Long-term care improvements would cost $13.7 billion, PBO says
Governments would have to double their spending on long-term care to implement a range of improvements proposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report…
No evidence found of unmarked graves related to Shubenacadie Residential School in Nova Scotia
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.The team of researchers searching for evidence of unmarked graves at the former Shubenacadie Residential School in Shubenacadie, N.S., has concluded its…
Bullied as a child, Indigenous coach Terry Crook now inspires young athletes on and off the track
When Terry Crook walks onto the track at Calgary's Stu Peppard Arena, there is an air of familiarity that comes only with someone who has done it…
B.C.’s small towns face existential questions about wildfire summers to come
This summer marks the third time in five years that B.C. has seen more than half a million hectares burn in a wildfire season.In the 70 years…
How Niagara museums plan to tell the story of COVID-19 50 to 100 years from now
A number of Ontario museums are working overtime to collect artifacts such as social distancing signs and multimedia files — including high-resolution photographs — as they gradually…
What You Don’t Know About Queen Elizabeth’s Grandnephew Arthur
Queen Elizabeth Grandnephew Arthur The newest royal on everyone's mind is the queen's grandnephew Arthur Chatto. This year, Arthur started catching people's eye as a few outlets…
Sixties Scoop survivors call for federal inquiry and apology
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair and a group representing survivors of the Sixties Scoop are calling for a federal inquiry into the…
Family of Black man fatally shot by police in Repentigny, Que., blame racism for his death
The family of a Repentigny, Que., man who died after police shot him three times in the stomach on Sunday are blaming anti-Black racism in the city's…
Crop-destroying grasshoppers chewing away at Manitoba farmers’ livelihoods
For a fourth year in a row, Manitoba's grasshopper population is on the rise and causing more issues for farmers already struggling to make it through drought…
Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause ‘devastating damage’ to Great Lakes, say environmentalists
An aging pipeline that carries oil along the bottom of the ecologically sensitive and turbulent Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet, is in…
Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery.As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points out paintings of Black…