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Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Universities and colleges wrestle with mandating COVID-19 vaccines for return to campus
Heated discussions are ramping up over whether certain settings, like colleges and universities, should require COVID-19 vaccination to return to campus. While hundreds of U.S. institutions are doin...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's largest transplant centre slowly marches toward normal after weeks of 'wasted' organs
Hundreds of Canadians who need a new organ saw their lives jeopardized by the pandemic, as hospitals stopped doing life-saving transplants and experienced organ shortages.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Outrage over developer's plan to buy single-family homes reveals a Canadian fixation
The business of owning and renting out homes has a long history in Canada and around the world. But in the current era of house envy, plans to corporatize single-family rentals have sparked a backlash...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Binge or watch live? Viewing habits change as pandemic recedes
The success of weekly episodic shows such as Mare of Easttown and Wandavision are leading to shifting viewing habits as streamers shift from bingeing to weekly releases.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Let me be that person you know in a wheelchair, so we can all think about how to be more inclusive
Before becoming paralyzed, I had no idea what it meant to be ostracized from society for something I had no control over, writes Codi Darnell.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How do you make concrete more environmentally friendly?
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore the idea of less carbon-intensive concrete and how scientists mapped a deadly Himalayan glacier flood.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Police smash couple's living room window with armoured vehicle in drug raid that finds nothing
Looking for a drug den, police smashed their way into an Alberta couple's home firing tear gas. But their evidence "amounted to a hill of beans," one lawyer says. No-knock raids like this are executed...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Hundreds at Catholic health network demand church apologize for residential schools
Close to 500 doctors, nurses and other workers from one of Canada's largest Catholic health-care networks have signed an open letter calling for Toronto's archbishop and the church to take concrete ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
No apologies: Hassan Yussuff faces down his critics as he retires as leader of Canadian Labour Congress
Hassan Yussuff — the first non-white person to lead the Canadian Labour Congress — is leaving the labour scene Friday, proud of his accomplishments and unapologetic in the face of his critics. The...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:27:21 EDT
First phase of vaccine certification going live in July for travellers entering Canada
As the travel industry pushes the government to ease travel restrictions, the federal government plans to roll out the first phase of its vaccine certification program for travellers entering the coun...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:40:56 EDT
AFN says Ottawa using 'racist and colonial' policies to restrict services for Indigenous children
The Assembly of First Nations says Canada's attempt to narrow the list of First Nations children who can access services under Jordan's Principle is linked to the country's long-standing "racist and c...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:16:59 EDT
Alberta social studies curriculum adviser says Kamloops unmarked burial site no evidence of genocide
A key government adviser for Alberta's new elementary social studies curriculum says people are overreacting to the discovery of 215 children's remains found in an unmarked burial by a Kamloops reside...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:41:03 EDT
Vaccine committee says provinces should give AstraZeneca recipients a different vaccine for second dose
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending the provinces stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in most cases — even as booster shots for people who've already receiv...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:00:00 EDT
Pandemic shows EI system in need of significant retooling, committee finds
A parliamentary committee is recommending significant changes to the employment insurance system in Canada, saying the program “no longer reflects the realities of today’s labour market,” and su...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:31:54 EDT
O'Toole pulls Conservative MPs from national security committee, alleging Liberal cover-up related to COVID-19
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole told the House of Commons today that he is pulling his caucus members from a national security committee he claims is being used to cover up sensitive documents abou...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:56:54 EDT
Canada locks up Black immigrants, asylum seekers longer than other detainees: report
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say Canada detains thousands of asylum seekers every year in often abusive conditions, where people of colour appear to be held for longer periods. ...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:39:42 EDT
Grassy Mountain coal project 'not in the public interest,' Alberta review panel says
A review panel for the Alberta Energy Regulator has denied the provincial application for the Grassy Mountain coal project, ruling that the project is "not in the public interest."

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
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 17:16:18 EDT
Canada-led conference raises money for displaced Venezuelans
A pledging conference for Venezuelan refugees chaired by Canada today raised about US$1.55 billion in grants and loans to help countries dealing with the world's largest displacement crisis after Syri...



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