As Ottawa police reported trucks parked for the protest had children living inside, and some were seen frontline, this week’s Emergencies Act includes a prohibition on bringing children to sites where the protests and blockades are happening

Municipalities across Quebec are on alert and receiving evacuation notices as wildfires worsen in the north, while Alberta has welcomed around 2.000 foreign firefighters

Toronto will be getting a new 942 area code from 26 April 2025; the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the measure after a report projected the city’s existing area codes 416, 437 and 647 will be exhausted by April 2026

A new stop-work order has been issued for the Coastal GasLink pipeline in BC over erosion and sediment control issues; it adds 11km to the 20km already paused over similar concerns, although the company promised last year it would deal with those issues

Agreement for a new wage deal between the government and a union representing 120.000 federal workers has been reached, ending the country’s largest public sector strike that had crippled services from tax returns to immigration