A book in which a survivor describes his journey from a Nazi concentration camp to Canada has won a contest run by the public broadcaster, CBC. Called Canada Reads, the contest runs for five days during which five prominent people… »
Highlights / Year: 2019
First Nation groups vie for control of controversial pipeline
A number of Indigenous groups have expressed strong interest in acquiring a controlling stake in a controversial oil pipeline expansion project in western Canada that has faced strong criticism from environmental activists and some Indigenous communities along its path. An… »
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Youth teach digital literacy to adults
A new program has been launched to both help youth develop leadership skills and adult learners to increase their digital literacy. Youth Teaching Adults is a program to connect tech-savvy young people with people who are not so comfortable using… »
Howard the gnome, a Canadan icon, is moving on
It’s been a good March for Canadian roadside icons. At the start of the the month at the now (somewhat) famous Moose Summit in Saskatchewan, negotiators from Norway and Canada agreed to call off their dispute over which country has… »
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Quebec to suspend constitutional rights to ban religious symbols
A furore has erupted over the government of the province of Quebec plan to override charter guarantees and forbid many public sector employees from wearing religious symbols at work. Legislation tabled today would apply to new teachers, judges, prison guards,… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Councillor who delivered racist remarks cast from her caucus
A local councillor in Montreal’s Anjou borough has been expelled from her party’s caucus following remarks she made about being treated by a doctor wearing a Hijab. “A veiled woman…grrrrr…if it hadn’t been an emergency I would have refused to… »
Chinese officials pressured Canadian university to cancel event with Uighur activist
Chinese officials pressured a Montreal-based human rights research institute affiliated with Concordia University to cancel a conference featuring a prominent exiled Uighur leader, says one of the organizers of the event. Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for… »
Coroner links teen death to sweet alcoholic drink
A coroner investigating the death of teenager last year concluded that she died of drowning and possible hypothermia after drinking excessive amounts of a sweet, high-alcohol drink. Athena Gervais, 14, was found dead in a stream behind her school in… »
Abducted Chinese student found safe, police search for 4 kidnappers
A 22-year-old Chinese student who was abducted from a Toronto suburb last Saturday is talking to police investigators after he turned up Tuesday night bruised but largely unscathed in the sleepy cottage town of Gravenhurst, some 170 kilometres from where he was… »
Owner of the truck in Humboldt Broncos crash is fined
The owner of the truck that crashed into a junior hockey team’s bus admitted that he did not comply with safety rules set out by the federal and provincial governments. The truck blew through a stop sign and crashed into… »
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