Month: August 2024

The Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) posted a return of 4.2 per cent for the first six months of 2024, underperforming its benchmark index of 4.6 per cent.

Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is not fatally flawed but is “in need of reform,” the country’s immigration minister told Reuters on Tuesday, following a damning U.N. report that dubbed the program a breeding ground for modern slavery.

The training program will involve six universities and other several partners as they collaborate to prepare trainees ahead of the next pandemic. It’s slated to run until 2030.

A fire that broke out in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood overnight left several people hospitalized and dozens more displaced from their homes.

The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation is calling for immediate action hours after issuing a general evacuation order due to an encroaching wildfire.

With both of Canada’s major rail lines threatening a potential lockout, business associations in Alberta are sounding the alarm on the potential impacts.

A Nova Scotia resident has been given an award for his selfless actions during a tragedy earlier this year on the other side of the country.

City of Calgary crews will be surveying areas in Bowness and Montgomery as soon as Thursday to help identify where the feeder main and utilities are located underground.

Planning for a new playground at Haultain Memorial School in Calgary began in 2019. Installation is underway so students can see it for themselves when classes resume in September.

Chatham-Kent council has approved reallocating a $2.1-million operating surplus to various municipal needs.