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How 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...
New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies
When Katherine Hannah and Zahra Musaji first started at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency back in 1999, they couldn’t have told you what colour the carpet...
On this Canada Day, Canadians face calls for change — and economic historians have been trying to adjust
This week’s deadly heat wave, with its new record temperatures, is just one example of how the country’s economy seems to be embroiled in change this Canada...
Birchbark canoe project connects generations of Mi’kmaq in Kejimkujik National Park
Rose Meuse never got to know her grandfather, but she pictures him steering a birchbark canoe through the waterways of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National...
‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Residential school survivor Rick Daniels and his wife, Judy Greyeyes, live in a small apartment just a few kilometres from Saskatoon’s towering $28.5-million Holy...
How urban gardening could be at the forefront of climate change adaptation in Canada’s cities
Jewel Gomes is getting ready for another growing season in her tiny Toronto backyard, home to her many experiments in agronomy. This summer,...
Chaotic pace, no senior perks: High school grads end another disrupted year
With the end of this pandemic school year in sight, educators say they’re feeling behind on meeting the curriculum and concerned about the...
Blue roofs could help reduce the flooding effects of big storms
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Woman with dementia locked into 10-year home-heating contract — with a $15K lien on her property
When Matt Fuchs needed money to hire a home-care worker for his 82-year-old mother, who has dementia, he figured getting a line of credit...
Asian Canadians see flaws in federal anti-racism strategy
Advocates for Asian Canadians are calling for improvements to the federal government’s anti-racism strategy to confront a surge in anti-Asian racism. Avvy Go,...
CRA sending details of bank accounts to IRS that don’t have to be reported
The Canada Revenue Agency has been reporting hundreds of thousands of Canadian bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service, despite the fact that they...
In nurses’ firing, union calls for due process, while First Nations leaders hope broader concerns aren’t lost
The two nurses accused of racist treatment against an Atikamekw woman should not have been fired before the incident was investigated fully, a...
From restaurant staff to pilots, pandemic is pushing people in hard-hit professions to retrain for new jobs
When COVID-19 hit, Ryan Sullivan was a pilot for Porter Airlines and he loved his job. These days, though, he spends his days...
Provinces, territories are owed more than $1.3B in unpaid fines, investigation shows
More than 12 years after a propane explosion in Toronto killed two people, levelled large parts of a neighbourhood and sent thousands running from...
Calgary mom accuses courier giant DHL of charging ‘hidden fees’
Michelle Sinclair knew her son Aodhan only wanted one thing for this 10th birthday — a football jersey from his favourite team in...
