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After going hungry, Montreal student on mission to reduce waste, feed those in need
After going hungry, Montreal student on mission to reduce waste, feed those in need Megan Clarke knows all too well what it’s like...
Keepers of the Language: Nunavut’s newsreader has done it all, from garbage man to mayor
CBC is doing a series of stories to recognize that the United Nations has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages. The observance...
Online name-calling between Alberta, N.L. an unexpected post-election fallout
Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador have a lot in common, including a shared economic reliance on oil, but the comments of social media...
Ontario gardeners bring in their 1st harvest of legal backyard cannabis
Along with planting bulbs and clearing out dying annuals, some Ontario gardeners now have a new fall tradition: harvesting their cannabis plants. “Now...
Low number of federal LGBTQ candidates in parts of Canada shows still ‘a lot of work to do,’ candidates say
Trevor Kirczenow is concerned about the state of the environment and the world he and his husband’s two kids will inherit if more isn’t...
Archive photo exhibit captures Indigenous strength, connections in difficult times
Two photographers documented Indigenous communities around Calgary over several decades starting in the 1930s, but not the regalia you might see in a...
4 federal candidates accused of Indigenous identity appropriation by Halifax academic
A Halifax academic is questioning the claims of Indigenous identity by several federal election candidates. Darryl Leroux, an associate professor of social justice and communities studies at Saint...
Breaking news: Ohio University suspends all frats, citing hazing allegations against 7 chapters
CINCINNATI– Ohio University put on hold all societies Thursday, mentioning an” expanding worry raised by accusations of hazing” versus 7 phases made today....
Breaking news: Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first
LUANDA, Angola – Wanda Tucker stepped off the plane to a sky so gray it blended into the tarmac. She inhaled, balanced her...
Judge awards rare advance costs to Beaver Lake Cree Nation in land rights case
A judge has ordered the provincial and federal governments to pay advance legal costs in an action brought by an Alberta First Nation...
Liberal promise to wipe out citizenship costs would certainly cost $100M a year
The Liberals are ensuring to eliminate the application fee for Canadian citizenship, eliminating what some immigrant supporters have actually called an important barrier...
Why Male Circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation are Not the Same Thing
Shares 628 It hit the news recently that three individuals, including a female physician, have been arrested in the United States on charges...
7 Things the Purity Culture Failed to Teach Me
How can we raise our kids to have a healthy view of sex–and not perpetuate some of the unhealthy aspects of the Purity...
10 Reasons We Need to Stop Romanticizing the Amish
Shares 289 The buggies. The farms. The laundry hanging out on the line, the girls learning how to bake, the boys in the...
