Canada's federal and provincial governments now contribute more than France to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), according to OIF financial documents obtained by Radio-Canada. Ottawa, Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario and Nova Scotia together gave 19.4 million euros, about $30.6 million, in 2025, while France gave 19.3 million euros. France's total fell from more than 34 million euros in 2024, and its government cited budget constraints. Officially, neither Ottawa nor Quebec says Canada has now overtaken France, because their budgets are counted separately. The 90-member organization's summit opens Nov. 14 in Cambodia, where members will choose a secretary general.
LinkedIn and Monster have removed about 1,500 misleading job postings after a CBC News investigation found they steered applicants into Evolution Travel, a U.S.-based multi-level marketing company. The remote, no-experience-needed ads, some promising up to US$75,000 yearly, used names such as Wanderwell Collective and never mentioned Evolution Travel or fees. Applicants were invited to information sessions and asked to pay hundreds of dollars upfront plus a monthly fee. LinkedIn removed close to 900 ads, saying they violated its policy, and Monster removed 600. Evolution Travel, which does not operate in Canada, says it tells agents not to post job ads.
Newfoundland and Labrador has recorded a substantial jump in influenza cases, with 45 new lab-confirmed cases in the latest provincial figures. The data, which run to Oct. 31 and were updated Nov. 6, show 16 people in hospital with the flu, three of them in critical condition. One flu-related death has also been reported. That prompted health officials to make masks mandatory in all health-care facilities in the province. Vaccine clinics are still available. Residents can book a shot through the provincial government's Time for the Shot website or at a local pharmacy. The figures come from the provincial government.
A Liberal Opposition bill in P.E.I. would make the governing party repay taxpayers for government ads found to break the Government Advertising Standards Act. Leader Hal Perry's amendment, introduced Nov. 3 and debated Nov. 4 without a vote, would have the auditor general order the reimbursement. Perry says the law has no penalty. It follows an October finding by Auditor General Darren Noonan that a video featuring Premier Rob Lantz and Finance Minister Jill Burridge broke the act, which bars taxpayer-funded ads showing cabinet ministers. Lantz said his government accepts the finding and that no government money promoted the video.
Halifax regional council voted Tuesday to begin planning for a new neighbourhood on the 6.7-hectare Woodlawn Mall site in Dartmouth. The process will set densities and development rules and examine a proposal from developer Woodlawn Future Limited for four residential towers of 18 to 20 storeys on part of the site. A staff report says the towers would hold about 633 homes. Studies will check parkland, water, sewer and traffic capacity, and staff are seeking outside funding for them. Woodlawn is the first of nine provincially identified suburban growth sites to reach council. Public consultation will likely start next year.
Premier Susan Holt says New Brunswick is not reconsidering its plan for a highway toll at Aulac, on the Nova Scotia border, despite objections from the local Tantramar Liberal Association. Asked Tuesday whether she would scrap the plan, Holt said no, but added that feedback on the toll booth's location will be considered as the location is finalized. The toll would apply only to out-of-province vehicles and is projected to raise $10.4 million a year for road maintenance from 2028. The Tantramar Liberals say the revenue projections are flawed and the planned location poses economic risks to southeastern New Brunswick.
Santé Québec has cancelled a tender seeking private clinics to perform orthopedic or plastic surgeries, at public expense, for patients waiting more than a year in the public system. The agency told Radio-Canada the tender did not attract enough clinics to balance added surgical capacity, costs and access; five clinics had bid. The pilot project, initiated by former health minister Christian Dubé, was to start this spring. In late July, about 30,000 patients were waiting for orthopedic surgery, more than 1,000 of them for over a year. Santé Québec says it will use hospital operating rooms and existing clinic agreements.
Premier Doug Ford's government has named eight hand-picked heads of Ontario's upper-tier regional councils, replacing Muskoka chair Jeff Lehman with Conservative MP Scott Aitchison. Lehman, who was elected chair by regional council in 2022, said he was "deeply disappointed" and that communities should choose their own heads of council. Aitchison plans to leave Parliament later this month and be sworn in Dec. 1. The province recently gave itself power to appoint chairs in Durham, Halton, Muskoka and Waterloo. The chairs will get strong-chair powers, including vetoing some bylaws and proposing budgets. Critics have questioned Steven Del Duca's appointment in York.
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Manitoba is looking at adding independent physician-run clinics to Medinav, its online booking system for same-day and next-day appointments, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says. She gave no timeline for it. Launched two years ago to steer non-emergency patients away from long waits in emergency departments and walk-in clinics, Medinav now lists only publicly run clinics. More than 91,000 appointments have been booked, with 5,000 to 7,000 a month since early 2026, government figures show. Doctors Manitoba says physicians are eager to fill open appointments, but it has had no update in over a year since meeting officials in spring 2025.
Saskatchewan fertilizer giant Nutrien has moved closer to building a potash export terminal at the Port of Longview, Washington, an investment of US$500 million to US$1 billion. Company and port staff presented a development plan and lease terms to the port's commissioners Tuesday; the board will decide later this month whether to sign. Nutrien calls the agreement a non-binding procedural step and plans a final investment decision in 2028. The terminal, possibly done by 2032, would ship five million to eight million tonnes of Saskatchewan potash yearly to Indo-Pacific markets. Ottawa had urged Nutrien to choose a Canadian port instead.
Proposed electoral boundaries would give Lethbridge one riding of about 60,000 city residents and three hybrid ridings combining parts of the city with rural southern Alberta. The Independent Advisory Panel on Electoral Boundaries, which reported Nov. 2, recommended 91 seats, up from 87, for the October 2027 election. The governing United Conservatives endorsed the changes, but the legislature has not yet passed them. Former mayor Chris Spearman says urban and rural interests would be "diluted" and wants the city to keep its two urban seats. Former NDP MLA Shannon Phillips says the public had no input into the panel's report.
Heavy rain on B.C.'s south coast has triggered evacuation orders and alerts, flood warnings and the shutdown of a water treatment plant. The Village of Pemberton ordered evacuations on Airport Road, including the airport, wastewater treatment facility and wildfire base, citing flooding and high-risk river levels. The Lil'wat Nation issued an evacuation order and alert along the Lillooet River corridor to Lillooet Lake. About 30 properties in Zeballos, on northwest Vancouver Island, remain under an evacuation order over flood and landslide risks. Orange rainfall warnings remain for west and inland Vancouver Island, Howe Sound and the Sea to Sky region.
The Nunavut Impact Review Board has recommended that Iqaluit's proposed $500-million hydro project proceed without a public review, leaving the final decision to federal Arctic and Northern Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand. The board's Nov. 4 screening report said potential harms can be handled through terms and conditions. The Qikiqtani Inuit Association, whose development arm's subsidiary proposed the project, says it is considering next steps; it had argued mitigation for fish habitat, wildlife, permafrost and harvesting was uncertain. The 30-megawatt plant on the Kuugaaluk River could replace 15 million litres of imported diesel yearly, the developer says. QIA plans community events.
Ottawa is setting aside $11 million over four years for offshore oil and gas governance, but says it does not signal lifting the drilling moratorium. The Budget 2026 funding will support environmental monitoring, government capacity and shared decision-making under the Tariuq Accord, a 2023 agreement among the Inuvialuit, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Ottawa. Federal minister Rebecca Chartrand told Cabin Radio it is "absolutely not" a decision to lift the ban, in place since 2016. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Ottawa is engaging northern governments and the Inuvialuit about the ban's future. The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation had not yet responded.
Yukon will spend more than $23 million on school infrastructure in 2027-28, according to details released Tuesday. Nearly a quarter will replace the leaky roof of École Émilie-Tremblay, a French-language elementary school in Whitehorse, at a cost of $5.35 million; the school board says work will happen this summer. Other projects include $1.35 million for a new roof at Teslin's Khàtìnas.àxh school, $4.8 million for four modular classrooms at busy schools and $1.2 million for studies and early work on a new Whitehorse Elementary building at Valleyview. Some school projects had been folded into the Highways and Public Works budget.
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