Category Archives: Canada
Most support workplace diversity but not if it's a job qualification: national survey
REGINA - Most people in a new Canada-wide survey say equal representation in government is important, but they don't support employers taking demographic characteristics into account in hiring and pro...
Jan 10, 2022
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 09, 2022
U.S. urged to use 'Sully' to help Canada, allies get PS752 compensation from Iran
OTTAWA - Canada and its allies are being urged to aggressively reach into the Iranian government's pocket to find assets to compensate for the regime's downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight...
Jan 09, 2022
First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare
A First Nation in Alberta says it's been nearly three months since it was supposed to take legal control of its own child welfare but the provincial government won't recognize the arrangement made pos...
Jan 09, 2022
Survey finds oilsands environmental monitoring ineffective after 10 years
EDMONTON - Alberta doesn't have a good grasp of the overall environmental impacts of the oilsands a decade after implementing monitoring that was supposed to provide it, internal government documents ...
Jan 09, 2022
Arizona's auto aspirations make for unlikely ally in Canada's EV tax-credit fight
WASHINGTON - From its arid desert climate to its mercurial, centre-right politics, the southern border state of Arizona hardly seems to have much in common with Canada beyond winter-wary snowbirds. Bu...
Jan 09, 2022
Efforts to establish First Nation school board in Yukon decades in the making
VANCOUVER - Parents at eight schools in Yukon are voting on a proposal that could put the control of education for their children in the hands of the territory's Indigenous bands, the result of an eff...
Jan 09, 2022
Rapid spread of Omicron showing "tale of two pandemics: rich and poor"
As parts of Canada see staggering rises in COVID-19 activity amid Omicron's rapid spread, experts say the highly transmissible variant is training a spotlight on social inequities across the country. ...
Jan 08, 2022
Families honour loved ones lost on second anniversary of downing of plane in Iran
TORONTO - Families are commemorating the loss of loved ones who died after Iranian forces downed a passenger jet two years ago today. A Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by Iranian...
Jan 08, 2022
Connection during isolation: Data shows national drug overdose hotline saves lives
CALGARY - Almost three dozen people survived overdoses because of a Canada-wide phone line that connects callers who use drugs with emergency support if there is a suspected overdose. Looking back on ...
Jan 08, 2022