Category Archives: Human Interest
Hand-washing, no yelling ‘trick-or-treat’: Quebec offers up pandemic Halloween rules
MONTREAL — Quebec kids are being asked not to yell 'trick-or-treat' as they go door-to-door for candy and to keep a bottle of hand sanitizer handy this Halloween. The province's Health Department today published a list of guidelines to help celebrate
Newfoundland and Labrador to drop the word ‘savages’ from provincial coat of arms
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is moving ahead with plans to drop the word "savages" from the official description of the Indigenous people depicted on the province's nearly 400-year-old coat of arms. Premier Andrew Furey ...
Family of beavers to be relocated from Cranbook, B.C., park, but not until spring
CRANBROOK, B.C. — A family of annoyingly busy beavers won't be evicted from a city park in southeastern British Columbia until at least spring. Officials in Cranbrook have been trying to relocate the beavers for the last month but a permit
Knife found beneath Parliament to be returned to Algonquin nations in historic move
OTTAWA — An ancient Indigenous knife unearthed during the renovation of Centre Block will be the first artifact found on Parliament Hill to be returned to the stewardship of the Algonquin people who live in the Ottawa region. Archeologists say the
City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations
VERNON, B.C. — The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spiritual teachings. Council members in the
Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
RED DEER, Alta. — When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn't be evicted from their temporary shelter in
‘They are trying to kill us’: Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is in
Federal Court settlement approved for day scholars at Indian residential schools
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Indigenous leader says the approved Federal Court settlement of a class-action lawsuit for those who attended Indian residential school during the day will ensure compensation for those harmed comes in their lifetime. For...
Former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen, force behind Insite clinic, dies at 88
VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen, a driving force behind North America's first life-saving supervised drug injection clinic, has died. Owen was 88. A statement from his family says he died peacefully on Sept. 30 from complications related...
200 Afghans, including female students and dancers, make daring overland escape
OTTAWA — Dozens of female Afghan students have escaped the Taliban with the help of a Toronto-based charity and are heading to Saskatoon after a daring land journey lasting weeks. Nearly 100 girls have managed to flee to Pakistan with their