The government of B.C. says it has opened 10 involuntary treatment beds at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre for those struggling with addictions or mental health. The beds were part of a commitment the government made in September 2024, just days before a provincial election was announced. Involuntary treatment is permitted under the provincial Mental Health
French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge has said that the “Go Habs Go” slogan is part of the DNA and identity of Quebec and should be left alone. Roberge made the comments after reports that Montreal’s public transit operator, Société de transport de Montréal (STM), said it was ordered to use the French “Allez Habs Allez”
Commentary This column was of necessity written before the election on Monday, so I don’t know who the winner or winners will be. But I am confident that to predict their actual policies going forward you should immediately download their platform directly into your recycle bin. Which does rather raise the question of why politicians
The increase in arson attacks against religious institutions in 2021 was likely due to announcements around potential unmarked burials at former residential school sites, according to a new report by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI). The report, released April 24, represents the first empirical investigation of the spike in arson attacks on religious institutions in Canada
A Vancouver Island teacher has been suspended and was ordered to complete boundaries training after the provincial regulator found his interactions with a student while out in the community to be “unbecoming.” Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district high school teacher Edward John Thomas Mulrooney was suspended for five days in connection with a February 2021 incident that
More jobs are being created in Ontario, yet labour force participation has gone down, says a new report that reviewed the province’s labour market performance in 2024. Released by the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) on April 24, the report showed that the unemployment rate in Ontario increased to 7 percent in 2024 from 5.6 percent
The Ottawa-area riding represented by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had the highest voter turnout in Canada in last weekend’s advance polls, preliminary data shows. A total of 43,394 voters cast their ballots in the Carleton riding during the four days of advance polling over the Easter weekend, according to Election Canada statistics. Poilievre, who has
Some advocates are marking April 25 as Parental Alienation Awareness Day in Canada and the United States, and are hoping to raise awareness of the issue so parents experiencing alienation are better able to identify it. The term parental alienation refers to the process through which a child rejects a relationship with one parent as the
The pace of rent increases in Metro Vancouver slowed last year compared with 2023 and the rental stock is growing, but the regional district says homelessness continues to rise and the wait-list for social housing grows. Metro Vancouver has released its annual housing data, showing rent increases slowed to 4.5 percent in 2024, down from
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a Tory government wouldn’t allow Parliament to break for the summer until three omnibus bills containing many of his campaign pledges are passed, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged support for the steel industry, as the leaders campaigned on April 25. Poilievre said if elected prime minister he would oversee