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Ontario cracks down on phone use and vaping in schools. These are the new rules
News/Canada | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:47:34 EDT
'I'm not alone': Sixties Scoop survivors gather in Winnipeg to reconnect, heal
News/Canada/Manitoba | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:59:50 EDTHundreds of Sixties Scoop survivors attended a Winnipeg conference on Sunday to share their stories, reconnect with their communities and access support. read more
Will of the people vs. public safety? Battle over future of Surrey, B.C., policing heads to court
News/Canada/British Columbia | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:00:00 EDTAfter years of public wrangling, the seemingly interminable debate over policing in the City of Surrey will move to B.C. Supreme Court this week for a battle pitting two fundamental rights against each other: the will of the people and the need for public safety. read more
Students set up 'indefinite' pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University
News/Canada/Montreal | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:17:27 EDTSeveral tents have gone up on McGill's downtown campus in what students are calling an act of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, joining a wave of similar protests taking place across U.S. campuses amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. read more
A cross-border cookie quest has me questioning my Canadian credentials
News/Canada | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTWhen her father asked her to purchase an embarrassing number of cookies in New York state, dual citizen Elizabeth Nash felt torn between her desire to buy local and satisfying his cravings. read more
Ontario vineyard offers wine in reused bottles
News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:00:00 EDTA Kitchener, Ont., company has collaborated with Stratus Vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake to wash bottles so the winery can reuse them as part of a new pilot project. read more
Quebec singer Jean-Pierre Ferland dead at 89
News/Canada/Montreal | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:24:54 EDTQuebec singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland has died at the age of 89, leaving behind a vast musical legacy that included 450 songs and some 30 albums. read more
'Buddy sap' is no friend to maple syrup producers. Now researchers have a test for it
News/Canada/Ottawa | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTA new test developed by Carleton University researchers to detect low-quality sap is being hailed as a way to prevent thousands of litres of maple syrup from circling the drain each year. read more
Orca's ocean escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for generations, says First Nation
News/Canada/British Columbia | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:41:00 EDTThe orphaned orca calf, trapped in a lagoon since March 23, near the community of Zeballos, B.C., about 450 kilometres northwest of Victoria, swam toward the ocean in the early hours of April 26. read more
In videos and podcasts, Poilievre and Trudeau are eager to explain themselves — at length
News/Politics | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTIt would be an exaggeration to say Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith's video about carbon pricing is setting the internet on fire. But it's enough to say that Erskine-Smith has contributed to the hottest new trend in Canadian politics: talking at length and in some detail. read more
B.C. man captures video of 2 bear cubs waking from winter slumber
News/Canada/British Columbia | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:00:00 EDTSerge Wolf set up a trail cam near suspected den in hopes of witnessing spring wake-up in Prince George, B.C. read more
Criminal charge in young worker's death sends strong message, labour group says
News/Canada/Ottawa | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTA criminal charge recently laid against a supervisor over the death of a young worker in Ottawa marks a rare but important step toward preventing future workplace fatalities, the Ottawa and District Labour Council says. read more
You must be this sober to ride e-scooters in Ottawa
News/Canada/Ottawa | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTE-scooters are making their return to Ottawa with new rules and regulations. The biggest changes are that the season is starting three weeks earlier than last year, the hours have been adjusted and there will be 300 more vehicles available to use. read more
Mind the generation gap in Calgary's debate over zoning and townhouses
News/Canada/Calgary | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe distinction between neighbourhood infill supporters and critics was so stark that one speaker wanted to "break the stereotype that every boomer is opposed to rezoning." read more
National chief says she was 'stunned,' calls for change after flight crew tried to store headdress in cargo
News/Canada/Manitoba | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:34:41 EDTAssembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says attempts by Air Canada staff to take her headdress from her on Wednesday have created "a pivotal learning moment in history." read more
Planning a summer trip to Quebec's Magdalen Islands? You'll have to pay up
News/Canada | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:26:19 EDTTens of thousands of visitors flock to Quebec's Magdalen Islands every summer to behold its cliff-framed seascapes and sandy beaches. But starting next month, those island sojourns will come with an added cost. read more
The world is struggling with plastic pollution — Canada is no exception
News/Politics | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:00:40 EDTCanada is hosting 176 countries in Ottawa for a conference aimed at making progress toward a global treaty on plastic waste. read more
Ontario NDP will defy keffiyeh ban if Ford doesn't step in: Stiles
News/Canada/Toronto | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:18:24 EDTOntario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. read more
Alberta wants more hydrogen vehicles. Experts say fuel infrastructure needs to come with them
News/Canada/Edmonton | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:00:00 EDTExperts say building Alberta's hydrogen-fuelled transportation sector means working through a big question: Which comes first, the hydrogen vehicles, or the fuelling stations? read more
