Unpublished Newswire
What are the legalities around a general strike? What moves could the Alberta government take to stop it? And if it does go ahead, when should it happen?
November 8, 2025 - 09:00 | | CBC News - Canada
People visiting Paris this summer got a first-time opportunity to jump into the cleaned-up Seine River and go for a swim.Now, avid swimmers in B.C. will be able to plunge into the harbour waters of Burrard Inlet in a new, boardwalk-enclosed pool on the City of North Vancouver’s waterfront, thanks to a non-profit organization supported by Canada’s Weston family that wants to promote urban swimming.
November 8, 2025 - 09:00 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
Victoria is coming off a glorious summer. Tourism was up. The B.C. capital was named the world’s “best small city” by Condé Nast Traveller for the third time, beating Florence, Italy and San Sebastián, Spain with its bustling harbour and rain forest adjacency. A major new hotel broke ground downtown – the first in two decades – and a handful of new restaurants added to an already boffo culinary scene.Most tourists, though, aren’t going the few blocks over to Pandora Avenue, where change is slower to come. The Globe and Mail chronicled the decade-long decline of the wide...
November 8, 2025 - 08:30 | Nancy Macdonald, Photography by Chad Hipolito | The Globe and Mail
Premier Scott Moe is to face a leadership vote at his Saskatchewan Party's convention in Saskatoon after capturing the party's fifth-straight majority.
November 8, 2025 - 08:12 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
John Moses says that when his father Russell Moses returned on leave from the Korean War, his battles weren’t over.When the Indigenous residential school survivor came back to Canada in 1952, he was turned away from a bar in Hagersville, Ont., because of his race, his son said.
November 8, 2025 - 08:06 | Brieanna Charlebois | The Globe and Mail
Shawn Pendenque grew up in an abusive household, where he was treated like a “pariah” for being gay. At 16, his father left him at a youth hostel, and Mr. Pendenque became homeless and addicted to drugs. He was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his 30s, after suffering a psychotic break and landing in a maximum-security prison.Such biographical details aren’t typically bullet points one might list on a CV. But for Mr. Pendenque, who just turned 50, his “lived experiences” have become an invaluable asset in his job with a social services organization in Toronto, where he now...
November 8, 2025 - 08:00 | Jennifer Yang | The Globe and Mail
