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Anti-Poverty Groups Blast Canada for Accepting Vaccines Needed in Poor Countries
Two of the world’s leading anti-poverty organizations are criticizing Canada’s decision to draw COVID-19 vaccines from an international fund designed to help poor countries. Oxfam Canada… Read more »
January 2021: A Quick Glance at Unemployment Rates Across Canada
National employment numbers for January from Statistics Canada, at a glance Statistics Canada says the economy lost almost 213,000 jobs in January as employment fell to the… Read more »
Mayor, Police Say They Will Investigate Violent Arrest Filmed in Barrie, Ont. (Video)
The mayor and police in Barrie, Ont., say they will investigate the arrest of a man on a downtown street caught on video. In the video, the… Read more »
Legislation Coming This Year to Force Google, Facebook to Pay for News Content
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is promising legislation this year to ensure tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they disseminate on their… Read more »
B.C. Strengthens Mask Rules for Middle, High School Students and K-12 Staff
British Columbia is expanding mask requirements in its school system. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says students in middle and secondary school and staff for kindergarten through Grade… Read more »
Every Vaccine Maker Was Asked to Make Their Doses in Canada and All Said No: Anand
Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they… Read more »
Work-From-Home Tax Deduction Could Cost Feds $260 Million in Lost Revenue, PBO Says
The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from… Read more »
Feds Ramp up Efforts to Help Residents of Hong Kong Immigrate to, Stay in Canada
The federal government is moving forward on efforts to help citizens of Hong Kong remain in Canada rather than return home amid China’s clampdown on democracy.
One of several new immigration programs designed to give Hong Kong residents a safe haven in Canada will open for applications on Monday.
‘Dead Letter:’ Alberta Premier Defends Coal Policy Change in Rocky Mountains
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for… Read more »
Louise Bernice Halfe Chosen as Canada’s New Parliamentary Poet Laureate
Renowned writer Louise Bernice Halfe, also known by the Cree name Sky Dancer, has been named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate. Halfe, who was raised on… Read more »
Canada to Get up to 1.1 M More Doses by March Through Global Vaccine Alliance
Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But… Read more »
Doctors Offer Duelling Views of What It’s Like to Receive an Assisted Death
Senators have been presented with two starkly different descriptions of what it’s like to receive medical assistance in dying in Canada: a beautiful, peaceful death or… Read more »
B.C. Drivers to Receive COVID-19 Insurance Rebate Cheques Averaging $190 Next Month
Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques next month that average about $190 each. Horgan says the Insurance Corp. of… Read more »
Alberta at Standoff With Church Over COVID Rules; Medical Chief Says Can’t Intervene
Alberta’s top doctor says her hands are tied when it comes to a rural church that is defying public COVID-19 health orders by hosting Sunday services with… Read more »
Refugee Pact With U.S. Does Not Violate Constitutional Guarantees, Canada Argues
The Canadian government is telling the Federal Court of Appeal a judge made serious legal mistakes in striking down a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington. In… Read more »
Scam: Letter Threatens Death in 24 Hours If Bitcoin Payment Not Received
RCMP is warning people about a threatening letter scam that requests the receiver of the letter to send Bitcoin by scanning a QR Code at the bottom… Read more »
Messy Winter Storm Slams Into the Maritimes
Snow, rain and high winds forced school closures and disrupted transportation. Rain and wind warnings have been issued for Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast, where damaging gusts could reach up to 100 kilometres per hour.
Tripping Hazard: Protest Penguins Destroyed at Alberta Legislature Grounds
A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from… Read more »
IIROC, CSA Say They Will Act if They See Manipulative Trading in Social Media Frenzy
The Canadian Securities Administrators and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada warned Monday that they will act if they see manipulative trading as social media platforms… Read more »
‘It’s Gonna Be Ugly:’ Newfoundland and Labrador’s Billion-Dollar Elephant in the Room
When Saskatchewan nearly went bankrupt in the 1990s, there was a joke told repeatedly in the province, according to economist Jason Childs: “What do you get your… Read more »
Ontario Schools May Not Open if Cases Rise but Target Still Feb. 10: Ford
Ontario is still aiming to have all schools reopen for in-person learning by the middle of next week but a spike in COVID-19 cases could change those… Read more »
Toronto Fails to Make List of Final Three Host Cities for the 2026 Gay Games
Toronto has failed to make the three-city shortlist for the 2026 Gay Games. In August, the Ontario capital made the list of eight candidates cities from the… Read more »
New, Silver Mint Coin Commemorates History of Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia
A new, $20 silver coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint to coincide with the start of Black History month commemorates the Black Loyalists who landed… Read more »
Canada’s First Floating Tidal Energy Array Launched Near Bay of Fundy
A large floating platform with six underwater turbines was launched today near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, marking the latest high-tech bid to generate electricity… Read more »