Those COVID-19 masks, gloves and wipes we’re all using are polluting land and sea
Waste from more than a million toilets flows out of giant sewage pipes, creating a swirling stinky river that has to be processed at the Annacis Island…
Early efforts by Chinese community to curb COVID-19 should be ‘applauded’, says B.C. doctor
The Chinese community's early efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. appear to have paid off, despite some of its members being stigmatized because of…
Escaped prisoner back in police custody in Nova Scotia
Police have recaptured the man who escaped from the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou County.Kevin Edward Clarke-McNeil, 33, escaped between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.…
Time to ‘defund the police’? Outrage over brutality, racism in U.S. casts new light on Toronto’s police budget
Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet still be alive if a mental health nurse had turned up when her family called 911, instead of just police officers?What about D'Andre Campbell…
Family says ‘back and forth’ between N.S., Ottawa over shooting probe ‘unreal’
A Nova Scotia family has made a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over which should lead a…
Khari Jones received death threats as CFL player in Winnipeg
Khari Jones doesn't have to look far for a reminder that racism exists in Canada.The Montreal Alouettes head coach divulged during a teleconference Tuesday he received death…
What the COVID-19 employment crisis tells us about the future of work
The job losses associated with the COVID-19 crisis highlight the need for Canada to prepare for unexpected shocks to the labour market and develop a workforce with…
Canada’s economy shrank at 8% pace in the first three months of 2020, worst since 2009
Canada's economy shrank at an 8.2 per cent annual pace in the first three months of 2020, as an already weak economy in January and February was…
Tip 9 years ago warned that N.S gunman wanted ‘to kill a cop’
Police agencies across Nova Scotia were warned in May 2011 that a denturist named Gabriel Wortman had a stash of guns and said he wanted "to kill…
29 of Canada’s national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1
More than half of Canada's national parks — including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia — are to…
Royal Bank and BMO profit cut in half as banks set aside 6 times more money for bad loans
Profits at Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal were cut in half from last year in the fiscal second quarter, the banks reported Wednesday, as both said…