OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming. With the federal deficit larger than anticipated, ...

Last July under idyllic summer conditions, the Canadian National Exhibition received a record number of visitors. The gate-crashing crowds didn’t come to fawn over farm animals or catch an airshow.

What do you do when a 18-lane highway can’t handle the 400,000 vehicles a day that pour onto it? A sensible person might conclude that perhaps it’s time to provide options for mass transit. Instead, ...

Mark Beckles is vice-president, social impact and innovation, at RBC, where he leads the strategic execution of RBC’s social-impact portfolios and stakeholder relations to advance RBC’s ...

One of the Liberal government’s marquee policies that promised to address climate change by dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada at little cost has transformed into a toxic ...

Dat Nguyen is a researcher in SARS-CoV-2 and cancer at the University Health Network in Toronto. He holds a master of science degree in virology and immunology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public ...

Viral videos of an Indian student living under a bridge in Toronto, long lines of students desperately seeking entry-level jobs at strip malls and concerns over poor education quality at some colleges ...

The news that Ontario will no longer allow international students to study medicine in the province starting in 2026 struck me profoundly as someone who recently immigrated to Canada with the hope of ...

In September, the Canadian and American governments announced a task force to negotiate the Beaufort Sea boundary, a longstanding bilateral disagreement, providing a welcome opportunity to showcase co ...

For climate-resilient development, an inclusive approach is a critical enabling factor. This is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has argued. That means taking into account diverse ...

As the Taliban government in Afghanistan continues to tighten the vice on women’s rights – most recently by outlawing the sound of a woman’s voice outside her home – Canada is denying Afghan women the ...

Two years ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised a “plain language law” for government laws and policies if he becomes prime minister. He wants bureaucrats and politicians to communicate ...