Unpublished Newswire
Voters in five provinces and one territory will head to municipal polls in the remainder of 2026, but one of the issues shaping local economies will not be decided inside city halls.
Immigration remains a federal file, yet mayors, chambers of commerce, and local business groups say Ottawa’s cuts to permanent and temporary immigration targets are being felt at the local level, impacting municipal labour markets, housing systems, property tax collection, transit, local economic development, and a range of services.
Nationally, Ottawa lowered its target for new temporary worker arrivals...
June 26, 2026 - 06:29 | Shilpashree Jagannathan | Walrus
June 26, 2026 - 06:24 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. Volunteers are a powerful and underappreciated engine of Canada’s health systems. The Globe is launching a series on those unpaid helpers, starting with the women filling the gaps at Toronto’s SickKids. More on that below, along with intergenerational friendships and the King’s taxes.
June 26, 2026 - 06:21 | Jennifer Yang | The Globe and Mail
The search came a day after a man who lived in the complex was linked to the midday shooting that left a Montreal police officer and a bystander dead.
June 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
For the second year in a row, the federal public service has recorded a decrease in the number of jobs, reversing a decade-long trend of increases to the public payroll. According to numbers released this week by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat , there were 345,282 federal public servants at the end of March 2026, down from 357,965 the previous March. This represents a drop of 12,683 positions, or just over 3.5 per cent. The decrease follows a similar reduction from the previous year. In March 2024, the government employed 367,772 federal public servants. The combined drop...
June 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
June 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Thomas Verny | The Globe and Mail
