony at multiple coroner’s inquests in Thunder Bay, Ont., and seen dozens of recommendations aimed at preventing deaths at the Thunder Bay Jail. The deputy grand chief with Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) provided testimony during the second day of the inquest into Kevin Mamakwa’s death. Here’s what she shared…

A new discount storefront is set to open near Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall on June 18th, and another at Windsor’s Tecumseh Mall in July.

The vast majority of Ontario’s 2023-2024 graduating class did not complete the Ford government’s mandatory e-learning requirements, data from the province’s Ministry of Education reveals.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, now less than two weeks away, was promised to be an economic boon for Canada, but it may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Toronto and Vancouver play host to a combined 13 games at this year’s World Cup, with the first game on June 12 when Canada…

An Albanian man involved in a “blood feud” who served 26 months in an Italian prison for uttering threats, kidnapping, robbery and weapon possession, then came to Canada as a refugee claimant using a fake Italian passport, has won a shot at returning to this country. “The serious crimes Pjeter Pjetrushi committed before coming to…

Millions of Canadians will receive a top-up payment of as much as $717 from the federal government directly into their bank accounts this week. The top-up is part of the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, formerly known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST) credit, and is equal to 50 per cent of the…

An Indigenous-led LNG project in northwest B.C. last week agreed to supply Germany with one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year for the next 20 years. This was no small deal. The agreement between the Ksi Lisims project and government-owned German energy utility Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) marks a significant step toward…

OTTAWA — The Carney Liberals now have the support of half of all Canadians, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll, the first time any governing party has hit that benchmark in popular support in more than two decades. The poll, conducted over the last week, found that 50 per cent of decided voters said that…

An 86-year-old B.C. man who shot and killed his long-time neighbour over a petty noise issue before turning the gun on the man’s wife will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after being sentenced to life in prison last week. In deciding on 86-year-old Robert Amede Freeman’s parole eligibility, the judge considered…