National Aboriginal Day has been an official celebration in Canada since 1996, but for millenia, Canada’s aboriginal communities honoured the summer solstice as an important change in the calendar that ruled their hunting and gathering practices. On June 21st this… »
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Dozens of children seized from Mennonite community in Manitoba
A small community in rural Manitoba is reeling after child welfare authorities removed dozens of children from about 15 Old Order Mennonite families following reports of corporal punishment using straps and cattle prods. Only one minor, a 17-year-old, remains in… »
Canadian peacekeepers quietly deploy to Haiti
A platoon of Canadian soldiers are about to take part in the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Haiti, alongside their Brazilian colleagues. Thirty-four Canadian soldiers from the Royal 22e Regiment, based in Valcartier, Que, have been embedded with Brazil’s 44th… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Sour gas pipeline rupture forces evacuation, as flooding continues in Alberta
A sour gas pipeline rupture has caused a release of H2S in the Town of Turner Valley in the western prairie province of Alberta provoking an emergency alert by authorities, and the evacuation of people because of the gas leak.… »
Canadians’ record household debt-to-income ratio, marginally lower
The government data agency Statistics Canada reported Thursday (June 20) that Canadians’ household debt to income ratio had lowered for the second consecutive quarter. In a financial note on its website Canada’s largest bank RBC calls the change “a second… »
Peter Julian: Why Official Opposition NDP agreed to adjourn House early
In a wide-ranging interview with RCI, the Caucus Chair of the Official Opposition NDP, Peter Julian explained some of the factors that led his party to agree to an early adjournment of Canada’s House of Commons for the summer break. The spring… »
Canada acquires rare War of 1812 documents
Library and Archives Canada has bought a large collection of letters, maps and other papers that once belonged to Sir John Sherbrooke, the lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia who conquered Maine for the British during the War of 1812. The collection,… »
Politicians vaunt achievements as Canada’s House of Commons adjourns early
Friday was supposed to be the last day for MPs in Canada’s House of Commons before the summer break, but Tuesday night (June 18) an all-party deal adjourned the House until the autumn. The last few weeks have seen raucous… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Critical Hit, Concordia University’s Summer Program
Montreal is one of the centres of video game design and development in the world, and now the people behind Concordia University’s Centre for Technoculture, Art and Design (TAG) are opening up their labs to designers wanting to create games… »
Maximum 10-year prison term for wearing mask in riot or unlawful assembly
A Canadian bill that would ban the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly was proclaimed law during a royal assent ceremony in the Senate this afternoon (June 19). Bill C-309, a private member’s bill introduced by Conservative… »
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