Canada

Over 31.000 people moved to Alberta from elsewhere in Canada - mostly British Columbia and Ontario - in the first quarter of 2023; latest numbers from Canadian Real Estate Association confirm the province as the most attractive for movers within Canada

Hospitals across the country struggle to cope with major staffing shortages, while an immigration backlog described by lawyers as the worst ever seen is leaving qualified health professionals waiting for placement

The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark borrowing rate to 5%, the highest since April 2001, despite the economy performing better than most forecasts predicted; some economists don't believe this hike was necessary

Nearly 15.000 of the cheques sent earlier this year by the Manitoba government to help with rising costs were returned to the sender; the province's inability to reach thousands of people is renewing questions about using only the mail to give out cheques

The Canadian news media landscape has shrunk again, with Bell Canada Enterprises BCE Inc. eliminating the jobs of 1.300 people, including some veteran CTV News journalists; the company is also shuttering six radio stations and selling off three others

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

The federal government has offered to buy a section of Wellington Street from the city of Ottawa with the goal of keeping it permanently closed to vehicles

Shirtless skiers in shorts ventured onto southern Ontario ski hills for a final day on the slopes Friday 14 as temperatures reached 26 C in the only one hill remained open for the final day of the season