Canadian News
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 16:10:34 EDTOpposition NDP calls for public inquiry into Alberta's COVID-19 response
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the strategy to lift all remaining health restrictions was proposed by the province's chief medical officer of health, not by the Alberta government.
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:50:04 EDTOntario releases back-to-school plan with few details for managing COVID-19 cases, outbreaks
Ontario students will return to the classroom full-time in September with remote learning continuing to be an option, the province confirmed in its official back-to-school strategy — but the plan is...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 21:32:25 EDTOttawa denies Alberta's request to let people carry pepper spray for self-defence
The federal government has denied Alberta's request to amend the Criminal Code to allow people to carry pepper spray for self-defence.
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 16:06:25 EDTB.C. non-profit challenges Health Canada to end 50-year prohibition on magic mushrooms
TheraPsil has sent a 165-page proposal to Health Canada outlining regulations for so-called magic mushrooms based on the same ones the federal government first created 20 years ago for medicinal canna...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTCelebrated artist says he's Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor. His family says he isn't
An award-winning artist based in Kingston, Ont., has made inaccurate claims for decades of being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations, and other c...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 12:06:07 EDTNo more 'drastic public health measures': Nunavut releases COVID-19 path forward plan
COVID-19 can now be treated like any other “vaccine-preventable disease,” according to the Nunavut government’s newly released long-term plan for dealing with the pandemic.
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTLine 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause 'devastating damage' to Great Lakes, say environmentalists
An aging pipeline that carries oil below where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet is in such a state of disrepair it could burst at any moment and cause catastrophic damage to the Great Lakes, enviro...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 07:16:24 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Tuesday
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on resistant Republican governors to "get out of the way" of vaccine rules aimed at containing the more transmissible and dangerous COVID-19 variant. He back...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDTCoastal erosion, rising seas will lead to more conflicts over public beach access, experts say
Researchers and advocates say sea level rise and coastal erosion will lead to increased conflict between people who want public beach access and private owners.
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDTSearching for residential school graves in Onion Lake, Sask., 'opening up old wounds,' survivor says
Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation says work is underway to search the St. Barnabas and eventually the St. Anthony's residential school sites for unmarked graves. Onion Lake is located about ...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 01:26:01 EDTVincent Lapointe's 'torturous' path to Olympics could end in 2 gold medals
World-class canoe sprinter Laurence Vincent Lapointe wants to move forward from her suspension, the legal proceedings that overturned it and the not knowing if she'd even get to the Games. But the em...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTCrop-destroying grasshoppers chewing away at Manitoba farmers' livelihoods
For a fourth year in a row, Manitoba’s grasshopper population is on the rise and causing more issues for farmers already struggling to make it through drought conditions.
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:39:33 EDTSixties Scoop survivors call for federal inquiry and apology
Former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair and a group representing survivors of the Sixties Scoop want a federal inquiry into the actions and policies of governments that led to thousands of Indigenous ...
Tue, 3 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTHow Niagara museums plan to tell the story of COVID-19 50 to 100 years from now
A number of Ontario museums are working overtime to collect artifacts such as social distancing signs and multimedia files — including high-resolution photographs — as they gradually put toget...
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 17:37:54 EDTFamily of Black man fatally shot by police in Repentigny, Que., blame racism for his death
Marie-Mireille Bence, the mother of a Repentigny man shot by police on Sunday, says her son was having a mental health crisis and had just dropped a dinner knife when he was shot.
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 04:00:16 EDTDesperate employers dangle signing bonuses to lure in workers
While pandemic job losses linger in the economy, some companies are struggling to find employees. A review of popular job listing sites in Canada showed companies ranging from retailing giant Amazon t...
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTQuebec's relationship with forestry industry under scrutiny as pressure mounts to protect woodlands
In the eyes of experts, environmental activists and Indigenous communities, Quebec’s Forest Ministry appears more interested in safeguarding the profits of industry than the forests themselves
...
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTHow Canadian tourism sustains Cuba's army and one-party state
Cuba's hotels and resorts sector is dominated by the holding company of the Cuban Armed Forces, GAESA. Cuban dissidents say Canadians who travel to Cuba are directly assisting repressive forces in the...
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTIt's hard having to cheer from home, not in the stands, says family of Montreal Olympian
As Quebec artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau prepares to compete at her second Olympic Games, her family won't be in the stands cheering her on. Due to the pandemic, athletes' families weren't al...
Sun, 1 Aug 2021 08:23:54 EDTEmancipation Day celebrations predate Canada's official proclamation by decades