Once driven near extinction, wild turkeys making themselves at home in Quebec
They arrived a few years ago — three-foot tall, bare-headed visitors that would occasionally stare intently at residents from their balconies and yards.
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Quebec children at risk of lead exposure in schools and daycares
Children in Quebec are at risk of lead exposure from drinking water in their daycares and elementary schools due to inadequate oversight, says a provincial public health research institute.
Half of Indigenous children live in poverty, study says
Indigenous children face the highest rates of poverty in the country, with almost one in every two living in households with low incomes, says a new study that shows little improvement in the situation over the last decade.
P.E.I., Quebec intervene in Saskatchewan's legal challenge of carbon tax
Prince Edward Island and Quebec have joined as interveners in Saskatchewan's legal challenge of the federal carbon tax.
Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oil and gas foes
The Alberta government will hold a public inquiry into environmental groups that it says have been bankrolled by foreign benefactors hell-bent on keeping Canada's oil and gas from reaching new markets while letting oil production grow unabated in the Middle East and the United States.
Quebec sweetens pot in effort to get more immigrants to learn French
Quebec announced tens of millions of new dollars on Friday, July 5, 2019, aimed at getting more newcomers to learn French.
Quebec LGBTQ activist Laurent McCutcheon dies after long cancer battle
Laurent McCutcheon, a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Quebec, died on Thursday, June 4, 2019, after receiving medical assistance in dying, his spouse said on Friday, June 5, 2019.
Federal review flags concerns in efforts to protect right whales in Canada
Federal officials are considering expanding speed-restriction and no-fishing zones in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after six deaths of North Atlantic right whales in the last month, Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says.
Coroner probes death of Quebec senior who spent 36 hours on balcony
The family of a 93-year-old Quebec woman who died after spending about 36 hours inert on her balcony at a seniors' residence wants to see better surveillance for the elderly in such establishments.
Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report
The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest players.
Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study
Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area.
CBSA has removed fewer than 900 of 45,000 'irregular' asylum-seekers since 2017
The Canada Border Services Agency has removed fewer than 900 "irregular" asylum-seekers who have applied for refugee protection in Canada through a loophole in asylum laws, according to new federal figures.
No pipeline fireworks as Western premiers emerge from annual meeting in Edmonton
Canada's western and northern leaders pushed on Thursday, June 27, 2019, for reducing trade barriers and building trade corridors while avoiding a bunfight on the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline.
Manitoba premier to raise Quebec religious symbol law with western premiers
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday, June 26, 2019, in Edmonton.
Trudeau says he will defend minority rights in face of Quebec religious-symbol law
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice on Thursday, June 20, 2019, to the growing opposition to Quebec's new law prohibiting teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.