Three years ago, the P.E.I. government rolled out its new electric school buses with much fanfare. Now some drivers say the buses are plagued with problems, with 16 to 18 of the vehicles in the shop at a time on occasions, out of a total of just over 100. Robert …
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Latest blast of winter closes schools, disrupts travel in Nova Scotia
Many schools in Nova Scotia are closed Wednesday and transit buses in Cape Breton Regional Municipality have been pulled off the road as a strong nor’easter blows through the region. Halifax Transit service has resumed, but buses in CBRM have been pulled off the road. Many schools in Nova Scotia …
Read More »Ford government to scrap online licence plate renewal, will be done automatically instead
The Ontario government says it intends to scrap the requirement for drivers in the province to re-register their licence plates online each year, with the process being done automatically instead. Premier Doug Ford unexpectedly revealed the impending change at a Tuesday morning news conference ostensibly held to announce legislation that …
Read More »Sask. breast cancer patient still waiting for surgeon consultation 5 months after finding lump
Lisa Vick, 48, is one of many women in Saskatchewan facing bottlenecks in the health-care system due to a shortage of radiologists and surgeons with breast specializations. Health minister says progress being made to address breast cancer diagnostic, surgical backlogs. A mother of two from Weyburn, Sask., has known since …
Read More »Tent encampments prove ‘exactly how broken’ Canada’s system is, federal housing advocate says
A new report on tent encampments across Canada calls for urgent action at all levels of government to end what federal housing advocate Marie-Josée Houle describes as a “life and death crisis.” Marie-Josée Houle wants to see national response plan implemented by Aug. 31. A new report on tent encampments …
Read More »Ontario woman who faked pregnancies, scammed doulas to be sentenced today
A Brantford woman who pleaded guilty after harassing and fraudulently seeking the services of Ontario doulas will learn her fate today. The sentencing hearing in the Court of Justice comes nearly a month after over a dozen victims spoke of the devastating impact her actions have had on their lives. …
Read More »Authenticity, connection and representation: What Matthew R. Morris brings to his classroom
Matthew R. Morris grew up in Scarborough both a good student and an athletic talent, yet it was always the latter that his teachers encouraged. Now a teacher himself, he’s challenging stereotypes of Black male identity and, by bringing his whole self to the classroom, setting an example for his …
Read More »She was shot 13 times in an attack that killed both her parents. Now she’s speaking out
WARNING: This story contains details of gun violence. From the hospital room where she’s spent months now recovering after being shot 13 times and nearly dying, Jaspreet Kaur Sidhu recalls the night her parents were killed. On Nov. 20, 2023, Sidhu, 28, says a man broke into her family’s Caledon, …
Read More »Minister was warned about possible negative impacts of lifting international student work limit
Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective of temporary foreign worker programs, public servants warned the federal government in 2022. Government has temporarily lifted a cap on the number of hours international students are allowed to work. …
Read More »NDP in Alberta and Saskatchewan join forces to push back on federal private member’s bill targeting oil ads
Energy critics within the NDP’s provincial affiliates in Alberta and Saskatchewan are pushing back against MP Charlie Angus’s private member’s bill targeting fossil fuel advertising. The dispute between provincial and federal New Democrats comes days after two candidates to lead the Alberta NDP expressed openness to loosening the formal ties …
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