Category Archives: Social
Nova Scotia Housing Department funds 40 additional shelter beds for Halifax homeless
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's provincial government is announcing 40 additional shelter beds for the homeless at two locations in Halifax. The Housing Department says in a release today that funding of $1.7 million will create 25 beds at the Mi'kmaw Native
Canada a bright light in a horrible year for refugee resettlement: UN refugee agency
OTTAWA — The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency's Canadian representative. With nearly 168 countries implementing border and travel restrictions, millions of displaced people arou...
B.C. residents urged to prevent fires involving holiday decorations
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry is warning that the risk of fire could be hidden beneath the sparkle of holiday decorations. It says the Office of the Fire Commissioner has reported 113 Christmas-related fires in B.C. in the past
First COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive in Canada, more en route
MONTREAL — The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada. Some of the country's initial 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines touched down on Sunday night, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Twitter, sharing a photo...
Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada
OTTAWA — Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn. As one of the last refugees to arrive in Canada before the border closed
More arrests made in dispute over Indigenous lobster fishing in Nova Scotia: RCMP
MIDDLE WEST PUBNICO, N.S. — The Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed Friday the arrest of 21 people in recent weeks following a violent confrontation at a lobster pound at centre of a dispute over a self-regulated Indigenous fishery. "The arrests have been
Canada not immune to QAnon as pandemic fuels conspiracy theories, experts say
Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities, experts in Canada say. The reach and visibility of...
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
OTTAWA — A group of Syrian refugees took the Canadian citizenship oath in an online ceremony Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Canada as part of the Liberal government's promise to resettle
Yukon releases strategy in response to MMIW national inquiry report
Yukon has released what it says is the first comprehensive response to a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The report contained 231 "calls to justice" when it was released in June 2019 after more
Delay in pandemic-related rise in homelessness gives feds time to prevent it: report
OTTAWA — A government-commissioned report says the effect of COVID-19 on the number of homeless people in Canada won't be felt for three to five years, giving policy-makers a chance to prevent the pandemic from putting people on the street. One
