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Quebec premier wants to put a stop to prayer in parks and public places
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's looking at ways to end prayer in public places, including parks, as his government promises to table new legislation to strengthen secularism in school...
Dec 06, 2024
'Name what things are': Recognizing 'femicide' 35 years after the Montreal Massacre
MONTREAL - Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre on Friday, Annie Ross, a mechanical engineering professor at Polytechnique Montral, said she often thinks of those who lived through t...
Dec 05, 2024
Smith noncommittal on overriding Charter as court challenge looms over trans bills
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't believe she'll need to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to shield her government's three transgender bills from legal challenges. ...
Dec 04, 2024
Quebec to investigate two colleges over safety complaints around Middle East conflict
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is launching an investigation of two English-language junior colleges in Montreal over complaints that the conflict in the Middle East has created an unsafe climate on...
Dec 03, 2024
Sask. offering new incentives for high-demand medical residents
Saskatchewan is offering some hefty incentives in an effort to retain medical residents training in high-demand specialties. The new incentive offers $30,000 per year to residents in emergency medicin...
Dec 02, 2024
STF optimistic about provincial education commitment
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) saw many encouraging signs for education during Premier Scott Moe's Speech from the Throne on Nov. 25. During the address, Moe said not enough was being done...
Dec 01, 2024 In the Speech from the Throne on Nov. 25, Premier Scott Moe said not enough was being done to support children in classrooms. (980 CJME file photo)
Truck traffic restored after Pro-Palestinian protesters block B.C. container port
DELTA, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say truck traffic to a major Metro Vancouver container port terminal has been restored after being disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters for hours. Delta Pol...
Nov 29, 2024
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
MOMBASA - Astraeus O'Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family in western Kenya, seeking peace and new opportu...
Nov 29, 2024
As Australia bans social media for children, Quebec is paying close attention
MONTREAL - As Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16, Quebec is debating whether to follow suit. The provincial government decided last spring to study the possibility of setting a ...
Nov 29, 2024
Change room policy consultations to start soon in Saskatchewan
With the legislature getting into its fall sitting and ministers digging into their new files, consultations are expected to start soon on the provincial government's change room policy. During the el...
Nov 28, 2024 Education Minister Everett Hindley says he doesn’t want to preempt his conversations with school divisions by getting too specific about policies. (CJME file photo)
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