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The Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE), which represents about 66,000 teachers, says it reached an agreement in principle with the government. FAE reaches agreement in principle with government. Hundreds of thousands of Quebec students will be returning to school after a union representing 40 per cent of teachers in the …

There are renewed warnings about the dangers of venturing onto thin ice or near bodies of water after multiple recent drownings across Canada. 2 teens died in Ottawa this week, similar incidents reported in Alberta, Quebec. The ice is thinner and more dangerous on Canada’s waterways this year, experts say …

Two Inuit leaders in Labrador are calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to chip in for flights to their fly-in communities as the province becomes the latest to support leisure travel to and from international destinations. Premier Andrew Furey says N.L. will support WestJet flights in 2024, Two Inuit …

B.C.’s transportation minister is promising to levy “the toughest fines in the country” after a truck carrying what appears to be heavy construction material smashed into an overpass in Delta, B.C., on Thursday, shutting down the southbound lanes of Highway 99. B.C. suspends Chohan Freight Forwarders’ safety certificate pending investigation. …

The Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE)’s council must decide whether the deal is an agreement in principle before putting it to a vote by union members. Union council to decide whether deal becomes agreement in principle. A teachers’ union in Quebec, which has been on an unlimited strike, said Wednesday …

It’s been more than a month since Gurdit Singh Sidhu’s parents were shot and killed at their family’s Caledon rental house. The shooting, just before midnight on Nov. 20, left doors and walls in the property riddled with bullet holes. Jagtar Sidhu and Harbhajan Sidhu, both 57, were visiting Sidhu …

WARNING: This story contains graphic images of a coyote bite wound. An 11-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote at a rest stop off of the Trans-Canada Highway on Tuesday. The Nyberg family was returning home to Brooks, Alta., around 7:30 p.m. after Boxing Day shopping when they stopped for …

On Christmas Day, Marjolaine Rocheleau was looking forward to spending quality time with her grandson, opening presents, baking cookies and playing outside. Instead, she spent the day at CHEO waiting for updates on his condition, after seven-year-old Jayden Hunter was seriously injured in a collision on the evening of Dec. …

The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all the unions that are part of a labour alliance called the common front. Negotiations around salaries and benefits are still ongoing. Negotiations around salaries continue. The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all the …

Ottawa police say they’ve found the body of a teenage boy in the Rideau River and the search for a second missing boy will continue Thursday. Search continues for another missing boy in south Ottawa’s Rideau River. Ottawa police say they’ve found the body of a teenage boy in the …