Statistics Canada has released startling figures about the lack of criminal convictions in sexual assault cases. New research by the government recording agency made public Thursday showed that only about one in 10, (12 per cent) of sexual assault cases… »
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Montreal police officer suspended after provincial police raid municipal police HQ
Montreal’s chief of police has suspended a high-ranking police officer, following Thursday’s unprecedented raid by Quebec provincial police of the city’s police headquarters as part of an investigation into alleged fraud and breach of trust. Montreal Police Chief Philippe Pichet… »
Arctic Council’s climate work continues with full U.S. participation, despite Paris pullout, says diplomat
President Donald Trump may have nixed U.S. participation in the Paris accord, but the Arctic Council’s climate change work continues as usual, Finland’s top Arctic diplomat said on Thursday. “We have not noticed any change in the intensity, regarding climate change… »
Indigenous parents forced to give up children for better access to healthcare: opposition MP
The federal government is denying opposition claims that Indigenous parents in Canada continue to face the impossible choice of either keeping their children or surrendering them to the country’s “badly broken and badly underfunded” foster care system so they can… »
Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Peacekeepers killed in Mali: Canada still has to decide
Three killed today in a mine strike Last year Canada’s Prime Minister promised the United Nations that Canada would contribute some 600 soldiers and 150 police officers to UN peacekeeping operations. Where they might be sent has been up for… »
Iconic Canadian WWI poem re-created in poppies
The Royal British Legion has recreated the words of one of the most iconic Canadian poems to emerge from the carnage of World War One in poppies across locations in England, Wales and France. It’s part of the Legion’s drive… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
The growing concern of farmland “land grabs” in Canada
Recently an opinion article was written by a member of Canada’s National Farmer’s Union (NFU). In it Doug Campbell expressed his concern about land grabs of farmland in the maritime province of Prince Edward Island, although the phenomenon occurs in… »
Canada’s fossil fuel consumption projected to peak
Canadians’ use of fossil fuels is likely to peak around 2019, projects the independent regulatory agency, National Energy Board (NEB). It has updated its long-term energy outlook and for the first time suggests fossil fuel use will peak and then… »
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Canadian Indigenous communities and languages endure: 2016 census
Despite the concerted policy of abuse and dispossession directed at Canada’s Aboriginal communities by successive federal governments for over a century, Indigenous communities and their languages continue to display remarkable resilience, according to the latest data from the 2016 census… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Canada’s fisheries are in trouble, says non-profit
It’s estimated that since 1970, Canada has lost more than half its amount of fish, according to a review completed by the conservation group Oceana Canada. It says that only one third of the fish stocks are healthy, 13 per… »
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