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Union members protest health cuts at Royal Ottawa Place long-term care
12+ hour, 51+ min ago (466+ words) For the second week in a row, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have held a demonstration outside an Ottawa long-term care home to protest health-care cuts. Union members say health-care cuts are becoming a growing trend across…...
'I am going to win this race,' Charles Milliard says as Quebec Liberal leadership campaign kicks off
18+ hour, 48+ min ago (919+ words) QUEBEC " The first candidate to declare a run for the leadership of the Quebec Liberals says the more time the party has to prepare for the next election, the better. Charles Milliard says it will be up to the party…...
Race for Quebec Liberal Party leadership won't include former Via Rail CEO
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (224+ words) On the eve of the start of the Quebec Liberal Party leadership race, Yves Desjardins-Siciliano has announced that he will not be a candidate. "During the past weeks, I thought a great deal and I finally decided not to run,…...
Snow continues sliding across Ontario amid winter’s grand return
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (208+ words) The brief thaw that spread across Ontario to end the week is a distant memory this weekend as a wintry system continues marching through the province. Cold temperatures and ample moisture brought a blanket of snow to much of southern…...
Newcomers should be primed for Quebec winter roads after 2025 fatal crash: coroner
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (443+ words) MONTREAL " A Quebec coroner is recommending the province's auto insurance board better prepare newcomers about the dangers of winter driving, following the death of a Mexican man last year. Coroner Nancy Bouchard's findings in a report released this week stem…...
Alberta's independence movement is a global rarity: right-wing separatists
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (867+ words) OTTAWA " Referendum talk is heating up in both Quebec and Alberta to start the year, but the pro-independence chatter is coming from opposite sides of the political spectrum. While the (mostly) centre-left Parti Qu'b'cois and democratic socialist Qu'bec Solidaire have…...
Prolonged freezing rain threatens southern Ontario commutes Tuesday
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (442+ words) A new and messy system moved into the province on Tuesday, bringing a risk of several hours of freezing rain, rain and a bout of snow to parts of southern Ontario. With the risk of freezing rain, special weather statements…...
Snow to disrupt your morning commute across southern Ontario
1+ week, 1+ day ago (511+ words) Prepare for a messy morning commute across southern Ontario on Monday as a slug of snow moves across the region. Snow will arrive in the pre-dawn hours and peak just as the morning commute gets underway, laying down a blanket…...
Snow squalls ring in 2026 with another 20-50 cm in southern Ontario
1+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) Southern Ontario will enter the new year under the brunt of a stubborn Arctic air mass, allowing a multi-day, lake-effect snow event to continue--keeping drivers on edge and snowbelts busy to start the weekend, at least. Some snowbelt communities…...
Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians' anxiety: pollster
1+ week, 5+ day ago (140+ words) Pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future. David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls…...