Unpublished Newswire
The Quebec government has decided to cut financial assistance for people enrolling in part-time, French-language courses and to spend $2.5 million on a new advertising campaign to encourage Quebecers to speak more French.
September 17, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Questions remain about why the Alberta government was unable to use all of $1-billion in federal funding aimed at cleaning up aging oil and natural gas wells, considering there are tens of thousands of inactive wells throughout the province.
September 17, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
In the wake of a CBC investigation that revealed thousands of immigration applications had been assigned to hundreds of former employees' IDs and placeholder codes, the federal government conducted a major review and cleaned up its system to ensure none had been "forgotten."
September 17, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
New Brunswick RCMP say two youths have been arrested after an emergency alert was issued Monday evening about someone carrying a gun in the province’s southeast.Caledonia Region Mounties say they were first called out to Main Street in the community of Salisbury around 7 p.m. on reports of a shooting.A 48-year-old man was found at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds and he was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
September 17, 2024 - 01:10 | | The Globe and Mail
Apartment rents in several urban neighbourhoods in British Columbia declined noticeably after city governments in those areas prohibited people from renting out entire principal residences as short-term vacation homes, a new report has found.The rents as of October, 2023, were lower by $110 a month compared with the previous year in 52 key neighbourhoods – down to $1,821 from $1,931 – according to a statistical analysis by McGill University associate professor David Wachsmuth and researcher Cloé St.-Hilaire. In Vancouver, it is $147 a month less on average.
September 16, 2024 - 21:42 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
A former B.C. lawyer who was disbarred for misappropriating client funds was found to have taken an additional $18,200 from an additional client who was paid that money as a settlement for being injured in a car crash.
September 16, 2024 - 21:27 | Lisa Steacy | CTV News - Canada
