Category Archives: Social
First Nations child-welfare hearings wrap after week of arguments
OTTAWA — Lawyers wrapped up arguments today in a Federal Court case focused on how to compensate First Nations children unnecessarily taken from their families due to Canada's discriminatory policies. Ottawa challenged two Canadian Human Rights Tribuna...
2 ex-Oklahoma County jail employees charged with felonies
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors charged two former employees of the Oklahoma County Jail in separate cases in which they are accused of allowing inmates to severely injure each other.
‘It’s historic’: Labrador Inuit government working to take over child welfare system
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Labrador's Inuit government is embarking on a "historic" move to take over child welfare services from the Newfoundland and Labrador government. The Nunatsiavut government has begun putting together a plan to take over th...
Nova Scotia drops course that asked pupils to list benefits of residential schools
HALIFAX — Responding to complaints from an Indigenous girl and her mother, the Nova Scotia government has scrapped a high school correspondence course that asked students to list the advantages of the residential school system. Malaika Joudry-Martel an...
Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending embattled Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after the latter was censured by the House of Commons. Trudeau says Sajjan has spent his life serving Canada in different roles, including as a police officer ...
Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced his support for Harjit Sajjan on Friday after opposition parties banded together in the House of Commons to censure the embattled defence minister. The prime minister used part of his opening statement duri...
Mexico conservatives to sue over gay pride Twitter hacking
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A socially conservative Mexican political party is threatening legal action Friday after someone hacked the Solidarity Encounter Party’s Twitter account and posted the gay pride banner and the slogan “Love is Love.”
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in Mexico to earn extra income as grocery store baggers.
UN re-elects Antonio Guterres as secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organization at a time a deeply divided world faces
NYC mayoral primary will be big test for ranked vote system
NEW YORK (AP) — Voters will likely pick the next mayor of New York City next week in a Democratic primary that will also be a major test of ranked choice voting, a system that lets voters rank several candidates
