Scaled-down ceremonies mark Remembrance Day across Canada
The boom of a gun rang out in the sky above Ottawa at 11 a.m. ET to mark the start of a moment of silence, but the…
How technology — and a global pandemic — are transforming Remembrance Day
On a grey, windswept spring day three years ago, Ryan Mullens sat next to the grave of a long-dead soldier in the green shadows of the Canadian…
The comfort of strangers: how a British family kept a slain Canadian airman’s memory alive
As a child in the late 1940s, John Charlesworth would run through the military cemetery in Harrogate, a quiet, tidy community on the edge of the windswept…
‘I want him to see the pain’: Virtual trial for accused Toronto van attacker means no day in court for victims
The trial of Alek Minassian, the man accused of committing one of Canada's worst instances of mass violence when he drove a van into pedestrians on Toronto's…
Case challenges ‘horrific’ prison surveillance some consider harsher than solitary confinement
Advocates for women in prison are heading to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro, N.S., on Monday, aiming to end a practice they say "amounts to…
Video showing woman knocked out, dragged to RCMP cell prompts lawsuit, call for investigation
A First Nations woman was knocked unconscious at an RCMP detachment in Thompson, Man., and despite the act being caught on video, no formal investigation was launched…
High schoolers, educators worry condensed schedules will bring ‘information overload’
High schoolers After landing her best-ever grade in math last year, high school senior Kamaldeep Dhillon has struggled with the subject this year amid the upheaval brought…
RCMP’s diversity hiring remains stagnant, new figures show
The head of the RCMP has promised to "double down" on efforts to boost diversity among its officers — but newly available statistics show those efforts haven't…
How businesses and schools are dealing with airborne COVID-19 and preparing for a winter indoors
On a sunny Friday in October, the 9Round fitness club in midtown Toronto was as busy as it could be, according to local rules.Masked clients kicked, punched…
As the pandemic’s second wave digs in, Winnipeg’s homeless shelters brace for a bleak winter
Manitoba is struggling to contain a renewed surge of the COVID-19 pandemic by reimposing restrictions on businesses and public gatherings in Winnipeg and other parts of the…
For Canada’s energy sector, a Joe Biden win would be just 1 more item on a long list of uncertainties
This week was the first time Tom Simons had travelled to the U.S. in eight months because of the pandemic, and he just happened to be in…