B.C. responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season
At the halfway point of B.C.'s fire season, the province is "significantly higher" than the 10-year average both in terms of the number of fires and the…
Ontario’s hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it
Deanne Simms remembers walking into a salon as a teen and being met by a woman who was frantically running toward her from a back room, waving…
Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million more in…
Health Canada dragging its feet on psilocybin, patients and advocates allege
Nathan Kruljac was a young man of 25 when he experienced some shortness of breath while out for a drive in Surrey, B.C. He went to a…
Transgender woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an ‘impossible struggle’
Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as…
Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document
A Roman Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of "in-kind services" to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are…
These adventure cats bring joy to their owners — and social media followers
Canadians have embraced the outdoors in droves over the past year-and-a-half due to pandemic-related lockdowns — and their fluffy, tree-climbing, bird-watching feline companions have been tagging along.These…
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now claiming in a lawsuit…
Residential schools: How the U.S. and Canada share a troubling history
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.A member of the U.S. federal cabinet says she wept when she heard news from Canada about what are believed to be…
Television reboots are an easy sell — but are they crowding out BIPOC voices?
It seems like almost every day a new television reboot is announced, quelling audience desires for nostalgic content.Sex and the City, Frasier and Dexter are all poised…
Long waits for Toronto-area nursing homes geared to cultural groups reflect need for more of them, report says
Lily Wong was admitted to the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto at age 88, several years after she had a stroke that severely affected…