A northern Saskatchewan First Nation erected a blockade earlier this month after surveyors from a Toronto-based uranium company were seen, twice, working on the First Nation’s land without consent from the First Nation. The CBC’s Jason Warick reports that the… »
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Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is put on pause in Australia
Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is on hold. Again. The aspiring tennis star’s agent on Sunday announced Andreescu’s withdrawal from tournaments in Doha and Dubai and confirmed her withdrawal from an upcoming tournament in Adelaide, Australia–all because of a leg injury. It… »
No U.K. variant found at two Manitoba First Nations as COVID-19 cases mount
Members of two First Nations in northern Manitoba are breathing a little easier after tests revealed they don’t have the U.K. variant in their communities, as many feared last weekend. After the Pauingassi First Nation, located 280 kilometres northeast of… »
2 passengers fined $17K for allegedly faking negative COVID-19 tests
Transport Canada has fined two airline passengers a combined $17,000 for allegedly presenting “a false or misleading COVID-19 test and for making a false declaration about their health status” before flying back to Canada. Transport Canada alleges that in both… »
Large decline in retail sales in December 2020
December 2020 retail sales in Canada posted their largest decline since a low in April attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures from the federal government’s statistics agency show retail sales fell 3.4 per cent to $53.4 billion. The agency estimates… »
Cold water sponges, corals donated to museum
A bounty of marine corals and sponges from Canada’s Eastern Arctic and Grand Banks off the eastern coast of Newfoundland have been donated to the Canadian Museum of Nature. Photos and information about them will be shared with the world… »
Pandemic causes Canadians to rethink retirement: survey
A new survey has found that almost half of Canadians say the pandemic has made them rethink their retirement from work. More than five million Canadians will turn 65 years old this decade and that is the age at which… »
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Report says the pandemic has helped bring Canadian courts up to date
Here’s a surprise: The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been all bad. According to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Bar Association, the pandemic has very much helped provide the impetus to drive the Canada’s courts into the 21st Century. “The… »
Churches and provincial authorities continue to clash over in-house services
Legal confrontations over in-person church services continue to escalate in western Canada. On a day when the chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court kicked a legal ball down the road in a dispute between health authorities and three churches… »
COVID-19 vaccines have reached 27% of adult Indigenous population: minister
Health authorities in Canada have distributed more than 83,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in over 400 First Nations, Inuit and northern communities, reaching 27 per cent of the Indigenous adult population, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. Speaking at a… »
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