Category Archives: Social
Quebec politicians denounce rise in online hate as Ottawa prepares to act
MONTREAL — Death threats over an animal control plan, personal insults over stop signs, social media attacks targeting spouses — these are examples of what politicians in Quebec say has become an increasingly difficult reality of their jobs during COVI...
Better guidance – not shaming – needed around outdoor COVID-19 risk, experts say
Images of friends sitting spaced out on a backyard patio table, or chatting on opposite ends of a park bench are part of a new COVID-19 ad campaign from Britain's National Health Service. The message? If you're going to socialize,
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their families in Canada. Mendicino says the new policy
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
Ottawa is adopting a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their families in Canada, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Tuesday.Mendicino said it will allow more Yazidi
Alberta brings in Clare’s Law allowing access to intimate partner’s criminal records
EDMONTON — Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's criminal record. The legislation, which is informally known as Clare's Law, comes into effect Thursday....
Alberta brings in Clare’s Law to allow access to intimate partner’s violent history
EDMONTON — Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's past. The legislation, which is informally known as Clare's Law, is to come into effect
Liberals should drive daycare improvements, not redo system, report says
OTTAWA — A new report is urging the Trudeau Liberals to embrace "aggressive incrementalism" on their promised path toward a national child-care system, arguing the government should quickly build on what's already there rather than push wholesale chang...
‘It’s beyond appalling:’ LTC residents beg for release from COVID-19 confinement
TORONTO — Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes begged on Tuesday to be allowed outside, saying anti-pandemic restrictions that have confined them indoors for more than a year make no sense given almost all have now been vaccinated. Some compared...
Apology issued after newspaper editorial compares COVID restrictions to Holocaust
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 editorial published in Moose Jaw Today did
‘Drive the change:’ Embattled human rights museum in Winnipeg hires two new managers
WINNIPEG — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has hired two new managers as it attempts to move forward after allegations of racism, homophobia and censorship. The museum's president and CEO, Isha Khan, says the recent hires will help
