There may be certain restrictions due to the pandemic, but the Christmas Bird Count will go on as it has done for the last 120 years across North America. The event is called the continent’s longest running citizen science project… »
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Police treating Edmonton parking lot attack on Somali women as a hate crime
A 41-year-old Edmonton man is facing three criminal charges and a Somali woman and her adult daughter are likely seeking love and comfort from friends and family as they grapple with the emotional aftermath of an attack Tuesday afternoon in… »
National Arts Centre shares programming with Black theatre troupe
Canada’s home for the performing arts has announced that it will provide half of its theatre resources to Black theatre companies hereon in. To start, Canada’s oldest Black theatre company, Black Theatre Workshop, will become a “Co-Curation Company in Residence”… »
New digital tool helps students budget
A major Canadian bank has set up an innovation team with students which has created a digital tool to help post-secondary students manage their money. Figures from the 2011 census show that over 42 per cent of Canadians aged 20… »
No cause for joy in this year’s Arctic Report Card
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its annual Arctic Report Card. It will likely surprise few. “Arctic ecosystems and communities are increasingly at risk due to continued warming and declining sea ice,” says the report, compiled… »
Canada and Britain officially sign their new trade agreement
Canada and the United Kingdom have signed a trade deal they agreed to in November. Following the signing–held with no ceremony or media access in Ottawa on Wednesday–International Trade Minister Mary Ng introduced legislation in the House of Commons to… »
Chief Perry Bellegarde’s final AFN annual meeting: castigation and criticism
It’s a pretty safe bet to say that this was not the way Perry Bellegarde, the soon-to-be leaving national chief of the country’s most powerful Indigenious advocacy group, wanted his final Assembly of First Nations general meeting to go. On… »
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Christmas tree sales frenzy
With the pandemic causing more people to spend much more time at home, it seems this is affecting the market for natural Christmas trees. The Canadian Christmas Tree Growers Association says sales are far better than at this time last… »
Economy, Health, International, Society
Health Canada approves the Pfizer vaccine
Canada has become the third country in the world to authorize the use of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, joining the United Kingdom and Bahrain. In a giant step in the lead-up to what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau… »
Health, International, Society
Poor countries will not get enough vaccine, says Oxfam
While Canada is at the front of the line to get COVID-19 vaccines, nine out of 10 people in many poor countries will not get immunized next year for a lack of vaccines, says Oxfam, a confederation of charitable organizations.… »
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