Historica Canada has released its latest Heritage Minute video. It honours jazz legend and piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson, chronicling his rise from Montreal’s working-class Little Burgundy neighbourhood to world renown. WATCH: Thompson Egbo-Egbo play the role of Oscar Peterson: Peterson’s… »
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Canadian headlines
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Stabbed police dog back at work
PSD Oliver, a police service dog working for the Saskatoon Police Service in western Canada, has recovered from being stabbed multiple times and is back at work. On February 3, 2021, Oliver and his handler spotted a suspicious vehicle and… »
Canada’s annual inflation comes out of deep freeze in January, rises to 1%
Canada’s annual inflation picked up pace in January rising to 1.0 per cent compared with a year ago, the country national statistics agency reported Wednesday. Statistics Canada attributed much of the increase to rising gasoline prices that increased 6.1 per… »
New prize for book to influence Canada’s future
The Writers’ Trust of Canada is offering a new $60,000 prize for “thought-provoking books that have the potential to influence Canada’s future.” Balsillie Prize for Public Policy will be awarded to writers who express bold visions in well-researched non-fiction. The… »
A battle over in-person church services comes to a head in B.C.
The chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver a decision today in a case involving three churches in the province who say restrictions put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic violate parishioners’ rights and freedoms.… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics
MPs vote unanimously to grant permanent residence to wrongly accused man
Legislators in Canada’s House of Commons unanimously voted on Tuesday to ask the federal government to grant permanent residence to a Guinean man who was held in detention for six days last month after being wrongly accused of shooting a… »
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Canadian NGO calls on Ottawa to cancel purchase of Israeli drone
A Canadian NGO is calling on the federal government to cancel its $36-million purchase of an Israeli-made civilian maritime surveillance drone over concerns about the manufacturer’s human rights record. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) has… »
New stamps feature Canadian animals that turn white in winter
A new set of Canadian postage stamps feature five mammals found in Canada that are especially adapted to winter because their dark coats turn white to provide camouflage in the snow. Among the five, the Arctic fox and the ermine… »
Journalists highlight secrecy in Quebec government department
Several journalists’ groups have wryly bestowed an award for “Outstanding Achievement in government secrecy” to the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks in the province of Quebec. The award relates to the provincial ministry’s unwillingness to share lab data with… »
Opposition Leader O’Toole says 2022 Olympics should be moved from China
The leader of Canada’s Official Opposition is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to push the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Games out of China. China, Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole said Tuesday, is committing genocide against… »
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