Quebec Premier Legault says Quebec workers already get enough holidays and he won't add another, no matter the reason. canadanewscentral.ca/quebec_premier…

Senate patronage is back: PM Trudeau appoints a labour leader who worked to pry unions from the NDP, a failed Liberal candidate, and a former federal bureaucrat who is a current CEO of a government-appointed port authority. canadanewscentral.ca/labour_leader_…

On the last day of the Commons session, while complaining the opposition is blocking legislation, the Trudeau government spends time to introduce new legislation that wont become law if the PM calls an early election. canadanewscentral.ca/liberals_intro…

While the prime minister fuels election speculation, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau plans trip to Israel and Palestine which the government says is aimed at promoting a peace deal. canadanewscentral.ca/garneau_to_vis…

Leaders of the Cowessess First Nation in southern Saskatchewan will today give details about findings of "hundreds" of grave findings at the site of the Marievel Indian Residential School. canadanewscentral.ca/first_nation_t…

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has hired six "military assistants" including one who was suspended from the Vancouver Police Department for an inappropriate relationship with a co-worker who killed herself. canadanewscentral.ca/sajjan_militar…

Leaders of Muslim charitable organizations are calling for Canada's national security watchdog to investigate why they have been targeted for audits by a CRA branch. canadanewscentral.ca/muslim_chariti…

Tom Parkin: first the Liberals dodged a ban, calling it provincial jurisdiction. Then they rejected an NDP offer to fast-track legislation. Then they delayed bill C-6, playing games with the Conservatives rather than protecting Canadians. canadanewscentral.ca/liberals_could…

Indigenous leaders and history teachers say there are big gaps in how Indigenous history is taught in Quebec schools. Even a 2018 review led to only a passing reference to residential schools. canadanewscentral.ca/_information_i…

With support on an upswing for his NDP, Jagmeet Singh is looking for new seats in Western Canada as Conservative support hits new lows and the Greens struggle with internal turmoil. canadanewscentral.ca/jagmeet_singh_…

Report from Canada's climate change advisory panel says governments need to act "urgently" rather than wait and be forced to make steeper and more sudden emissions cuts later. canadanewscentral.ca/canada_s_new_n…

A Mothers Against Drunk Driving leader in Nova Scotia says Premier Iain Rankin needs to toughen penalties for drunk driving after he admitted to being twice charged with drunk driving. canadanewscentral.ca/head_of_madd_c…

Much of the $1.7B paid by the Trudeau government to oil companies to clean-up abandoned well just paid them to do what they were planning to pay to do anyway, says a Parkland Institute report. canadanewscentral.ca/_1_7b_for_well…

First Nations leader near Lytton, B.C. says he will do "what's necessary" to stop trains running through the area during hot and tinder-dry conditions.  canadanewscentral.ca/first_nations_…

A trio of new polls show the Liberal at 37 or 38 per cent, while Conservative support crumbles to 24 or 25 per cent and NDP support rises to 20 per cent. Conservative losses are particularly steep across Western Canada. canadanewscentral.ca/conservatives_…

After the deaths of thousands of residents in long-term care facilities, an Angus Reid poll says Canadians fear living in such facilities and want big changes. Three-quarters support integrating long-term care into public health systems. canadanewscentral.ca/canadians_want…

To boost vaccination rates, the Quebec government is a letting every resident who has received at least one dose register for Loto-Quebec draw without payment. canadanewscentral.ca/quebecers_vacc…

Though the governing Liberals pledged to ban 'street checks' in 2019 after a damning province's human rights commission report, Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill says they are still happening and pledged a total ban. canadanewscentral.ca/nova_scotia_ne…

The RCMP's security branch spied on leaders of the 1970s' Committee for an Independent Canada for promoting what some in the police force viewed as communist ideas. Though the spying went on for many years, no communist link was found. canadanewscentral.ca/rcmp_spied_on_…

Doctors say exposure to smoke from more wildfires will increase stroke, heart disease, cancer, chronic or respiratory diseases.  canadanewscentral.ca/doctors_air_po…