Category Archives: Social
Labrador group says Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami can’t ‘unilaterally’ decide who is Inuit
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Labrador's NunatuKavut Community Council is pushing back against the group representing Inuit in Canada after its president asked Ottawa to stop providing the council with services reserved for Inuit. In a statement Wedne...
Volunteers who supported Syrian refugees reconnecting to help Afghan newcomers
TORONTO — Volunteers who helped Syrian refugees settle in Canada six years ago are coming together once more to help Afghans who've recently arrived in the country. Their efforts – which range from securing weather-appropriate clothing to helping the ...
‘They are trying to kill us’: Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is in
Canada to make special envoy on antisemitism a permanent post, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Canada will develop a national plan to combat hate with the help of its special envoy for preserving Holocaust remembrance and fighting antisemitism. The Liberal government will also make the special envoy role permanent, and bolster the posit...
Vancouver park that was a homeless encampment reopens to the public
VANCOUVER — The site of a former homeless camp in Vancouver reopened Tuesday for its original use. The work of removing fencing around Strathcona Park is expected to take a few more days, but a statement from Vancouver's Park Board says
Judge strikes down Maj.-Gen. Fortin’s request for reinstatement to vaccine campaign
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has struck down Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s request for reinstatement as the head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign after he was abruptly removed from the high-profile position in May. In rendering her decisi...
New LTC standards should focus on the ‘qualities of home’: survey
OTTAWA — Residents should feel at home, respected, and safe in long-term care but the current reality doesn't come close, says a survey that will inform new national standards of care. The survey was conducted by the National Institute on Aging
Saskatchewan paying doctors providing abortion pill should improve access: advocates
REGINA — Saskatchewan became the last province in Canada to bring in universal coverage for the abortion pill and two years later the province is finally paying doctors who provide it. On Oct. 1, the province started offering a billing code
Metro Vancouver park renamed to reflect Indigenous history
BELCARRA, B.C. — A Metro Vancouver park has been renamed to include the site's Indigenous name, which officials say will better reflect the area's history. Belcarra Regional Park on the Burrard Inlet in Metro Vancouver will also have the Indigenous nam...
N.S. court victory may bring lasting improvement to lives of people with disabilities
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia advocacy group for people with disabilities says its landmark court victory is an opportunity to compel reforms and funding that will improve their lives after decades of mistreatment. Claire McNeil, the lawyer for the Disabilit...