Category Archives: Social
‘Robust’ investments coming for North American defence: Anand
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand is promising a "robust package of investments" for North America's aging defences in the coming months, as Ottawa faces growing pressure to boost military spending and work with Washington to protect the continent....
47-year-old magazine in Labrador building lists of residential school students
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Prize money from book awards and royalties is helping a beloved 47-year-old magazine and archive in Labrador compile lists of people who were forced to attend the region's residential schools. Them Days magazine has issue...
New survey indicates 81 per cent support official bilingualism in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — A new survey indicates 81 per cent of New Brunswickers support the law that makes French and English official languages in the province — the only such legislation in Canada. The survey, released Monday by the province's commissioner of
Jurisdictions looking to decriminalize small amounts of drugs to curb overdose deaths
OTTAWA — Some Canadian cities and provinces are trying to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs in their jurisdictions as thousands of people die of overdoses each year. Since January 2016, almost 25,000 people have died from opioid-relate...
Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 — the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire. Hajdu has declined
New phone line launched to help Ukraine refugees, co-ordinate B.C. support
VICTORIA — A new telephone line has been launched by the British Columbia government to help Ukrainian refugees get the support they need and to co-ordinate donations being offered from residents. The Service B.C. phone line, 1-800-663-7867, will be av...
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA — Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt shame and sorrow that Catholics caused such profound ha...
Bus services in northern B.C. to receive $2.8 million in funding to expand services
VICTORIA — The provincial government is spending $2.8 million to expand community shuttle bus services in remote and Indigenous areas of northern British Columbia. A statement from the Transportation Ministry says the funding will be shared between 18 ...
Afghan interpreters demand Ottawa keep promise to help endangered family members
OTTAWA — Dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked with Canada's military gathered on Parliament Hill to demand the federal government help their family members. The government introduced a special immigration stream in December to bring the families of...
Federal housing council calls for budget funding for urban, rural Indigenous people
OTTAWA — The government should invest at least $6.3 billion over this year and next to deal with the immediate housing needs of Indigenous people in urban, rural and northern communities, a federal council says. The National Housing Council's report sa...