The ride hailing service Uber says that it is instituting a new aspect to its rule on mask wearing. In May, the service required its drivers and delivery people (Uber Eats) to wear masks as a COVID-19 preventative measure, and… »
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Sûreté du Québec updates investigation of online threats against Quebec Premier
The Sûreté du Québec said they met with two men as part of their investigation of threatening remarks made against an elected member of the province’s national assembly, according to a tweet from the Sûreté du Québec’s director of communications… »
Canada’s health chief says she’s ‘concerned’ about spike in COVID cases
Canada’s chief public officer says she is concerned about a steady increase of COVID-19 cases across the country. In a statement released Monday, Dr. Theresa Tam said the average daily number of people testing positive last week was 545. That… »
COVID-19: Do ‘it’ with a mask: Canada’s top doctor
Could it be just a little kinky perhaps? Canada’s top doctor concerned about spreading the COVID-19 virus has suggested that new sex partners should wear a mask during their tryst.. In a statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada… »
Amnesty says Canada must do more to bring suspected war criminals to justice
Amnesty International says Canada isn’t doing enough to bring suspected war criminals to justice. In a report released today, the human-rights organization says the federal Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program–a federal law passed 20 years ago–is underfunded and… »
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Orientalys festival brings music to the virtual stage, ‘as if you were there’
Montreal, the city of 100 festivals, was to celebrate this August the 10th anniversary of one its most recent cultural events, Orientalys Festival. Although there won’t be any food stands nor big stages erected on the Old Port this year,… »
Health, International, Society
Reports paint a stark picture of life for many children in Canada
Two new reports–one from UNICEF Canada, the other from Children First Canada and the University of Calgary–paint a grim and bleak picture of life for children in Canada these days. UNICEF Report Card 16, which measures the state of children… »
Ottawa “deeply troubled” about poisoning of Russia oppostion leader
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Ottawa is “deeply troubled” by reports from German experts who concluded that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of nerve agent used on a former spy in 2018. Navalny… »
Job numbers rise for fourth month in a row
Canada’s economy added 246,000 jobs in August–the fourth consecutive month of gains following COVID-19 related lockdowns this spring. It brought the four-month total of new jobs to almost 2 million since May, but because of the plunge in March and… »
New report says oilsands tailings contaminating groundwater sources
Alberta’s oilsands tailings are contaminating groundwater sources, according to a new study by an environmental watchdog. In a report released Thursday, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation says it has found “scientifically valid evidence” for its assertion. “Based on the scientific… »
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