A western Canadian Indigenous leader is condemning cancel culture remarks made by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, and says it reinforces a recent decision to scrap a formal working agreement with the province.
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Cross-border tunnel vaccinations for Canadians — by pharmacists on U.S. side of a line — closer to reality
Mayor Drew Dilkens’s idea to get Canadians vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Windsor-Detroit tunnel has moved closer to reality. “Your feet will be firmly planted in Canada and the pharmacist’s feet will be firmly planted in the U.S., and they’ll just reach across and give you the vaccine.”
Representatives of Chinese dissident groups reject Trudeau’s comments on racism
Witnesses who appeared before the Commons special committee on Canada-China relations this week said they were troubled by comments Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made about racism — comments that left Conservatives fuming.
More Shoppers Drug Mart customers complain they were pushed to use self-checkout
For the second time in two years, CBC News has heard complaints from Shoppers Drug Mart customers that some of the chain’s stores are pushing people to use self-checkout and reserving cashiers for cash payments only.
Ontario won’t reopen schools for in-person learning this spring, Ford announces
In-person learning will not resume in Ontario schools this academic year, Premier Doug Ford announced at a news conference Wednesday.
How becoming a mother helped me discover what it means to me to be Mi’kmaw
When I learned I was pregnant with my son, I started asking myself, “What does it mean to be an Mi’kmaw mother?”
No new deaths as B.C. records fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time this year
B.C. health officials announced 184 new cases of COVID-19 and zero deaths from the disease on Tuesday, marking the first time since Oct. 20 that daily case numbers have dipped below 200.
Survivors, faith leaders call on Catholic Church to take responsibility for residential schools
In the wake of the find announced by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in B.C., survivors, Indigenous leaders and faith leaders are calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize and take responsibility for the atrocities committed against children, families and communities in the residential school system.
Canada recommends mixing and matching AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
Canada is changing its guidelines on mixing and matching second doses of COVID-19 vaccines and is now advising Canadians to combine either the AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shots interchangeably in certain situations.
Native Women’s Association leaves national MMIWG action plan process, calling it ‘toxic and dysfunctional’
The Native Women’s Association of Canada released its own action plan Tuesday in response to the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.