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Health

Judge rules Edmonton pastor will remain in jail until his trial in May

An Alberta pastor who has clashed for months with provincial health authorities over COVID-19 restrictions will remain in jail until he goes to trial in May because he refuses to follow a bail condition that requires he comply with public »

Uncategorized

Calgary Flames fire head coach Geoff Ward, hire Darryl Sutter

The Calgary Flames are bringing back Darryl Sutter as their head coach after firing Geoff Ward. Sutter has been a head coach in the National Hockey League for 18 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Calgary and the »

Politics

Premiers across Canada call on federal government to increase health funding

Premiers from across Canada have once again called on the federal government to increase health care funding to the provinces and territories by $28 billion. In a joint press conference on Thursday, Quebec Premier François Legault, British Columbia Premier John »

Society

British Columbia introduces legislation aimed at fighting gun violence

A new bill proposed by the British Columbia government on Wednesday aims to curb gun violence and make the province’s streets safer. If passed, the Firearm Violence Protection Act would make it harder for gang members to buy, transport or »

Environment & Animal Life, International

Canada launches decade of ocean science

The United Nations has declared a decade of ocean science and Canada launched its participation with the release of a document on the current state of the three oceans it borders, the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Arctic. The economy »

Health, Society

Canadians wary of long-term care: survey

Three-quarters of Canadians think the high number of deaths in long-term care (LTC) homes during the COVID-19 pandemic could have been reduced if governments had acted sooner, according to a recent survey. Since the start of the pandemic, the virus »

Economy, Society

Indigenous anti-pipeline protest ends peacefully in Vancouver

A protest by Indigenous youth that temporarily shut down a major intersection in Vancouver and prevented access to the city’s port ended peacefully Wednesday night after four of the demonstrators–all of them adults–were arrested.   The protest began 24 hours »

Economy, International, Society

Twitter says it plans to increase the number of Canadian jobs this year

Twitter says it plans to build its first Canadian engineering hub this year and hire at least 24 Canadian engineers to work there. “We have folks that are from Canadian schools or have Canadian backgrounds and they’ve just been really »

Politics

Ottawa announces it will extend rent and wage subsidies into June

The federal government announced today that the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy will remain unchanged and be extended from March 14 until June 5, 2021. According to a press release from the Department of Finance Canada, »

Politics, Society

Canada urged to toughen whistleblower protection

An international report has ranked Canada tied for last out of 62 countries when it comes to whistleblower protection and Democracy Watch is calling for change. The non-profit advocacy group wants the Canadian government to strengthen protection for everyone in »