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G7 meeting ends with promises on COVID-19, climate, mentions of China
The G7 Summit has wrapped up with pledges from world leaders to take urgent action on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and possibly China....
B.C.’s capital cancels scheduled Canada Day programming in wake of Kamloops Residential School discovery
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Victoria city council has decided to cancel its scheduled Canada Day programming this year following the discovery...
How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the...
MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic
Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit...
More new mothers are seeking mental health supports amid overwhelming strain during the pandemic
Abigail Morran was no stranger to anxiety, but for years, she had it under control. Then the first-time mom, who lives in a...
Alberta cabinet minister says premier should apologize for Sky Palace dinner, cancel culture remarks
Alberta cabinet minister Leela Aheer says Premier Jason Kenney should apologize to Albertans after photos circulated of a dinner he held with three ministers...
The House: Is it past time Canada had an Indigenous governor general?
The federal cabinet minister leading the search for a new governor general says background checks on the short list of candidates are nearly finished. But...
Economy lost 68,000 jobs in May, unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2%
Canada’s labour market shed 68,000 jobs last month as tighter public health restrictions continued or were introduced in many regions of the country...
Mi’kmaw chief sees better future through MMIWG action plan
Spurred on by the pain from her own family tragedy, Annie Bernard-Daisley has spent the past few years fighting for justice for Indigenous...
Partially paralyzed Indigenous man left in wheelchair he can’t operate outside Toronto ER files complaint
It felt like –7 C outside when Charles Hussin found himself kicked out of a downtown Toronto hospital’s emergency department in January and...
Why it’s important for Indigenous people to tell our own stories
This First Person article is the experience of Ossie Michelin, a Labrador Inuk journalist from the community of North West River. For more...
Craft beer industry faces reckoning as claims of sexism, misogyny and assault pour out online
As Jake Clark watched the #MeToo-style reckoning unfolding in the craft beer industry she went through a range of emotions — from heartbreak, to anger, to...
Solar windows, shingles and cladding? The building itself is now the solar panel
When you walk through the sun-filled atrium of the Edmonton Convention Centre or glimpse the dramatic sloped roof of the Varennes Library in...
Mi’kmaq, supporters hold vigil for 215 residential school victims at Sir John A statue
About 80 P.E.I Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters gathered in downtown Charlottetown Monday morning at a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald for...
Opposition pushing Liberals to act following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to search the grounds of other former residential schools following the discovery of remains...
Why experts say 2nd vaccine doses should be rolled out now
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you...
