Category Archives: Social
Ottawa announces $1.2B more to help Indigenous communities fight COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will spend $1.2 billion in new funding to help Indigenous communities keep fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.That includes another $380 million for the Indigenous communities support fund to he...
Feds’ challenge of ruling on First Nations children ‘a slap in the face’: AFN
OTTAWA — The federal government's appeal of a ruling that expanded First Nations children's rights to public services is "a slap in the face," says the Assembly of First Nations. The November ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal widened the
Human rights panel orders Winnipeg landlord to pay tenant for racist, sexist remarks
WINNIPEG — A human rights commission in Manitoba has ordered a landlord to pay $15,000 to a young mother who was harassed because she was pregnant and had a Black boyfriend. The Manitoba Human Rights Adjudication Panel decision says Brandi Richardson
A look at new restrictions under Ontario’s stay-at-home order
TORONTO — Ontario has declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order that will take effect Thursday in response to surging COVID-19 infections that threaten to overrun the health-care system. Residents will be required to stay home, lea...
B.C. government says land matching program reaches milestone of 100 farmers
VICTORIA — The B.C. government says its land matching program, linking farmers to landowners, has reached a milestone with more than 100 connections. It says farmers in the province have used the program to grow crops and raise livestock on about
Experts call for community sacrifices to ensure COVID-19 safety in schools
TORONTO — Schools shuttered by fears of a post-holiday pandemic surge reopen in many parts of the country Monday, but experts say keeping kids safe will depend on stepped-up control measures beyond the learning environment. Thousands of students in Alb...
They stayed the blazes home: Why East Coast politicians avoided COVID travel scandal
HALIFAX — While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a tepid scandal involving a New Brunswick cabinet mini...
New work permit being offered to keep more international students in Canada
OTTAWA — International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former students who hold post-graduation work permits that hav...
Ontario government didn’t replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19: LTC commission
Ontario faced a shortage of personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in part because it did not replenish its stockpiles over the previous years, an independent commission examining the impact of the health crisis on long-ter...
Ontario First Nation hopes new funding will end some water advisories
OTTAWA — The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation is expanding its water system to deliver clean drinking water to hundreds of residents who have been grappling for more than a decade with seven drinking water advisories. The Bay
