A large majority of those aged two to 18 in Canada experienced harm to their mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. A research team surveyed parents of the younger cohort and… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
Montreal metro stations to be equipped with automated external defibrillators
The Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), the city’s public transportation authority, will install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all 68 of its metro stations. According to an announcement by the STM on Monday, the AEDs will be installed next… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Fraudsters targeting Canadians more during pandemic
Since the onset of the pandemic, Canadians have spent more money and time online and so, it seems, have fraudsters. Canada’s largest bank, RBC, says cyber criminals are leveraging the pandemic to increasingly gain access to personal and financial data.… »
Toronto begins vaccinating people in city’s shelter system this week
The city of Toronto will begin vaccinating people experiencing homelessness in the city’s shelter system starting this week. According to a press release published by the city of Toronto on Sunday, Ontario officials confirmed that they updated the province’s Phase… »
Canadian TV series Schitt’s Creek scores two wins at Golden Globes
The Canadian television series Schitt’s Creek, about a once wealthy family gone to seed, has won more honours–though it did not match its record run when it won nine Emmys last September–breaking the Emmys’ standard for most wins in a… »
Skiing history is made in Georgia, please feel free to watch
Heads Up, you all! Got a sec? Please think of the following as a public service announcement directed to people (like me) who may have spent way too many hours sitting on our sofas in this time of COVID. Think… »
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Joni Velázquez, Quebec
My name is Joni Ismael Velázquez Gutiérrez. I am Mexican. I came to a ferme [farm] to work in the livestock industry, in the milk industry. There, I can say that I experienced a certain degree of racism and verbal… »
Online music festival features Canadian composers, musicians
The 8th Festival de la Voix will be live from March 14 to April 10, 2021 but, because of the pandemic, will be accessible for free online. Canadian composers and musicians will present four eclectic concerts and three vocal workshops… »
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Canada Post is making an offer that’ll be pretty hard to refuse (it hopes)
For Canadians feeling blue-or maybe seeing red–about so many of the ugly consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada Post wants to–hopefully–make things a little better in an old-fashioned way. Canada’s mail service is prepping for a massive influx of postcards–about… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Indigenous groups welcome Biden-Trudeau nature conservation roadmap
Indigenous groups in Canada are welcoming plans by Ottawa and Washington to partner with Indigenous Nations across Canada and the United States to meet their climate change goals and protect nature. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden… »
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