Canadian News

Two additional "service adjustments" for Ottawa's LRT system will be required in the next week to complete necessary rail grinding work, Transit General Manager Renée Amilcar said Tuesday in a memo to city council. Read More

An organization representing the Inuit in Quebec strongly condemned police actions in Nunavik Tuesday after an incident in the early hours on Monday that left one dead and another severely injured. Read More

The government of Canada has expressed concerns directly to Russia following reports that Moscow was behind a plot to put incendiary devices on planes flying to North America.

Justice Carrie Sharpe, who led a fatality inquiry into the death of Tim Hague after he was knocked out in an Edmonton boxing match in 2017, has made 14 recommendations for changes to the way combative sports are regulated in Alberta.

There is good news and bad news for suburban train commuters. Read More

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's plea for more money from the province was partially answered Tuesday when Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new funding for transit, policing and social services in the city. Read More

It was supposed to be a banner month for Greg Slewidge. Read More

In a testy exchange in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of sowing the divisions that led to the violent clash between Sikh separatists and Hindu worshippers outside a Hindu temple in Brampton on the weekend.

Auto industry and cross-border trade - important for both sides of the river - are issues in this election.

B.C.'s chief electoral officer says "extremely challenging weather conditions" and a new voting system factored into human errors that saw hundreds of ballots go uncounted in the provincial election — though none were large enough to change results. 

Quebec Mounties are gearing up for an influx of illegal border crossings should former President Donald Trump take the White House, an RCMP spokesperson told The Gazette Tuesday. Read More

The first meeting of Ottawa’s newly assembled nightlife council is sure to be a blast as 18 key players representing various aspects of the arts scene join forces to begin their fight for the city’s right to party.  Read More

BCE has signed a deal to buy U.S. fibre internet provider Ziply Fiber for about $5 billion in cash, using in part the profits from the high-profile sale of the company’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment earlier this fall. 

Kidnappings, burned-down homes, shootings, people tortured on video and attempted murders. These are some of the crimes plaguing different regions across Quebec that police believe can be traced back to one man. Read More

Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge says it’s 'not reasonable' to think Quebec could cut the number of foreign students without including universities and public colleges.

Conservative MPs want New York Consul General Tom Clark to appear again before a parliamentary committee after the release of documents that show he expressed concerns about the suitability of his official residence in the city.

A popular pedestrian bridge across the Ottawa River will again be closed for the winter. Read More

Earlier this year, Premier Danielle Smith said the province would begin efforts to attract those specialists so Albertans wouldn't have to travel out of province for care.

Police learned the 22-year-old victim had been delivering a parcel when he was attacked with bear spray and robbed of his vehicle.

This month on our Off the Hill political panel, we ask the question: how just is Canada’s justice system? Who is it serving and protecting – and who gets left behind? Does our justice system truly respect everyone’s rights and freedoms? 

From the ongoing federal Black Class Action lawsuit alleging systemic anti-Black racism in the federal public service, to a history of policing and silencing Palestinian voices, and more, clearly we can tell something isn’t working. 

Join us on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 as we dive into this discussion with poet and activist El Jones, policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg. Panel starts at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. 

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Meet our guests this month

El Jones is a poet, author, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax. She is the author of Abolitionist Intimacies (2022) and Live from the Afrikan Resistance! (2014).

Chuka Ejeckam is a writer and policy researcher. His work focuses on inequity and inequality, drug policy, structural racism, and labour. He is also a columnist for rabble.

Karl Nerenberg is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and filmmaker, working in both English and French languages. He is rabble’s senior parliamentary reporter.

About Off the Hill

Since 2019, Off the Hill has been rabble.ca’s live monthly panel. Through this series, we break down important national and international news stories through a progressive lens. 

This webinar series invites a rotating roster of guest activists, politicians, researchers and more to discuss how to mobilize and bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off Parliament Hill. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.

Join us the third Wednesday of every month at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. The live, digital show is one hour long – 45 minutes of moderated discussion followed by 15 minutes of audience participation.

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