Manitoba Government launches EngageMB Survey to inform new water action plan

The Manitoba government is announcing the launch of online public engagement to seek input for the first water strategy action plan under the new water management...

Manitoba Government support for innovation improves access to physician care

City of Toronto launches new smoke alarm awareness campaign

Today at Fire Station 331, Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park), Councillor Ausma Malik (Spadina-Fort York) and Fire Chief Matthew Pegg launched a new smoke alarm...

Paul Raftis appointed Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services

On the advice of City Manager Paul Johnson, Mayor John Tory is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Raftis as the City of Toronto’s Deputy...

City of Toronto surpasses 2020 Greenhouse Gas emissions target, calls for ambitious, community-wide action to meet future targets

Today, the City of Toronto released its 2020 Sector-based Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory, which tracks Toronto’s progress towards its GHG reduction targets and identifies direct...

Digital Service Squad gives an online boost to Calgary’s small businesses

It was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2020 when Judy Matheson decided to launch her small business – Local Love Gifting Co. ...

To reform Employment Insurance, Ottawa must change the way it is financed

December 21, 2022 After two years of cross-country consultations, the federal government has a lengthy wish list of reforms to the employment insurance (EI) program to...

Has immigration become a third rail in Canadian politics?

December 21, 2022 The 2022 annual report to Parliament on immigration and the accompanying 2023-25 Immigration Levels Plan, which outline the overall intake of newcomers, have...

COP15’s Global Biodiversity Framework must advance Indigenous-led conservation to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

  In the early hours of Dec. 19 — the last day of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) conference in Montréal — the Parties...

Most Canadians welcome immigrants, but anti-immigration sentiments persist

Hostility towards immigrants has become a powerful component of right-wing populism in several western countries. But for the time being, Canada has not succumbed to this...