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Canada’s economy shrank by almost 20% in March and April, but turnaround seen in May data
Canada’s economy shrank by 11.6 per cent in April, the biggest plunge on record, following March’s contraction of 7.5 per cent as COVID-19...
Repatriate Canadian former ISIS fighters and family members, Human Rights Watch urges
The Canadian government is flouting its international human rights obligations by failing to repatriate and provide adequate consular assistance to 47 citizens who...
Trial start date, length difficult to predict in China spying case against 2 Canadians
The Liberal government is facing renewed pressure to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and end her extradition process, a move that some believe would trigger the...
How new American tariffs on Canadian aluminum could backfire
If the Trump administration buys the argument that Canadian aluminum exports have surged and slaps a 10 per cent tariff back on products...
Ontario police watchdog investigating after man, 62, shot and killed by police
The province’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 62-year-old man who was shot by a Peel Region police officer in Mississauga on...
Concerns grow that Iran will use downed Flight 752 to reopen ties with Canada
Iran’s efforts to resume diplomatic relations with Canada — while the country is under international pressure to release flight information and conduct a...
It’s been 72 years since Thomas Falls was killed in custody. His family says it’s time for justice
When retired lance-corporal Thomas Falls died in solitary confinement at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail in 1948, 10 days after being severely beaten by police, there...
China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
Chinese prosecutors charged two detained Canadians with spying Friday in an apparent bid to step up pressure on Canada to drop a U.S....
What is Juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year?
It is a 155-year-old day of celebration that many non-Black people in the U.S. and around the world only started to hear of recently....
Trudeau government must stand up against Trump’s escalating attacks on International Criminal Court
This column is an opinion by Mark Kersten, a senior consultant at the Wayamo Foundation and a senior researcher at the Munk School of Global Affairs and...
NHL hub cities: Which are best equipped to host hockey in a pandemic
When the NHL first announced plans in May to salvage its season, it “only” had the health limitations of a global pandemic to...
Heartbreak on the 49th parallel: Lives interrupted by the Canada-U.S. border closure
It’s been a dismal few days for Canada-U.S. relations. Specifically, for people in relationships with someone on the other side of the border, dealing...
WorkSafeBC told to investigate allegation of ‘culturally unsafe’ workplace at City of Vancouver
WorkSafeBC, a government agency that oversees workers’ health and safety in the province, has been ordered to investigate an Indigenous woman’s claim that she...
Manitoba community scrambles to prepare for more rain after flooding overwhelms homes
Residents of a small rural community in southeastern Manitoba are scrambling to prevent flooding from causing further damage after a rainstorm prompted some...
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...
