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… »
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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… »
Tax the Rich campaign urges Canadians to act
The Canadian government is asking the public to go online and suggest how it should spend money to “jumpstart the country’s economic recovery” from the effects of the pandemic. A coalition is suggesting Canadians fill in the government’s online questionnaire… »
Afghanistan and Iraq top agenda of NATO defence ministers’ meeting
The future of NATO’s deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq are at the top of a two-day meeting of NATO defence ministers, including Canada’s Harjit Sajjan, that began Wednesday via secure teleconference link. The virtual get together is also the first… »
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… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
A Heritage Minute honours jazz legend and piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson
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… »
Canadians trust leaders less: survey
A new survey suggests a major decline in Canadians’ opinions on the credibility of leaders and experts. Canadians now have a lower opinion about the credibility of leaders and experts than they did one year ago, according to the public… »
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… »
Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Edmonton’s mayor wants inquiry after homeless group cast from transit station
The mayor of Edmonton wants some answers about just what happened Sunday night when a group of about a dozen homeless people was thrown out of the Central Station of the city’s Light Rail Transit system–into freezing cold temperatures. Don… »
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… »
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