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Doctors, nurses, advocates call on governments to address health-care crisis

Doctors, nurses, advocates call on governments to address health-care crisis

TORONTO — Associations representing Canada’s doctors, nursesand other health providers are calling on governments to work together to solve the health-care crisis that is affecting people across the country.
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Time changes persist despite experts' consensus to end daylight time

Time changes persist despite experts' consensus to end daylight time

Most Canadians will be turning the clocks back by an hour this weekend as various political moves to end seasonal time changes have yet to take broad effect – but experts say we'd be better off without the twice-a-year shift.
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The number of Mexican asylum seekers in Canada has increased dramatically

The number of Mexican asylum seekers in Canada has increased dramatically

MONTREAL — Canada has seen a spike in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here this year, with the vast majority of them coming to Montreal.
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Special tribunal among options to probe crimes linked to unmarked graves: official

Special tribunal among options to probe crimes linked to unmarked graves: official

OTTAWA — An independent official appointed to help communities investigate unmarked graves at former residential school sites says she is exploring the idea of whether a special tribunal should prosecute or investigate related crimes.
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Latest job numbers, Lich back at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 4

Latest job numbers, Lich back at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 4

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa

Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa

MONTREAL — Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they've accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ability to offer programs and raising questions abou
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'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway

'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Aaron Campbell and his brother were boating from Yellowknife to Hay River, N.W.T., earlier this fall when they got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow waters of Great Slave Lake near the mouth of the Hay River.
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Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology

Dig at B.C. shopping mall reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology

Time changes everything — including the way archeology works.
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Ottawa police investigating allegations of officers leaking info to 'Freedom Convoy'

Ottawa police investigating allegations of officers leaking info to 'Freedom Convoy'

Ottawa's interim police chief confirmed Thursday his force is investigating allegations that officers leaked intelligence to organizers of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest.
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Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production

Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic update creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production, with the caveat that companies that pay fair wages and train apprentices will get a bigg
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