Quebec residences get training to become more inclusive and safe for LGBTQ+ seniors

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A Quebec foundation is hoping to train 10,000 people on making seniors residences safer and more inclusive for older LGBTQ+ adults.

Back to Top / Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 17609 / 3 stories in 1 month

Man charged with first-degree murder in fatal shooting of international student at UTSC

theglobeandmail - Police say a 28-year-old suspect from Toronto has been arrested

Back to Top / Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 17600 / 6 stories in 1 month

School buses cancelled in parts of GTA as region expects blast of icy weather

theglobeandmail - Student transportation services cancelled in Durham District, York Region and Halton District school boards

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 17546 / 5 stories in 2 months

Quebec students must address teachers as ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ under new civility rules

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec students returning to class after winter break will now have to use formal language to address their teachers under new rules designed to foster civility.

Back to Top / Monday, January 5, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 17513 / 4 stories in 2 months

Critics slam proposed residential school denialism law while Ottawa avoids clear answer

David Wiechnik / westernstandard - The debate around residential schools in Canada continues to ignite controversy with no signs of letting up, as the federal government is now declining to say whether it will move to criminalize residential school denialism.

Back to Top / Saturday, January 3, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 17445 / 2 stories in 2 months

School cellphone ban in Quebec is way more effective than ours

sootoday - Unlike in Ontario, students in Quebec are prohibited from using smartphones on school property for the entire day, including during breaks and in hallways

Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 17277 / 4 stories in 2 months

Lawsuit by Humboldt Broncos’ families dismissed by judge

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - In his decision, Judge Graeme Mitchell of Court of King's Bench in Regina says the families' allegations are not sound in law and lack merit.

Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 17272 / 3 stories in 2 months

Intergenerational daycare aiming to strengthen bonds between kids and ‘grandfriends’

News Staff / citynews - Among the thousands of new child-care spaces opening up across the country is a unique centre in Ottawa nestled at the heart of a long-term care campus, a dementia- and kid-friendly space meant to truly integrate the children and the seniors they sweetly …

Back to Top / Saturday, December 20, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 17160 / 2 stories in 2 months

Suspect in deadly Brown University shooting, MIT professor killing found dead

Bloomberg News / nationalpost - The suspect — Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national who was a former student at Brown — took his own life, officials say

Back to Top / Thursday, December 18, 2025, 10:21 pm / permalink 17124 / 11 stories in 2 months

All Winnipeg schools closed due to blizzard

Iris Dyck / globalnews - Pembina Trails School Division Supt. Shelley Amos said it's a 'rarity' to have every school in Winnipeg is close due to inclement weather.

Back to Top / Thursday, December 18, 2025, 7:21 pm / permalink 17121 / 8 stories in 2 months

Student charged over alleged hit list, threats at London, Ont., university campus

John Marchesan / citynews - Police in London, Ont., say a Toronto man is facing charges after allegedly writing a hit list of people he wished to kill and uttering death threats at a local university. Police say on Sunday morning, a man was sitting in a common area with several resi…

Back to Top / Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 3:22 pm / permalink 17080 / 3 stories in 2 months

Kids mailing letters to Santa will receive a response after brief pause: Canada Post

Aaron Sousa / nationalobserver - Canada Post says the millions of Canadians who write to Santa Claus with their wish lists will get a response this year.

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Frustration grows over lack of suspect, images in deadly Brown University shooting

Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, said Monday they hadn’t identified any new persons of interest in the shooting that killed two people and injured nine

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90% of Quebec teachers have faced violence on the job, union survey shows

Pierre Saint-Arnaud / theglobeandmail - Much of the physical violence occurs at pre-kindergarten and kindergarten levels, while it tends to be more psychological and verbal in high schools

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Teen pleads guilty in arson attack at Evan Hardy high school in Saskatoon

Chris Vandenbreekel / globalnews - A teenage girl has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with an arson attack on a 15-year-old girl at Saskatoon's Evan Hardy Collegiate in 2024.

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 3:22 pm / permalink 16984 / 5 stories in 2 months

Young people in Quebec happier than those in rest of Canada

Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec, that is. Bujold’s home province is an outlier among data showing …

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BREAKING: Active shooter at Brown University on final day of exams

Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Police in Providence, Rhode Island have reported that there is an active shooter situation near the engineering buildings at Brown University, according to an alert sent out by university officials.

Back to Top / Saturday, December 13, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 16933 / 13 stories in 2 months

Métis Nation of Ontario say academic gathering is an attempt to erase their history

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario say an upcoming academic summit in the province amounts to an attack on their history because it questions the legitimacy of their connection to Métis heritage and territorial claims. But the First Nations o…

Back to Top / Saturday, December 13, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 16919 / 2 stories in 2 months

Ottawa, Alberta agreed to extend $15-a-day child-care fees to 2027

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as the province works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.

Back to Top / Friday, December 12, 2025, 8:22 pm / permalink 16903 / 4 stories in 2 months