Canada
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Saskatchewan increases minimum wage to $15 an hour | EnvoyPost
Saskatchewan’s general minimum wage rose by one dollar to C$15 an hour on October 1, 2024. The increase completed a…
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Basement boom in Brampton causing local tensions and frustrations | EnvoyPost
A rapid increase in basement conversions in Brampton, Ontario, intensified arguments over housing supply, neighbourhood pressure and construction safety in…
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Manitoba stakeholders concerned as federal government tosses apprenticeship grants | EnvoyPost
Manitoba apprentices and construction employers raised concerns in 2024 after Ottawa confirmed that two federal cash-grant programmes would close. The…
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NDP pledges rapid transit link as mayors push for cure to North Shore gridlock | EnvoyPost
British Columbia’s New Democratic Party promised a rapid-transit connection between Park Royal and Metrotown during the October 2024 provincial election…
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Moose Jaw Police Service superintendent fired, police tight-lipped on reason | EnvoyPost
The Moose Jaw Police Service confirmed in October 2024 that Superintendent Taylor Mickleborough was no longer a member of the…
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From broken walls to destroyed computers: Vandals wreak havoc at Fredericton library | EnvoyPost
Fredericton’s downtown public library closed after a break-in on September 30, 2024, caused extensive damage to walls, computers and other…
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No more automatic visas for public college graduates ‘jeopardizes’ economy: Colleges Ontario | EnvoyPost
Ontario’s public colleges warned in September 2024 that new federal limits on post-graduation work permits could weaken programmes and regional…
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Leave Lebanon now, Ottawa urges as most decline offer of seats on flights | EnvoyPost
Canada urged its citizens and permanent residents to leave Lebanon while seats were available as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah…
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Breast cancer is rising among U.S. young women even as deaths drop: study | EnvoyPost
Breast-cancer incidence rose among women in the United States during the years covered by an American Cancer Society report published…
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Less than half of individual shelters N.S. bought last year for unhoused people open | EnvoyPost
Only 80 of the 200 individual shelters purchased by Nova Scotia for people experiencing homelessness were open by October 1,…
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