Kelsey Patterson

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slamming Alberta's refusal to sign a joint statement on the plan to respond to Donald Trump's tariff threats, saying Premier Danielle Smith is not putting Canadians first.

Montreal needs to increase the number of spaces in emergency and transitional housing services to better meet the needs of homeless people in the city. That’s just one of the recommendations and highlights in a housing report released Monday by the ad hoc committee. The committee’s goal is to “establish possible solutions and a shared […]

The federal privacy watchdog says he’s “concerned” about a data breach involving a student information system used across Canada, and his office is seeking more information from the U.S.-based company behind the targeted software. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says his office is in touch with PowerSchool, which provides the affected platforms to schools across North […]

Edmonton’s Lois Hole Hospital for Women is celebrating the gift of stems cells – a decade’s worth of them. Since 2015, mothers giving birth at the Royal Alexandra Hospital have the option of donating cord blood. Cord blood contains potentially life-saving stem cells that can treat more than 80 diseases and disorders including leukemia, lymphoma […]

The Cinémas Guzzo Group is announcing the permanent closure of two locations effective immediately. Cinémas Guzzo is closing its Méga-Plex Marché Central 18 and Méga-Plex Saint-Jean 12 cinemas. The latter was the group’s most recent opening. “This extremely difficult decision is necessary to ensure the sustainability of our family business, following the challenges imposed by […]

A Saskatchewan First Nation man is facing three counts of second-degree murder in what authorities have described as a targeted triple homicide in Lloydminster last fall. Sweetgrass First Nation resident Nakota Rayne Pooyak, 31, was charged Saturday in connection with the shooting deaths of Brent Peters, 66, Brennan Peters, 34, and Matthew Peters, 32. A […]

A Saskatchewan First Nation man is facing three counts of second-degree murder in what authorities have described as a targeted triple homicide in Lloydminster last fall. Sweetgrass First Nation resident Nakota Rayne Pooyak, 31, was charged Saturday in connection with the shooting deaths of Brent Peters, 66, Brennan Peters, 34, and Matthew Peters, 32. A […]

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Extreme cold prompted the city to activate the response – which is designed to help its vulnerable population – on Friday. Temperatures dipped below minus-20 Celsius over the weekend.

Rents in Quebec could rise sharply this year after the latest suggestion from the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL). The TAL is recommending that rents in the province be increased by an average of 5.9 per cent – its highest rent increase recommendation over the last three decades. RELATED: Rents will rise more in Quebec […]