Good morning. Ottawa wants the best and the brightest to help build major projects, but its recruitment campaign has unsettled Bay Street and angered unions. More on that below, along with new security guarantees for Ukraine and Rob Reiner’s wide-ranging career. But first:
Toronto Rabbi Levi Gansburg first bonded with his friend on the other side of the world more than two decades ago when they were both studying at a New York seminary.
Mr. Gansburg was struck by Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s relaxed and calming disposition. He was the kind of go-getter that made everyone around him strive for their best.
In the wake of a destructive year of party infighting, the interim leader of the BC Conservatives says his caucus could do with more structure and less free speech.
Trevor Halford leads the province’s Official Opposition while the Conservative Party organizes a leadership contest to replace John Rustad, who was forced to resign in early December after a revolt by both his caucus and party executive.
Isolated by flooding and running critically low on feed, a hog farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley may soon receive emergency supplies by air.
B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said the strategy was used during the catastrophic flooding of 2021 and is an example of important partnerships between the province and local industries in times of need.
The sexual assault trial of Alberta spiritual leader John de Ruiter and his wife, Leigh Ann, is facing a lengthy adjournment, just weeks before the trial was set to begin.
The couple’s jury trial on six counts of sexual assault had been set to start in Edmonton in January, but is now slated to begin in the fall. It’s expected to last more than four months.
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead.
Vaccination against COVID-19 among pregnant individuals sharply lowers the risk of hospitalization, admission to intensive care and premature births, the largest Canadian study of its kind shows.
Thereport analyzed outcomes from nearly 20,000 COVID-impacted pregnancies between April, 2021, and December, 2022, capturing both the Delta and Omicron waves of the virus. Data was included from eight provinces and one territory. The study was led by University of British Columbia researchers andreleased on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A Quebec teachers’ union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work.
“We are here to teach, not to be beaten up,” Catherine Renaud, a vice-president of the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement, told a news conference on Monday.
Three children have died from influenza-related complications in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario regions in the first two weeks of December, regional medical officers of health said Monday.
The medical officers for the two health units said in a statement the deaths of the children, between the ages of 5 and 9, are a “stark reminder” that flu can lead to severe illness and complications that require hospital care.
“With much of the respiratory illness season still ahead, we anticipate this will continue to be a challenging flu season,” their statement said.
A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a former friend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school.
The attacker also pleaded guilty to unlawfully causing bodily harm to a teacher who came to the victim’s aid at Evan Hardy Collegiate in September, 2024.
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Devastating floods in British Columbia are bringing back bad memories of 2021, when flooding killed tens of thousands of animals and required federal disaster assistance exceeding $1-billion. Residents are questioning how much has improved since then.
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