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Looking back to look forward: Resources exploring Black Prairie experiences
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past,...
Why these parents, teachers want COVID-19 vaccines to be mandatory for school staff
This story is part of a CBC News series examining the stresses the pandemic has placed on educators and the school system. For the series, CBC News sent...
Is Asian identity even a thing? Who cares, pass the popcorn for K-drama
This First Person article is the experience of Jan Wong, the co-founder of the Asian Canadian Women’s Alliance. For more information about CBC’s...
When it comes to sucking up carbon, not all trees are equal
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
‘A very charged situation’: Talking to our loved ones about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Andrew Magnus had a handful of reasons why he didn’t plan on getting vaccinated for COVID-19. The 55-year-old Calgarian felt the provincial government’s...
‘Vancouver Model’ of drug decriminalization is deeply flawed, national coalition says
A national coalition of groups that support drug decriminalization say the plan put forward by Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart known as the “Vancouver Model”...
Racist mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston is about to have all Calgary voters’ names, addresses
In the not-so-distant future, a man who has a history of racist, hateful, allegedly violent behaviour and is attempting to publish the private information...
Saskatchewan released a road map to reopening after COVID-19. Should Ontario do the same?
Like many Ontarians, more than a year of on-and-off lockdown restrictions has taken a toll on Ross Kutisker-Jacobson. “I’ve lived with immense frustration...
Lulu Anderson: The history and present of Black civil rights in Alberta
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past,...
Parents, experts worry about ‘snowball effect’ of literacy, development lags amid pandemic schooling
Jon Bahen finds the more people in his work-from-home Zoom meetings, the less effective they can be. Imagine then how difficult it is...
Anyone who says they enjoy every moment of motherhood is flat-out lying
This First Person piece was written by Sage Yathon, a mental health advocate who lives with her husband and two kids in Regina, Sask....
Black activists across the Prairies are calling for defunding of police. Is anyone in power listening?
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past,...
Vaccine etiquette: What’s safe to ask others and what’s off the table
The advent of COVID-19 vaccines has provided hope that there will soon be a return to something closer to what we remember as...
Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions
A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming...
Army probe of Ranger unit finds some members ‘vulnerable’ to extremism
A Canadian army investigation of a troubled reserve unit at the centre of allegations of right-wing extremism identified several members as “vulnerable” and “at risk” of being...
7 Manitoba churches challenging province’s COVID-19 pandemic powers in court
Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province’s lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion,...
