Canada

May 15, 2023

Former BC Housing board members challenge Premier Eby’s dismissal

The board members were fired after telling the Premier they would institute a more rigorous process to decide if BC Housing CEO should be dismissed
May 15, 2023

Thousands more evacuated in northern Alberta as wildfires rage

More than 19,000 people were under evacuation orders throughout the province on Sunday and authorities say the situation remains dangerous
May 15, 2023

Two solitudes emerging on immigration in Quebec

Quebec’s target for immigration is now at 50,000, just 10 per cent of the Canadian target of 500,000 a year by 2025
May 14, 2023

One of Canada’s top chefs discusses her career, adoption and getting ready to be a single mother

Nicole Gomez, co-owner of Calgary’s Cluck N Cleaver, says her mom is a guiding force, on and off camera, in and out of the kitchen
May 14, 2023

Meteorite hunters comb woods near New Brunswick border in hopes of netting US$25,000 reward

The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel has offered a US$25,000 reward to anyone who can bring them a kilogram-sized piece of the meteorite
May 14, 2023

Canadian figure-skating champion Marilyn Wittstock was a ballerina on ice blades

Ms. Wittstock died in Toronto on April 14 after suffering from dementia
May 14, 2023

Women’s shelters face the end of federal emergency benefit

Shelter workers say services such as counselling, child care and education support will end when the dollars dry up this fall
May 14, 2023

Former grand chief of Nishawbe Aski Nation harassed, discriminated against two women staff members, report says

Derek Fox contravened sections of NAN’s executive code of conduct related to improper use of influence and improper influence of staff, report says
May 14, 2023

Bereaved families demand province intervene in cemetery labour standoff

More than 250 bodies have gone unburied this year as a result of the labour standoff, with the remains stored at freezing temperatures in an on-site repository, said cemetery spokesman Daniel Granger
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