Category Archives: Human Interest
Culling cutlines, not wolves, key to preserving caribou herds: researcher
New research suggests wolves can be steered away from the endangered caribou herds they prey on by making the man-made trails they use to hunt harder to move along. The recently published study adds to the debate over whether governments should
One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse
MONTREAL — The head of an association representing Quebec chicken producers says it is unacceptable that one million chickens have been euthanized during an extended labour dispute at a slaughterhouse near Quebec City. The Exceldor co-operative closed ...
‘No such thing as impossible:’ Nunavut MP reflects on time in Parliament
Sitting in her Ottawa apartment on a hot morning, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq thinks about her grandparents, who, like most Nunavut Inuit of their generation, grew up on the land. She thinks about her father, who was also born there but moved with
Action to save Montreal’s Chinatown needs to come faster, advocates say
MONTREAL — Hotels and luxury condos have sprung up around the ornate red and gold gate that marks the south entrance to Montreal's Chinatown, towering above the busy dumpling restaurants and mom-and-pop stores. The threats of development and gentrific...
COVID has turned Old Montreal, once a playground for tourists, into violent district
MONTREAL — For Fouad Filali, owner of Le Sénateur restaurant in Old Montreal, the families with children who used to visit the historic district have been replaced by young people who sometimes are violent and harass women. Montreal's iconic neighbourh...
Sir John A. Macdonald statue removed in Charlottetown after city council vote
CHARLOTTETOWN — City crews in Charlottetown have taken down a controversial statue of Canada's first prime minister. The action this morning follows Monday's vote by Charlottetown council to permanently remove the Sir John A. Macdonald statue from a d...
Charlottetown council votes to remove controversial statue of Sir John A. Macdonald
Charlottetown city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a downtown intersection as a response to recent revelations about Canada's residential school system. The decision late Monday followed a vigil earlier in...
B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A First Nations teacher says the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a triggering event for students who regularly learn about the history
Where the streets have explorers’ names, some Halifax residents call for change
HALIFAX — When builders created Halifax’s distinctive Hydrostone neighbourhood more than a century ago, they chose to honour celebrated explorers. There are streets named after William Grant Stairs, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot and Henry Morton Sta...
Alberta government knew bighorn sheep contaminated with coal mine selenium: scientist
EDMONTON — Some herds of Alberta's provincial animal are heavily contaminated with selenium from old coal mines, says research from a retired senior government biologist. Jeff Kneteman said Alberta Environment has known about the problem in bighorn she...