Brett Diederichs had been driving to Victoria last week with his wife and mother to begin a new life. He left his car after the mudslide on Hwy. 99 to help others.

Beginning Monday, both the Halton District School Board and the District School Board of Niagara will return to a traditional semester model for high school students.

Rogers said it will stop the funding that Shaw currently provides to Global News and redirect the money to Rogers-owned Citytv if the merger is approved.

Two Conservative MPs on the committee that imposed a COVID-19 vaccination mandate on Parliament Hill sat out the vote, one revealed Tuesday.

Team Canada will wear three new Nike jerseys at the Games, which get underway on Feb. 4, “with a tremendous amount of pride.”

The Liberal government’s throne speech called for solidarity, unity of purpose and swift “action” by parliament in the face of challenges new and old but it didn’t offer anything to any Opposition party.

The first Indigenous person appointed to represent the Queen in Canada is using the role to issue a call to action, Althia Raj writes.

Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General delivered a throne speech the opposition said was “empty” and devoid of detail. But since the Bloc Québécois says they can live with it, the Liberal minority isn’t likely to fall.

Mary Simon, the first Indigenous person to hold the office of Canada's governor general, reads the speech in the Senate chamber to an audience of dignitaries, senators and a handful of MPs.

Hinshaw said Alberta had identified 253 new COVID-19 cases over 24 hours, along with 10 deaths, including the young child.

Parents seeking to book more than one child for a COVID-19 shot can use the provincial telephone hotline to get appointments together, Health Minister Christine Elliott said.

Meanwhile, the Public Health Agency of Canada says it hopes to keep the number of wasted doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada under five per cent.