Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced that Canada will expand the Express Entry system to prioritise researchers and senior managers, transport workers such as pilots and aircraft mechanics, and certain skilled military recruits with Canadian job offers; those invited may be fast-tracked toward permanent residency.
Nova Scotia will open the first menopause clinic in Atlantic Canada in Halifax next winter, with $4 million in startup funding and $2.4 million in annual operating support.
Dan Levitt of the B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate said the 2026 provincial budget pauses several planned long-term care projects and that thousands of seniors are waiting for beds.
The Art Gallery of Ontario is presenting Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, a touring collection of more than 200 intimate images largely taken by McCartney during the Beatles' rise from December 1963 to February 1964.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams told a podcast audience he does not care about critics of his painted nails and described how the practice began with family influence and later became a way to support causes.
The federal government announced new permanent-residence streams for researchers with Canadian work experience, transportation workers, and skilled military recruits. A separate Express Entry stream for foreign-trained doctors with Canadian work experience will begin accepting applications this week.
Twenty-year-old Santiago López plays for Pumas UNAM and hopes to earn a place with Canada for the FIFA World Cup, which runs June 11–July 19 in North America.
The 64-acre Jim Tovey Lakeview Conservation Area has had tens of thousands of native trees and shrubs planted since 2017 and is on track to open to the public in May.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended reductions to OSAP grants, saying the changes were necessary; the government announced the maximum grant will fall from 85 per cent to 25 per cent starting this fall.
The Liberal Democratic Party won a Lower House supermajority with 316 seats, and Sanae Takaichi's leadership and snap election strengthened her mandate.
