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…
Nova Scotia riding will have a Black MLA no matter which party wins in election
For the first time in more than 20 years, one of Nova Scotia's oldest and largest Black communities will be represented by a Black MLA — regardless…
Meet the unvaccinated: Why some Canadians still haven’t had the shot
Canada's vaccine campaign has been crushing it lately, with an impressive 80 per cent of eligible Canadians having had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.That…
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…
Wondering what it’s like at the Tokyo Olympics? Ask us your questions
Organizing one of the world's largest sporting events amid a global pandemic was always going to mean these Olympics would be unprecedented. Rising COVID-19 infections, layers of…
B.C. declares state of emergency as wildfires grow, forcing more evacuations
A provincewide state of emergency has been declared in B.C. as wildfires continue to grow, forcing hundreds from their homes and putting thousands more on evacuation alert.…
Marine mammals ‘in distress,’ says agency ordering Marineland to fix its water system
A months-long inspection of Marineland by Ontario's animal welfare watchdog has found that marine mammals at the tourist attraction were in distress due to poor water quality,…
Forest firefighter dies after medical emergency in northwestern Ontario
A forest firefighter has died in northwestern Ontario after a medical emergency that occurred last week in the Fort Frances, Ont., area, the province's Aviation, Forest Fire…
Sask. RCMP pilot embeds psychiatric nurses in 911 centre to handle mental health calls
Psychiatric nurses embedded inside the RCMP's operational command centre in Regina are taking 911 calls from people in mental distress and coaching front-line officers as part of…