culture
How a Canadian woman pushed a popular South Asian matchmaking site to drop its skin-tone filter
When Meghan Nagpal decided to take her chances at finding love by signing up for a popular matchmaking website, she never expected to...
Former WE Charity employee says staff tried to silence her by rewriting anti-racism speech
A former employee of WE Charity says a speech she wrote for a WE Schools tour about her experiences as a Black woman...
Canada Day: Big parties give way to online shows amid coronavirus pandemic
Canadians celebrated a Canada Day like no other as they marked the national holiday under unprecedented circumstances. Canada Day 2020 took place amid both a...
B.C. Liberals ran ads in Christian magazine that features content opposed to trans rights, assisted death
B.C. Liberal MLAs are using taxpayers’ money to pay for ads in a Christian magazine that includes articles opposed to transgender rights and medically assisted...
Parents of Black Sask. teen who took own life call for stronger anti-racism action
Sandra Barker-Schmidt and her husband, Dean Schmidt, are grappling with a difficult question this fall: Should they send their daughter Kidist to the same...
National Indigenous Peoples Day goes virtual amid pandemic restrictions
Organizers of a major Indigenous festival in Ottawa considered postponing or cancelling it entirely after COVID-19 restrictions meant they couldn’t gather in person. ...
What is Juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year?
It is a 155-year-old day of celebration that many non-Black people in the U.S. and around the world only started to hear of recently....
Canadian Museum for Human Rights employees say they were told to censor gay content for certain guests
Current and former employees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg say its management would sometimes ask staff not to show...
Why a Canadian push for economic solutions could fight systemic racism: Don Pittis
There is a question that Bessma Momani sometimes asks her university classes that tells us a little bit about the economics and a...
RCMP watchdog’s misconduct reports caught in limbo, stalling their release
The RCMP continues to mull over a number of high-profile investigations completed by its watchdog body involving allegations of Mountie misbehaviour — ultimately stalling their release and raising...
Bike lanes installed on urgent basis across Canada during COVID-19 pandemic
Been meaning for years to bicycle to work, as a way to improve your fitness and save money on gas and parking? Now...
How a school shooting in Saskatchewan became a catalyst for a new class of Dene teachers
Cora and Farris Lemaigre are making history on their Dene reserve in northern Saskatchewan. The cousins were just hired to teach at the...
Here’s what different provinces, territories are planning for COVID-19 reopenings
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here’s a look at...
Time to ‘defund the police’? Outrage over brutality, racism in U.S. casts new light on Toronto’s police budget
Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet still be alive if a mental health nurse had turned up when her family called 911, instead of just police officers? What...
Canada’s Bob and Doug take off — eh! — on social media with SpaceX rocket launch
Some people on social media say Saturday’s SpaceX rocket launch is a beauty for Canada, eh! On Saturday, the rocket ship designed and built...
Experts study how coronavirus pandemic affects trust in officials, ourselves
coronavirus: In Alberta, you can buy a T-shirt printed with the image of the province’s chief medical officer of health and the slogan:...
