Events
Quebec mother heartbroken over death of 2 young daughters as police narrow search for father
Amélie Lemieux wept uncontrollably as she looked over a colourful, makeshift shrine of stuffed animals, heartfelt messages, candles and flowers placed in a...
Justin Trudeau drops into another pitfall of his own making
Justin Trudeau and his government have shown a remarkable ability to find trouble in novel places — a Christmas vacation, the Shawcross doctrine...
Why the WHO won’t say the coronavirus is airborne and driving the pandemic
The World Health Organization has refused to cave to pressure from more than 200 experts calling for it to update its messaging on the...
B.C. couple escapes from ‘debris flood’ that filled home with mud, logs, rocks
A B.C. couple escaped from waist-deep water and mud in their home after it was hit by a dramatic slide called a “debris...
Controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 ‘a tempest in a teapot,’ Dr. Bonnie Henry says
B.C.’s provincial health officer says the controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been overblown, after hundreds of scientists signed a letter calling...
‘I don’t want to hold on to hatred’: B.C. woman seeks to forgive hit-and-run driver who left her for dead
In the years since a hit-and-run driver left Patricia Anne Peters for dead on a highway north of Whistler, B.C., in the middle of...
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...
Teachers to be paid $12K to recruit and manage students under government program with WE Charity
A key piece of a much-scrutinized $900-million program to get youth working in the community will also pay teachers $12,000 each to recruit...
From QB to cop: Ex-CFLer Brandon Bridge hopes to change perception of police
As a Canadian quarterback, Brandon Bridge helped change a CFL rule. The 28-year-old lobbied for a rule change governing the ratio of Canadians...
Indigenous communities find little to celebrate on Canada Day
Jess Housty can’t remember the last time Canada Day was celebrated in the Heiltsuk Nation. Housty lives in the coastal B.C. town of Bella Bella where...
For some non-profits, COVID-19 isn’t just a struggle. It’s a do-or-die moment
While some of Canada’s most revered non-profit organizations are struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, others have already been defeated and forced to close their doors...
Eating wild plants is a ‘world that needs to be rediscovered’
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Treating racism: Canadian doctors of colour share their experiences in medicine
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the U.S. and Canada to protest against police brutality after the death...
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....
Video games, esports ‘skyrocket’ in popularity during pandemic
As an avid gamer, 38-year-old Steve Vomacha would often play the video game Fortnite, a multiplayer shooter game, for an hour each day...
