Education
Uber’s proposed revamp of provincial labour laws would cement the notion that gig workers are not employees
This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a socialist writer and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. For more information about CBC’s Opinion...
In trying to contain COVID-19, we could be missing spread of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, experts warn
For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted health-care workers and resources away from stopping the spread of other infectious diseases, including...
After COVID-19 outbreak in retirement home, families want mandatory vaccines for staff
Even though Susan Asa-Katz’s mother is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the 92-year-old spent last week isolated in her room after unvaccinated staff at...
As Quebec’s economic recovery gallops ahead, many risk being left behind
Quebec’s economy is roaring back to life after a year of closures, restrictions and curfews, according to economists at the major banks. Finance...
Singh says he disagrees with Hamilton MP’s post on racism in Quebec, but demands no apology
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he does not agree with accusations that Quebecers are racist, after one of his Hamilton MPs applauded controversial remarks...
MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada
It was called “the greatest freedom show on earth.” From the Depression era until 1967, annual Emancipation Day celebrations on Aug. 1 drew big...
The movement to address environmental racism is growing. This bill could provide the data it needs
Ada Lockridge has been fighting for cleaner air in her community for 20 years. She recalls times when she and other residents of Aamjiwnaang First...
Jews in Russian city scarred by WWII massacre watch Canada’s decision on Nazi interpreter
As the evening light falls over the gentle slope of the ravine, Natalia Yefimushkina, her head tightly bound in a red scarf, stares...
After 230-year fight, Caldwell First Nation has reserve status; begins to build a new community
Caldwell First Nation has finally achieved reserve status, ending a decade-long bureaucratic struggle that included environmental assessments and various approvals from both provincial and municipal...
If he’s ever going to win, Erin O’Toole needs to start broadening the Conservative tent
If the Conservatives want to win the next election, they’ll need a broader coalition of voters behind them. But building that coalition has...
How a client-therapist relationship left one Nova Scotian feeling more hurt than healed
Taron expected the counsellor would offer help to recover from complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Instead, more than four years after the first therapy...
Law prohibiting election misinformation struck down
A key section of Canada’s elections law designed to curb misinformation during elections has been struck down and declared unconstitutional. In a 15-page...
Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as ‘gross negligence’ cases drag on
Dozens of clients of a disgraced B.C. tax consultant who tried to bilk the Canada Revenue Agency out of millions of dollars are...
5 graphs that help tell the story of the pandemic
It’s been one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and Canada is just beginning to understand how the coronavirus has...
Doctor cautioned to stop encouraging people to breach pandemic public health orders
A family doctor has been cautioned by Newfoundland and Labrador’s medical regulator to stop encouraging people to disobey Chief Medical Officer of Health...
COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators
A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients...
