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Kahkewistahaw First Nation security worker’s dance at COVID-19 check stop goes viral
A video of Mike Bitternose dancing at a COVID-19 check stop at Kahkewistahaw First Nation in Saskatchewan as part of the #RezSecurityChallenge has been shared more than 5,000 times on social media. The challenge aims to share positivity among those working First Nation check stops during the pandemic.
Kahkewistahaw First Nation security worker’s dance at COVID-19 checkstop goes viral
A video of Mike Bitternose dancing at a COVID-19 checkstop at Kahkewistahaw First Nation east of Regina as part of the #RezSecurityChallenge has been shared more than 5,000 times on social media. The challenge aims to spread positivity among those working at First Nations checkstops during the pandemic.
Hidden camera reveals ‘appalling’ conditions in overseas PPE factory supplying Canadian hospitals, expert says
As global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) surges during the pandemic, so has the human cost for those making it overseas, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.
Supreme Court of Canada rejects Catholic archdiocese appeal over Mount Cashel
The Archdiocese of St. John’s is liable for the abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1950s, after Canada’s highest court declined to hear one last appeal from the Catholic Church.
Nunavut municipality holds cash draw for vaccinated residents
A vaccination clinic starts Thursday in Arviat, the community that has seen the majority of Nunavut’s COVID-19 cases. The municipality is offering cash prizes to encourage residents to get the shot.
A shot in the arm: pharmacies say they can speed up Canada’s vaccination efforts
Canada’s pharmacists say they can vaccinate up to 2.5 million people a week against COVID-19, but governments across the country have largely kept these health care providers in the dark about what role they might play once more shots are delivered.
Thunder Bay police try to exclude footage of officers dragging an Indigenous man from inquest evidence
Lawyers for a northern Ontario police force are trying to have video of an Indigenous man being dragged inside a police station excluded from an upcoming inquest into the deaths of two other men in custody.
Shares plunge, analysts scratch heads after Couche-Tard makes $25B offer for grocery chain Carrefour
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $25-billion potential play for French-based grocery chain Carrefour SA is getting a thumbs down from its own investors and skeptical analysts.
Air Canada cutting about 1,700 jobs as it reduces capacity in response to pandemic restrictions
Air Canada’s cuts to regional routes will have lingering effects long after the pandemic is over, experts said Wednesday, after the airline announced 1,700 job cuts and a further scaling down of operations in response to a new wave of COVID-19 restrictions.