Beyond Local

MONTREAL — Up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in Montreal and require rehabilitation are immigrants, says a new study from a research institute for occupational health and safety.

OTTAWA — After a Quebec Conservative MP refused to help migrants in his riding avoid deportation and characterized them as "illegal refugees," a member of their family is calling the comments "offensive" and "ignorant.

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says it's moving around staff to deal with a surging volume of sick children at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton as a provincial nurses' union called for an indoor mask mandate to help slow the wave of illness.

De Haan said what drives the local price are generally two calculations: How much stations feel their local market can pay, and how much motivation there is among local stations to compete with each other when it comes to setting their prices.

OTTAWA — One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault proposed Wednesday.

TORONTO — The board of a Vaughan, Ont., condo building where a resident killed five people Sunday night appeared to be following the right procedure to resolve an ongoing conflict with him, an industry expert said.

CALGARY — WestJet says snow in British Columbia and extreme cold in Alberta have caused hundreds of flight cancellations over the past three days.

OTTAWA — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has announced regulations for the ban on foreign homebuyers, which comes into effect on Jan. 1.

Kevin Park’s gig economy career as a food courier began as a research project and ended with a broken hand.

Breaker is deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of his people and other Indigenous people who suffer from addictions or homelessness in the city of Calgary.