Category Archives: Social
Justice, public safety ministers discuss need for anti-racism training
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the country at a two-day meeting. Blair said there
Fish farms to be phase in ‘migratory bottleneck’ for wild salmon by July 2022
The federal government says it's phasing out fish farms along a key wild salmon migration route in British Columbia waters within the next 18 months. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River ...
PM says he kept hoping more money, or pressure, would help meet water-advisory goal
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he realized only recently that his government would not be able to make good on its long-held promise to lift all drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. In a year-end interview
As vulnerable youth face CERB clawbacks, Trudeau says Liberals looking over options
OTTAWA — Marie Christian recalls the confusion that reigned as the young people she works with tried to navigate government aid at the onset of the pandemic. The program director for Voices: Manitoba's Youth in Care Network, works with those aged
Fighting systemic racism, extremism will be priority for next military chief: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says one of the top priorities for the next commander of the Canadian Armed Forces will be tackling systemic racism and rooting extremism from the ranks. The comments are the first from the prime minister
Toronto legal clinic asks city’s top doctor to suspend evictions during the pandemic
TORONTO — A Toronto legal clinic has written to the city's top doctor asking that she suspend residential evictions amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter issued Tuesday, Downtown Legal Services argues that evictions currently pose...
B.C. must improve supports for youth ‘aging out’ of government care: watchdog report
VICTORIA — British Columbia's representative for children and youth is calling on the province to improve its support system for youth aging out of government care. The report from Jennifer Charlesworth's office says the current system "virtually shap...
Groups that help vulnerable women ask Liberals for lifeline after losing out on aid
OTTAWA — Groups that offer services to vulnerable women across the country say they were shut out from federal pandemic aid and now face an uncertain future. A report this morning from a coalition of women's rights organizations suggests the pandemic
Reconciliation delayed and anti-Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners
OTTAWA — Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together to voice their concerns about the slow pace of reconciliation in Canada. T...
City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver and the park board have released a plan to shut down a growing homeless encampment in Strathcona Park that has led to tensions in the surrounding neighbourhood. Two properties, including the Jericho Hostel and the
