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A public inquiry into the death of a quadriplegic man begins today in Quebec — over a year after he sought medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay that left him with a severe and painful bedsore.  Normand Meunier, 66, was stuck on a stretcher in an emergency room at …

Poilievre says Conservative platform coming tomorrow Hi there, I’m J.P. Tasker. I’m following Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for the final week of this election campaign. With only days left in the campaign — and more than two million ballots already cast in advance voting — Poilievre still hasn’t released a …

Far from the political spotlight and prying eyes, the process has already begun. When the next Liberal leader is announced on March 9, it will mark the end of the leadership campaign triggered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign. However, experts say the process to transition to the …

Donald Trump’s administration in its first two weeks has offered up a dizzying series of moves in an apparent bid to remake the federal workforce. On the first day of his second, non-consecutive term as U.S. president, Trump signed an executive order that would allow his administration to fire at …

A day after the ceasefire began in Gaza, the displaced are returning to Rafah. The border town is a shell of its former self, with many of the buildings in ruins and remains of victims still beneath the rubble.  Rather than bodies, white bags are filled with clothes, bones and …

The union representing some 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has overwhelmingly rejected a deal with their employers’ association, and a lockout at the facility is underway. A spokesperson for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 per cent to reject the latest offer from the Maritime …

As Abdel Kareem Na’ssan stands on the edge of an olive grove near the village of Al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank, he is visibly uncomfortable. The farmer’s eyes scan the ridge line of rugged hills at the outposts belonging to Israeli settlers.  Any sound of traffic on a nearby road causes …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 24-hour gas and convenience bar is going up at Naawi-Oodena, the site of the former Kapyong Barracks. It’s a small part of an extensive redevelopment of the site, which was laid out in a master plan four years ago. The former …

Just days after Saskatchewan’s ombudsman put out a call for complaints about Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, several women began a hunger strike in protest of the conditions at the facility. According to Sherri Gordon, a prisoner advocate and the founder of Beyond Prison Walls Canada, the women …

A Nova Scotia union says a shortage of respiratory therapists is jeopardizing patient care, but health agencies say they’re already responding to the issue with recruitment efforts. The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees issued a release Thursday saying the dropping numbers of the therapists at Nova Scotia Health and …