Category Archives: Social
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA — A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Léger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, com...
Girl Scouts call on cookie bakers to address child labour
The Girl Scouts of the USA said Wednesday that child labour has no place in its iconic cookies and called on the two companies that bake them to act quickly to address any potential abuses linked to the palm oil
Quebec leaders forced to confront systemic racism in 2020
MONTREAL — It was a former CFL player and community activist who helped push the concept of systemic racism to the forefront in Quebec politics this year, after forcing the city of Montreal to confront the issue. Balarama Holness used a
Officer who sought warrant at Taylor home could be dismissed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police have taken steps that could result in the firing of an officer who sought the no-knock search warrant that led detectives to the apartment where Breonna Taylor was fatally shot. Detective Joshua Jaynes has received a...
Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic looming issue in 2021, Bains says
OTTAWA — Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the mental health of workers and entrepreneurs alongside nee...
Amid pandemic, Pacific islands work to offset food shortages
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Coronavirus infections have barely touched many of the remote islands of the Pacific, but the pandemic’s fallout has been enormous, disrupting the supply chain that brings crucial food imports and sending prices soaring as tourism ...
National daycare system will need funding to lower fees, expand spaces, Hussen says
OTTAWA — The federal minister in charge of the government's push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals' design for a national system. Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen also says that just
‘People are being shown no mercy’: Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario
Tenant after tenant addressed the virtual meeting, describing how COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on their lives and finances over the last year. A Toronto mother said she struggled to keep up with bills after losing work in the restaurant industry. A
‘Shift in perspective:’ Indigenous place names moving Canada from colonial past
EDMONTON — To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. That's why she decided to get involved with the City of Edmonton's initiative to rename its wards. Suntjens, who is from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation, became a co-chair of the Indigenous Naming
A look at the Indigenous names for Edmonton’s 12 wards
EDMONTON — The City of Edmonton approved a bylaw earlier this month to change the names of its 12 wards to Indigenous ones. Here are the new names and their meanings: Nakota Isga (Ward 1): (NAH'-koh-tah EE'-ska). Of Sioux origin meaning
