Google doodle pays tribute to Indigenous women’s rights advocate Mary Two-Axe Earley
The June 28 Google doodle of Mary Two-Axe Earley marks 36 years since Bill C-31 received royal assent, amending the Indian Act to allow a process of…
Pilot in deadly Canadian military helicopter crash unaware of flight-control software conflict, says report
The pilot of an ill-fated Canadian military helicopter that crashed in the Ionian Sea off Greece last year manually overrode the aircraft's automatic flight controller system, which…
Inside Drew Peterson’s Life Today
Despite his notoriety and the media storm surrounding his trial, Drew Peterson has remained surprisingly quiet since his 2012 conviction. What we do know is that Peterson…
Residential school survivor’s planned memorial wall about ‘humanizing’ Mohawk Institute students
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding "travelling wall" bearing some 1,500 names of children like himself who…
Black employees slam Ontario Public Service for rampant, systemic racism
On his first day as a corrections officer at a Toronto jail, Glendon Thomas was barred from entering. Back in 2004 as a Black man with cornrows,…
Toronto’s LGBTQ community pushes to reclaim safe spaces following alleged hate crime
There's a dwindling number of places LGBTQ community members feel safe in Toronto following an alleged hate-motivated attack near a Toronto Island beach last weekend, advocates say.…
Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed
For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan."We were very hopeful. We thought it was…
$1,600 taken from customer’s account — and her bank won’t say why
Angel Pui was pleased when the business she started in the pandemic, selling luxury handbags online, made a sale in South Korea.The timing was good, thought the…
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 on the patio…
With reports of a labour shortage, can the pandemic recovery help raise wages?
As Canadians wait for Friday's latest jobs numbers, there are growing reports that a shortage of labour will lead to rising wages as the COVID-19 pandemic winds…
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 relief…