Canada
El Jones’s powerful poem sheds light on slavery in N.S. and the struggle for freedom
On the shores of Halifax harbour, poet and educator El Jones performed a poem she wrote for Emancipation Day, which will be marked for...
Eye in the sky: Alberta startup touts drones as wildfire fighting game changer
An aerospace startup company near Edmonton has patented technology it believes can help step up the game of fighting wildfires and other natural...
ArcelorMittal Dofasco getting $400M from Ottawa to cut greenhouse gas emissions
The federal government has announced $400 million for a project at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that the company says will help it cut carbon emissions by more...
Worried your COVID-19 vaccine won’t be accepted abroad? Here’s what you need to know
Fully vaccinated and ready to travel? Before booking your trip, make sure your destination recognizes your COVID-19 vaccine. As some Canadian travellers have already...
Millions meant for residential school survivors spent on Catholic Church lawyers, administration: documents
The Roman Catholic Church spent millions of dollars that were supposed to go to residential school survivors on lawyers, administration, a private fundraising...
Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation
By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises...
Washington’s reasons for keeping border closed to Canadians still murky a week later
A week after the U.S. government surprised many by announcing the land border with Canada would remain closed for the time being, the...
First Nations coalition demands top Sask. judge resign over residential school file dispute
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents Saskatchewan’s First Nations, is demanding the resignation of one of the province’s top judges...
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say
A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a...
Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins search for residential school graves, with ‘a lot of work ahead’
WARNING: This story contains distressing details The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become the latest First Nation in Saskatchewan to begin searching...
Ontario’s hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it
Deanne Simms remembers walking into a salon as a teen and being met by a woman who was frantically running toward her from...
Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million...
Health Canada dragging its feet on psilocybin, patients and advocates allege
Nathan Kruljac was a young man of 25 when he experienced some shortness of breath while out for a drive in Surrey, B.C....
Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document
A Roman Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of “in-kind services” to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing...
Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly
Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds...
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now...
