Alberta to eliminate paper health cards, introduce integrated driver licenses July 2

Alberta will start to roll out new drivers licences starting July 2 that will include an individual’s health card number, finally eliminating the paper cards that have been the bane of Albertans for decades.


Nostalgia alert: MusiquePlus is relaunching on TikTok

Long before your feed told you what to listen to, Quebec culture had a different tastemaker: MusiquePlus. Well, music fans can rejoice now that the TV channel that helped launch the careers of many Quebec stars is being revived as a new kind of influencer on TikTok.


4 migrant farm workers in Italy burned to death in car, according to survivor, police

Four migrants working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death. The murder case is prompting fresh national soul searching over the exploitation of farm workers.


South Park creators remain defiant, promise more Trump takedowns in new season

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Park say they aren’t backing down from satirizing U.S. President Trump in the show’s upcoming season — even if, as they say, the latest group trying to censor them now “has a military.”


Ottawa calls for review of CRTC decision on streamers' Cancon contributions

The federal government says it will direct the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to review its recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions to domestic content.


Céline Dion pays tribute to duet partner Peabo Bryson after R&B singer's death at 75

Grammy-winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson, the voice behind Disney film duets Beauty and the Beast with Céline Dion and Aladdin's A Whole New World with Regina Belle, has died. He was 75.


Protests erupt in U.K. after video released showing arrest of dying teen

Hundreds gathered in Southampton, U.K., on Tuesday to protest over the death of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak. Police handcuffed Nowak after an incident where he was stabbed. His killer falsely accused him of a racist attack.


Still no triage liaison physicians in Alberta ERs, 4 months after province's pledge

More than four months after pledging that emergency physicians would soon begin roles monitoring waiting room patients, the Alberta government’s promised triage liaison physicians aren’t yet on the job.


Public left wondering if they could be among 652 victims of Saanich, B.C., voyeur

The community of Saanich, B.C., has been told a man spent six years secretly filming hundreds of women and girls in public spaces and the private of their homes — but the vast majority of victims may still not know it happened to them.


Messi, Mbappe, Yamal are all World Cup-bound after injury scares

Injuries to some of soccer's star players, including Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal, sparked concern ahead of the World Cup. All three have been included in their national team squads for the tournament in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but others have not been so fortunate.