CANADA

By Andrew Chen Canada’s Department of Environment placed the 1 percent of its employees who were unvaccinated on leave, an internal audit shows. Meanwhile, “the vast majority, 99 percent, attested as…

By Isaac Teo A discount airline tops the grievance list in statistics released Monday by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which rates carriers based on the number of complaints per 100 flights—though…

By Noé Chartier The federal tribunal that processes complaints related to Employment Insurance (EI) has sided in a Dec. 14 decision with a claimant who was fired for non-compliance with her…

By Isaac Teo An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department has found there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” This and…

By Tara MacIsaac A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Josh Alexander, 16, organized a…

By Noé Chartier The cost of daycare in Ontario will be reduced by an average of 50 percent by the end of the year, announced federal and provincial ministers on Dec.…

By Noé Chartier Countries’ delegates participating in the COP15 conference in Montreal have reached a deal on Dec. 19 to strengthen the protection of the world’s biodiversity, including the aim to protect at least…

By Andrew Chen VAUGHAN, Ont.–A resident at the condominium in Vaughan where a fatal shooting on Dec. 18 left six dead including the suspect, said the alleged shooter had disputes with members of…

By Reuters Five victims and one suspect are dead following a shooting at a condominium in Vaughan city, just north of Toronto, the York Regional Police department said. Another victim is…

By Marnie Cathcart Shopify no longer plans to use a large office space of over 250,000 square feet being constructed in downtown Toronto that was first planned to be a central hub…