The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–Quebec’s English-speaking community has grown more in the past five years than during any census period over the last four decades, says the executive vice-president of the Association for Canadian Studies. Census data from 2016 that was released Wednesday shows the percentage of Quebecers whose first […]
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The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The share of the population that can speak both of Canada’s official languages hit an all-time high in 2016, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in its latest batch of census numbers–a modest shift upward in a rate that barely has budged over the last 15 years. The […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–An unidentified man who kissed a Radio-Canada reporter on the cheek without her consent during a live broadcast last Friday has apologized for his actions. Journalist Valerie-Micaela Bain also said late yesterday that she wouldn’t file a criminal complaint after she received the unwanted embrace from […]
The Canadian Press SAULT STE MARIE, Ont.–Police say a 54-year-old woman has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash that also injured two children. The Ontario Provincial Police say the incident happened Friday afternoon on Batchewana First Nation, near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. They say the ATV hit a stump and […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–Michael Rice said growing up as a Mohawk child, he was told to be prepared to come across portrayals of indigenous people as the “bad guys.” “We are used to being bashed as Iroquois,” the high school history teacher said in an interview. “We are like […]
The Canadian Press QUEBEC–Muslims in Quebec City are going to have their own cemetery after all. Mayor Regis Labeaume and representatives of the city’s Muslim community made the announcement at a news conference today. The cemetery is expected to be ready this fall, and will be located on a parcel […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–The merger of Alberta’s two conservative parties is prompting some disaffected members to form splinter parties of their own despite warnings from experts that the move is unlikely to affect the next provincial election. Members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and the Wildrose Party […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Women in Ontario will be able to get an abortion pill for free with a prescription as of Aug. 10. Mifegymiso, billed as an alternative to surgical abortion, is a combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. It can be used to terminate pregnancies at an early […]
The Canadian Press WASHINGTON–Donald Trump’s ambassador is heading to Canada. The U.S. Senate swiftly confirmed Kelly Knight Craft, endorsing her nomination in time for her to begin work as major trade negotiations start. The confirmation was announced yesterday by the Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell. That swift two-week […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey A federally-funded study has found that 20 percent of sausages sampled from grocery stores across Canada contained meats that weren’t on the label. The study, published this week in the journal “Food Control,” was conducted by researchers at the University of Guelph and commissioned by the […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Cheng CENTREVILLE, Ont.–A conservation group recently bought 16 hectares of property in eastern Ontario that is a hot spot for many grassland birds such as the endangered eastern loggerhead shrike. The Nature Conservancy of Canada said its Napanee Plain Alvar Nature Reserve, located between Belleville and Kingston, […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee Montreal’s iconic Olympic Stadium will be the first place some newcomers to Canada call home, with the venue being pressed into use as a temporary shelter for asylum seekers as of yesterday. The first groups were bused to the stadium, where the rotunda was fitted with […]
