Sheila Gunn Reid

Six federal contracts for Canada's overseas visa application centres have grown more than twentyfold, with $62.4 million in amendments disclosed for April to June 2026 alone.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismissed a 2021 complaint from Jessica Simpson (formerly Jonathan Yaniv) against the Township of Langley after Simpson filed no response to the Township's application.

A 21-year-old who opened a man's head with a steel bracelet in a 3 a.m. parking dispute walked away with a conditional discharge, keeping his path to permanent residency open.

The Treasury Board Secretariat gave a non-competitive contract, $450 under the limit for skipping bids, to a consultant for leadership workshops “tailored specifically for Black Public Servants.”

The judge said the attack could easily have killed the victim. He accepted a sentence served at home anyway.

Global Affairs Canada carried $2.7 million into a new Indonesia agreement under a program that “bolsters feminist movements,” six months after Mark Carney said he wouldn't describe Canada's foreign policy as feminist.

Four of six new federal vaccine research awards come with matching cash from CEPI, a coalition the World Economic Forum helped found and to which Canada had given $114 million by 2023.

Three federal transit fund agreements give Montreal $9.78 million for bike paths, including the Henri-Bourassa express route, after the mayor launched a $1 million bike-lane audit that puts it under review.

Up to 20 per cent of federal doctoral awards and 30 per cent of postdoctoral awards can be held outside Canada, and the program pages set no requirement for recipients to come home.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Regina's spending rose to $3,011 per resident in 2024 from $2,623 in 2020, more than three times Saskatoon's growth, as the city's library asks for new tax increases.