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Nunavut Teachers’ Association president hopes made-in-Nunavut curriculum expansion is a success
2+ week, 5+ day ago (555+ words) date, and we want to ensure that the Department of Education is learning and improving on their responsibilities...
Back to school! + Here’s what mayor candidates have to say about crime in Hamilton: Top Spectator headlines today
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (326+ words) Here is what’s happening in Hamilton and the surrounding area this morning with your top news, weather and traffic. A pair of window washers clean the glass at the new Lincoln Alexander Hall student residences at McMaster University on Main…...
From teardown to triumph: A new beginning on St. Matthews Avenue in Hamilton
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (563+ words) A new home is nearly finished — 18 months after construction next door left the original “imminently unsafe.” A new home has been built at 54 St. Matthews Ave. in Hamilton. In April 2025, the home that had stood there for more than 100 years…...
Sept. 1: Doug Ford hiding behind Captain Canada cape and other letters to the editor
1+ week, 4+ day ago (491+ words) should be spending our money on health care and education, not publicity stunts, a reader says. Premier...spend it on our fractured health-care system, education’s downfall, a lack of housing and mental health...
Heritage Toronto’s Plaque Friday videos showcase city’s history with viral moments
3+ week, 4+ day ago (738+ words) TORONTO - If you’ve walked around Toronto, you might have noticed plaques scattered around the city. Some are new, some are old, and Heritage Toronto is trying to encourage people to stop and give them a read — through a weekly short-form…...
UCP, NDP at odds over Alberta’s AI aspirations
2+ week, 1+ day ago (343+ words) Alberta NDP leader and Premier Danielle Smith have conflicting views on Alberta’s AI future. David Boles/Great West Media Alberta’s premier has dropped a nine-minute video on the province’s AI data centre approach that isn’t convincing the province’s Official Opposition....
Why Ontario’s last long weekend of summer will feel a little different for some families this year
2+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) Labour Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. The last long weekend of summer is nearly here, marking the unofficial end of the summer season. Labour Day, which falls annually on the first Monday of September, is a national…...
‘We are talking about people’s livelihoods’: Premier Holt responds to new U.S. tariffs
2+ week, 4+ day ago (330+ words) New Brunswick prepares countermeasures after the U.S. introduces tariffs that could impact hundreds of provincial jobs At a press conference on Monday, Aug. 24, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt addressed the collapse of a proposed Canada-U.S. trade deal. The province was originally…...
Heat warning + Who killed Felicia Floriani? Police have a new lead: Top Hamilton stories today
1+ week, 3+ day ago (421+ words) One of the 52 Blanding’s turtles released by the Royal Botanical Gardens into Cootes Paradise Tuesday. Hamilton and area is under a heat warning this morning, a fog advisory has ended. The heat event is expected to continue through Wednesday and…...
In the news: Trade war ignites, Poilievre wants Parliament recalled, businesses brace
2+ week, 6+ day ago (865+ words) The Governor General of Canada Louise Arbour speaks at the 150th Commemoration marking the signing of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton Provincial Historical Park, in Duck Lake, Sask., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Smith Supporters of Ukraine rally outside the Embassy…...