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Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Residential school survivor's planned memorial wall about 'humanizing' Mohawk Institute students
For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding "travelling wall" bearing some 1,500 names of children like himself who were forced to attend the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. N...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Some registered massage therapists offering sex for sale and insurance receipts, CBC investigation finds
A CBC investigation in Montreal, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary has found that some registered massage therapists (RMTs) who are members of professional associations are offering sex for sale. ...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Black transgender women using social media to celebrate, advocate and connect
Social media has become a better platform for advocacy during the pandemic, especially for the voices that often get pushed back. TikTok and Instagram in particular can play a role in reclaiming spa...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
A tumultuous week for Annamie Paul's Greens will reverberate across all of federal politics
The tumult and accusations engulfing Annamie Paul's Greens are most obviously a major problem for the party and its leader — but the unfolding war of words increasingly seems to be a potential setba...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says departure from Parliament not the end of her story
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she keeps her parliamentary badge close every time she enters the House of Commons — just in case she has to prove who she is. 

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred
I was in kindergarten when I discovered that I was brown. I had always known about — and been proud of — my culture, but it took a white peer to take one look at me and utter “dirty skin” fo...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Central bankers play down soaring cost of living
Officials insist inflation won't last, and on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's Jerome Powell hinted he'll join the Bank of Canada's Tiff Macklem in cutting back on stimulus. But unless wages...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:01:27 EDT
New hope for Terra Nova as Suncor announces tentative deal to save N.L. oifield
A Newfoundland and Labrador oil industry that had been braced for bad news is instead breathing a sigh of relief following news Wednesday night that there's renewed hope for the future of the Terra N...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:51:20 EDT
Couple who snuck into Yukon community for vaccine pleads guilty to breaking pandemic rules
Two people who snuck into the small Yukon community of Beaver Creek earlier this year, posing as locals to get doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, have pleaded guilty to charges under Yukon's Civ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:24:08 EDT
Senate approves bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A landmark piece of Liberal legislation aimed at harmonizing Canada's laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has passed third reading in the Senate. ...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:56:57 EDT
'I probably should have retired a week earlier': B.C. man attacked by black bear in remote work camp
Gil Graham, 65, is recovering at home after he was attacked by a black bear in a remote camp near Williston Lake, north of Mackenzie, B.C., late last month.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:18:57 EDT
COVID-19 has 'spread like wildfire' through Kashechewan — and children are suffering most: Miller
While the number of new COVID-19 cases has dropped precipitously nationwide, Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is in the grips of a troubling new wave of coronavirus infections — and mos...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:13:46 EDT
'Very frightening' plan by developer to buy $1B in homes will price renters out: anti-poverty group
An anti-poverty group is calling a Toronto-based developer's plan to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes and turn them into rental properties a "frightening" example of how even more people wi...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:01 EDT
Green Leader Annamie Paul says attempt to force her out driven by racism, sexism
Annamie Paul has pledged to stay on as leader of Canada's Green Party and is claiming attempts to force her out of the top job were being driven by racism and sexism.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:03:41 EDT
Canada's inflation rate rises to highest level in a decade, at 3.6%
Canada's inflation rate increased to 3.6 per cent last month, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada says.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:53:08 EDT
Edmonton mosque vandalized with painted swastika
A swastika was discovered Tuesday on the wall of the Baitul Hadi Mosque in the Ottewell neighbourhood.

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:29:43 EDT
False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting
The affidavit filed last week is the first time RCMP have elaborated on exactly what officers did in the early hours after the first Mountie arrived on scene of the mass shooting in Portapique, N.S., ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Doctors worry they won't be able to help every cancer patient diagnosed, treated late due to COVID-19
As Canada begins to emerge from the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, specialists who work with cancer patients say they’re concerned they won’t be able to help everyone whose serious cancers h...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:43:02 EDT
Why NATO's tentative pivot to the Asia-Pacific may be a hard sell
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is reaching out to prospective security partners in the Asia-Pacific as it turns its attention to China. But some NATO members want the focus to remain where it ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How to make sense of the new findings on 'forever chemicals' in makeup
People who wear cosmetics such as lipstick or mascara may be absorbing or licking up potentially harmful ingredients that last 'forever' in the environment, a new study suggests. Here's what you shoul...



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