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Parents weigh in on giving consent for children changing names or pronouns at school

Parents weigh in on giving consent for children changing names or pronouns at school

A legal challenge to Saskatchewan's new law requiring parental consent if children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school is back in court this week.
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Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes

Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes

Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she's looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23.
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Nova Scotia's pioneer cemeteries are disappearing, but not without a fight

Nova Scotia's pioneer cemeteries are disappearing, but not without a fight

HALIFAX — A secluded and overgrown cemetery in rural Cape Breton, the final resting place for some of Nova Scotia's earliest settlers, is slowly crumbling into a nearby river. "They would be descendants of the Scots ...
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Canadian airlines say they're unaffected by Boeing 737-9 Max jetliner incident

Canadian airlines say they're unaffected by Boeing 737-9 Max jetliner incident

TORONTO — Canadian airlines say they don't fly the Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners that U.S. regulators have grounded after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout while in flight.
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Fifth death linked to residential fires in Quebec in two days

Fifth death linked to residential fires in Quebec in two days

SAINT-RAYMOND, Que. — Quebec provincial police say one person died in a Saturday morning fire in a home in the town of St-Raymond, northwest of Quebec City.
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29-year-old woman found dead in Quebec apartment, 32-year-old man arrested

29-year-old woman found dead in Quebec apartment, 32-year-old man arrested

GRANBY, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a 29-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment in a town east of Montreal Friday evening. Police spokesperson Louis-Philippe Ruel says local authorities in Granby, Que.
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Fatal New York bus crash: officials say most people on board were Canadian

Fatal New York bus crash: officials say most people on board were Canadian

MONTREAL — The majority of the 23 people aboard a bus involved in a deadly crash in Upstate New York on Friday were Canadian citizens, officials in the state have confirmed.
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'Good friends do exist': London attack victims remembered at sentencing hearing

'Good friends do exist': London attack victims remembered at sentencing hearing

LONDON, Ont.
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N.B. wrongful convictions: A story of undisclosed evidence, recanting witnesses

N.B. wrongful convictions: A story of undisclosed evidence, recanting witnesses

The story behind two New Brunswick men's wrongful convictions for murder contains classic elements of how things can go terribly wrong in Canada's justice system, say the lawyers who fought to prove their innocence.
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Show goes on in Vancouver after Gaza tensions scrap play's Victoria run

Show goes on in Vancouver after Gaza tensions scrap play's Victoria run

Vancouver's PuSh Festival is sticking to theatrical tradition that the show must go on, and will stage "The Runner" this month despite the play being cancelled in Victoria over tensions linked to the war between Israel and Hamas, say festival officia
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