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AI has come for music. So far, there's a Great Big Sea between people and algorithms

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Mar 3, 2024 2:30 AM Read more >

Trudeau meets Italian PM Meloni in Toronto, pair agrees to 'roadmap' for cooperation

TORONTO — A reception meant to cap off a day of meetings between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Italian counterpart was abruptly cancelled on Saturday after protesters blocked entrances to the venue and kept key figures, including the guests o

Mar 2, 2024 7:31 PM Read more >

Quebec Appeal Court Bill 21 ruling fuels debate on notwithstanding clause

MONTREAL — Hours after Quebec's highest court upheld his state secularism law, Premier François Legault was triumphant. The decision was "a great victory for the nation of Quebec," he said in a brief statement to reporters Thursday.

Mar 2, 2024 3:44 PM Read more >

Quebec SAQ liquor store employees give green light for limited strike

MONTREAL — Members of a union representing more than 5,000 Société des alcools du Québec employees have voted in favour of a strike that threatens to temporarily close some of the province's government-owned liquor stores.

Mar 2, 2024 1:08 PM Read more >

Skiing or golf? Spring break choices follow Canada's weird winter

VANCOUVER — Bin Xie's children typically spend spring break at ski camps but, after unseasonably warm and unpredictable weather upended much of this year's ski season, his family decided to rent an RV to go camping in British Columbia's Interior inst

Mar 2, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

LGBTQ students look ahead after Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks

WESTLOCK, Alta. — Shaylin Lussier went home and screamed after the student's town voted for a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property. Lussier, a member of the gay-straight alliance in Westlock, Alta.

Mar 2, 2024 6:00 AM Read more >

A closer look at the legacy of former prime minister Brian Mulroney

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died Thursday in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-elected in 1988.

Mar 1, 2024 6:55 PM Read more >

B.C. announces minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, $237M to recruit and retain staff

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met.

Mar 1, 2024 4:55 PM Read more >

Brian Mulroney, the last conservative prime minister to taste major victory in Quebec

OTTAWA — Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and he will say the answer runs through Quebec.

Mar 1, 2024 4:04 PM Read more >

What are the next steps on the long road to a national pharmacare plan?

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling his government's new pharmacare bill a huge step forward, but won't say what direction Canada's new national drug plan is headed.

Mar 1, 2024 3:46 PM Read more >