Ontario’s mining industry will need 5,000 more workers by 2030 to meet growing demand, according to the Ontario Mining Association. “The need is there. We’re in the crunch of it now,” Ontario Mining Association president Priya Tandon told CBC News. “At round tables or meetings that I’m at, whether it’s with government or industry, it’s…
Since getting married and becoming a parent, I’ve come to recognize how unhealthy parts of my childhood were. Even today, my mother oversteps boundaries, insists on interfering with our parenting decisions with our toddler, sends incessant messages asking where I am, if I’m home yet, has my son been fed, and so on and forth….
Mr. Carney declared that Canada is a secular country, uncommitted to any particular religious values: “Our secularism is open. The state takes no side in the matters of belief, and the institutions of public life are not captured by any faith or identity.” It is this secular foundation, he argued, that obliges Canada to tolerate…
The short “practical” guide was written for Western Muslims and repeatedly emphasized that, according to Islamic texts and scholars, both homosexual acts and same-sex marriage are forbidden and immoral. Although it stated that same-sex attraction, being involuntary, is not inherently sinful, it encouraged homosexual Muslims to seek conversion therapy because acting on their desires is “religiously prohibited.”
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A nine-year-old’s class project pushing for safer school zones on Montreal’s off-island suburb of Pincourt has reached Quebec’s national assembly. It has been a busy week for Grade 5 student Alexandre Masse, who has been balancing schoolwork while meeting Quebec elected officials. For the past five months,…
By Thomas Laberge The Canadian Press Posted June 10, 2026 8:26 pm Updated June 10, 2026 11:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s auditor general says the provincial government showed poor planning in $2.2 billion of investments in various battery companies. The report released today by Christine Roy…
The Quebec Superior Court has prevented the City of Montreal from dismantling a homeless encampment under an overpass, saying officials failed to provide a suitable alternative for the unhoused residents. The ruling forces the city to respect a bylaw it adopted earlier this year on homelessness, which says moving an encampment is a last resort and requires…
Lines of cars sat waiting for the lights to change near Toronto’s waterfront on Wednesday morning, as police closed a busy intersection. Pairs of police motorcycle riders turned the corner at the intersection as drivers watched, followed by a large coach emblazoned with the colours of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose national team will kick off…
A man charged with allegedly harassing a Bondi royal commission witness was found in possession of Neo-Nazi material and leaflets for a now proscribed hate group. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested 59-year-old Gavin Begbie at Woodburn in northern NSW on Thursday over three alleged offensive emails to a witness appearing before the Royal Commission…
Children incarcerated at two south-east Queensland youth detention facilities were allegedly locked down for an entire weekend due to staff shortages that have prompted dozens of workers across the state to walk off the job. Brisbane, Cleveland and West Moreton Youth Detention Centres, and the Wacol Youth Remand Centre, have been subject to ongoing staffing…