Category Archives: Social
StatCan sees lessons in pandemic census to apply for next go-round in 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada's overseer of the 2021 census says there are lessons for the agency to take from the pandemic count to apply to the next census go-round. Planning for a census starts almost before Statistics Canada releases all the
Federal ministers blast Ottawa protesters seeking to join opposition ‘coalition’
OTTAWA — People might be frustrated with COVID-19 but they don't share the extreme views of the anti-vaccine mandate protesters who have choked the national capital for over a week with large trucks, federal cabinet ministers said Tuesday. Canadians wo...
Protest prevents Canada-bound traffic from crossing Ambassador Bridge
A typically bustling border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit remained closed to vehicles seeking to enter Canada on Tuesday as a protest against COVID-19 measures prevented traffic from flowing. Windsor police said they negotiated the resump...
B.C. premier backs COVID-19 health restrictions, will not bend to horn honking
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says British Columbia won't be pressured by "honking horns" to lift the province's COVID-19 public health restrictions. "People want to put COVID behind them. I get that," Horgan told a news conference Tuesday after the ...
Canadian military moves toward inclusivity, adds feminine versions of ranks in French
MONTREAL — When Josée Payeur joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2001, the Quebec woman felt that people who occasionally used the unofficial feminine version of her rank when addressing her in French were trying to belittle her. "It happened a
Trudeau: Protests are not the way to get through pandemic
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protest in Ottawa is "trying to blockade our economy, our democracy and our fellow citizens' daily lives." He says, "It has to stop." Trudeau appeared in the House of Commons ...
Alberta border blockade hampered by tow trucks reluctant to haul away vehicles: RCMP
COUTTS, Alta. — RCMP say removal of trucks and other vehicles from a protest in southern Alberta against pandemic restrictions is being hampered by towing companies that don’t want to help. “Moving (massive) vehicles like these require special equipmen...
Edmonton physicians call on province for more timely drug poisoning data
EDMONTON — A group of Edmonton doctors is calling on the province to release timely data on opioid poisonings to better mobilize resources. The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association says they have twice requested local geographic data from the Albert...
StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA — For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics Canada is scheduled to provide the first
Fort McMurray councillor faces call for investigation of Indigenous comments
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Councillors in Fort McMurray have called on their integrity commissioner to investigate allegations that one of their members accused Indigenous people of coming to the city to get drunk and fight. Regional Municipality of Wood B...