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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 4, 2024 5:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is putting $1.3 billion toward building and expanding schools. He says the money will go toward creating 27,093 new student …

A group of controversial murals that were proposed for Vernon, B.C., last year are getting a second life, in a documentary called Behind the Mask.  In 2022 the ‘Behind the Mask’ mural project was announced; there were plans to hang large photographs of marginalized people wearing masks on buildings across …

TEL AVIV, Israel — The son of missing Israel-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver said Sunday the military escalation in Gaza had raised the dangers to his mother. “I do fear that she’s more at risk,” Yonatan Zeigen told reporters, two days after the Israeli army moved into Gaza in response …

Winter weather can cause lots of headaches on Edmonton roads, and the city is hoping to get ahead of problems. However, with a tighter budget, some of the issues we saw last year may return. The city has allocated about $64 million for snow clearing and it doesn’t address all …

Canada’s allegation that there is evidence agents of India’s government may have behind the killing of a Sikh leader on Canadian soil have put the U.S. in what experts say is a “difficult” bind as it seeks deeper economic ties with the South Asian superpower. The Biden administration has said …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba government is putting approximately $8 million toward wastewater infrastructure projects in the city of Winnipeg, the province announced Monday. Building on the city’s long-term combined sewer overflow project, the province is spending $7.5 million for the southwest sewer interceptor project …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man accused of stealing a box truck and leading officers on a chase through Winnipeg Sunday was ultimately foiled by a snowbank, police say. Police say they were first called about a Peterbilt box truck that had been stolen and was …

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) – an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator is coming under fire for its ineffectiveness and lack of enforcement when it comes to punishing airlines for denying compensation to impacted air passengers. “Right now the process puts the burden on the Canadian consumer that’s got a …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. B.C. doctors who treat diabetes say they’ve been forced to jump through hoops to get coverage for potentially life-saving drugs, including making …

Leaders of the province’s education and teachers’ unions are expressing serious concern over the law that imposed a contract on 55,000 CUPE education workers and banned them from striking — and they’re worried it could have an impact on their own contract negotiations. Bill 28 uses the notwithstanding clause to protect against constitutional challenges — a legal …