Category Archives: Social
Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
RED DEER, Alta. — When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn't be evicted from their temporary shelter in
B.C. school once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The relocation of the construction of a secondary school in New Westminster, B.C., once planned to be built over a cemetery not used in a century, is an example of reconciliation in action, an advocate says. New
Government-funded iPhones to connect B.C.’s youth in care to services, technology
VICTORIA — Thousands of youth in care across British Columbia will receive an Apple iPhone to better connect them to friends, family and available technology. A statement from the Ministry of Children and Family Development says nearly 4,000 iPhones wi...
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
