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Publication Date: March 5, 2026 - 08:00
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Federal research body in talks with University of Alberta to ensure EDI requirement compliance
March 5, 2026
Federal government lawyers have contacted the University of Alberta to make sure it's meeting equity requirements for the country’s most prestigious professorships. It comes after the university proposed to remove equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy.
Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients paying out of pocket for primary care. It comes years after the health minister called on Canada for more support.
March 20, 2026 - 07:29 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The 2026 World Happiness Report has been released, and Canada fell to 25th place in the global rankings from 18th last year. That puts it far below such perennially joyful places as Finland and Denmark, but still miles above Malawi, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, which rank dead last in the 147-nation survey.
But the report, published by the University of Oxford’s
Wellbeing Research Centre...
March 20, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
Collinda Joseph spoke with Elyse Skura on Ottawa Morning about winning the gold medal and how she’s adjusting to being back home after the games.
March 20, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa



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