Peter McQuaid was scheduled to die the following Monday, but first he wanted to see a priest. His wife, Connie, was apprehensive. The Catholic Church had staked its opposition to …
As the federal government moves to restrict the number of temporary workers in the country, a relatively new program to bring refugees to Canada on a permanent basis is beginning …
Persistent staffing shortages in the health-care sector across Canada in the wake of the pandemic have led some organizations, including some provincial government agencies, to increasingly call upon temporary foreign workers to …
Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light to hire more than double the people through the federal …
Ottawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue wastewater monitoring after the province cuts funding to the program next month. At its meeting this …
McMaster Children’s Hospital has cancelled roughly 100 tonsil and adenoid surgeries since the death of two children. The hospital paused all tonsil and adenoid surgeries for children 17 and under …
The city’s communications watchdog has received 51 complaints about a television show which featured a whirlwind romance between an elderly Hong Kong man and a younger mainland Chinese woman. The …
Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and of religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. The attack elicited widespread shock and …
Health Minister Mark Holland is accusing the Conservatives of trying to “sabotage” the government’s dental care program by calling up dental associations and “bullying” them — accusations the Tories are …
As It Happens6:32Maryland just issued 175,000 pot pardons. The attorney general says it’s a matter of racial justice Maryland’s governor issued 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions in one fell swoop …