Category Archives: Canada

Environmentalists want Jasper backcountry ban extended to protect remaining caribou
EDMONTON - Environmentalists and scientists are calling on Parks Canada to further restrict access to Rocky Mountain backcountry in an effort to help save the last large caribou herd in the national p...
Mar 21, 2021

Look to next-gen oil and gas leaders to end North America's energy stalemate: experts
WASHINGTON - North America's polarizing pipeline battles have seen many venues - from the Prime Minister's Office and the U.S. State Department to the windswept plains of Nebraska and Minnesota to jud...
Mar 21, 2021

Survey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in Canada
VANCOUVER - Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life. In fact, the nights that followed wer...
Mar 21, 2021

B.C.'s northern spotted owl breeding facility welcomes disabled California relative
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - A northern spotted owl found injured near San Francisco has arrived at a British Columbia breeding facility where the adult male is expected to find a mate and potent...
Mar 21, 2021

Watchdog's report finds RCMP discriminated against Colten Boushie's mother
REGINA - RCMP officers showed up at the funeral of a slain Indigenous man, perpetrated racial discrimination against the victim's mother and caused unnecessary suffering for his family over the course...
Mar 20, 2021

Advocates urge action as Montreal police confirm taxi slaying was conjugal violence
Montreal police are confirming the discovery of two bodies inside a taxi cab in northeastern part of the city Friday was the result of conjugal violence. Police say today that investigators believe a ...
Mar 20, 2021

Public health pandemic 'alert' system didn't operate as intended for COVID-19: report
OTTAWA - An interim examination of why the federal government's pandemic early warning system failed to send up a formal alert on COVID-19 has been released. The audit was ordered by federal Health Mi...
Mar 20, 2021

Tory grassroots vote against putting line saying "climate change is real" into policy
OTTAWA - Efforts to get official Conservative policy to firmly state the party believes climate change is real have failed. The results of Saturday's vote defeating a motion that would have enshrined ...
Mar 20, 2021

Quebec job post for 'white woman' sparks debate about caring for mentally ill seniors
MONTREAL - Recent news that a Quebec hospital repeatedly posted notices seeking a "white woman" caregiver has sparked a debate about how to care for mentally ill seniors who refuse to be treated by pe...
Mar 20, 2021

Singh commits to cancel up to $20,000 in tuition in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is renewing his pitch to young voters, pledging that an NDP government would cancel up to $20,000 in tuition. Singh says that, if elected, he would also free...
Mar 20, 2021