Category Archives: Social
Alberta cabinet minister reacts to government silence on Edmonton torch parade
EDMONTON — Alberta’s multiculturalism minister has pushed back against criticism of government silence following a weekend COVID-19 protest that included marchers with torches. “Right now, I’m actually focused on making sure that junior hockey gets bac...
Deschamps laments progress on military misconduct amid calls for external oversight
OTTAWA — Retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps is criticizing the Canadian Armed Forces for not having done more to address sexual misconduct, as experts call for more independent oversight of the military to finally root such behaviour from th...
U.S. vaccine rollout vastly outpacing Canada’s: what can we learn from American push?
Canadians perusing social media may be coming across photos of their American peers bearing wide smiles and vaccination cards that show they've been inoculated against COVID-19. A recent ramping up of the United States's vaccine rollout has it vastly o...
U.S. vaccine rollout vastly outpacing Canada’s: what can we learn from American push?
Canadians perusing social media may be coming across photos of their American peers bearing wide smiles and vaccination cards that show they've been inoculated against COVID-19. A recent ramping up of the United States's vaccine rollout has it vastly o...
U.S. vaccine rollout vastly outpacing Canada’s: what can we learn from American push?
Canadians perusing social media may be coming across photos of their American peers bearing wide smiles and vaccination cards that show they've been inoculated against COVID-19. A recent ramping up of the United States's vaccine rollout has it vastly o...
Women’s groups in Yukon disappointed ‘unfounded’ sex assault project terminated
Women's groups are angry that talks meant to revive a committee reviewing unresolved sexual assault complaints in Yukon have ended before its findings could be presented. A report outlining how Mounties in the territory investigate sex assaults was to ...
Nine Algonquin nations reject Ottawa land project labeled as “reconciliation” effort
OTTAWA — Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council voted down a motion last week to have
Ottawa proposes to guarantee right to work in French in federally regulated companies
Ottawa says it intends to guarantee the right to work in French within all federally regulated private businesses with more than 50 employees in Quebec and in predominantly French-speaking communities across Canada.The measure is among 56 proposals to ...
Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER — The chairman of a new Indigenous advisory committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix a system that has treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an "afterthought." Tribal Chief Tyrone McNeil, a Sto:lo member
Court orders new hearing over Williams Lake First Nation’s century-old land dispute
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has ordered a tribunal to reconsider its ruling upholding a century-old sale of land from a British Columbia First Nation to a now-defunct railway. A three-judge panel unanimously set aside a 2018 finding by
