Category Archives: Human Interest
They stayed the blazes home: Why East Coast politicians avoided COVID travel scandal
HALIFAX — While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a tepid scandal involving a New Brunswick cabinet mini...
New Brunswick government extends Campobello ferry service to address COVID concerns
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is extending ferry service to Campobello Island until Feb. 7 to address residents' concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents of the island — which is connected by a bridge to the state of Maine — want a
Wilkinson, First Nations concerned by sale of energy leases in Alaska wildlife refuge
Federal politicians and northern First Nations expressed concern over Wednesday's sale of energy leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. "Canada continues to strongly oppose development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge due to the pote...
Quebec long-term care residents threaten legal action to get second vaccine dose
MONTREAL — A group of seniors at one of the first long-term care homes in Quebec to receive COVID-19 vaccines have threatened to sue the provincial government if they don't receive their second doses in the coming days. A formal notice
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA — A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Léger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, com...
COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to reform Quebec’s devastated long-term care homes
MONTREAL — The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was marked by images from long-term care homes: isolated seniors peering out from windows, bodies in zippered bags on stretchers exiting imposing brick buildings. The pandemic tore a destructive path through Q...
Mother of New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs marks century of life on New Year’s Eve
FREDERICTON — While most of us are looking forward to seeing an end to this pandemic-stricken year, the final day of 2020 is also one of celebration for the premier of New Brunswick — it's his mother's 100th birthday. Blaine Higgs
Medical and public health experts make list of new additions to Order of Canada
OTTAWA — It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health physician. The founding president
Medical and public health experts make list of new additions to Order of Canada
OTTAWA — It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health physician.The founding president
‘Shift in perspective:’ Indigenous place names moving Canada from colonial past
EDMONTON — To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. That's why she decided to get involved with the City of Edmonton's initiative to rename its wards. Suntjens, who is from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation, became a co-chair of the Indigenous Naming