6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (445+ words) MONTREAL — Quebec’s new restrictions on prayer are changing the rules at public workplaces and university campuses, with employees and students facing new limits on where they can pray. New rules under Quebec’s secularism law took effect Sept. 1, including a ban…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (466+ words) KAMLOOPS — Conversations around street disorder, addictions, and mental health are not uncommon in Kamloops, but with an election just over a month away those talks will likely intensify. “People when look at us, they don’t see us as people really…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (142+ words) MERRITT — The City of Merritt is working with community to create a resilience framework. “The framework will help community partners, service organizations and local businesses better understand resilience and identify the strengths and opportunities that can help Merritt navigate sudden…...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (188+ words) TORONTO — Protests are planned for the prime minister’s high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada, with organizers saying Mark Carney is keeping company with business leaders they say are exacerbating global crises. Hundreds of executives and global asset…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (553+ words) OTTAWA — Canada’s economic growth is expected to rebound later this year and into 2027 as hiring activity strengthens and business confidence recovers, Signal49 Research said Thursday. In its provincial five-year outlook, the Ottawa-based think tank formerly known as the Conference Board of…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (349+ words) VICTORIA — Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a “principled, mainstream centre-right alternative” in the province. The group…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (489+ words) OTTAWA — The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes. Employment and Social Development Canada released a report Wednesday documenting what it heard from stakeholders over the spring…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (405+ words) WHILE IT’S ALWAYS BITTERSWEET to see the summer holidays come to a close, I know many students – and parents – love the feeling of going back to school every September. This year, our government is celebrating a milestone, with 250 school capital…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (163+ words) VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Opposition Conservatives have unveiled a new shadow cabinet under leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay after a spate of defections, with all 28 of the party’s remaining legislators receiving a portfolio. The new shadow cabinet also includes Findlay taking on the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1400+ words) OTTAWA — A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada’s military. The Afghanistan…...