Save Old Growth organizer in Canada Border Services Agency custody
International student and climate activist Zain Haq surrendered to CBSA on Tuesday and will remain in detention until at least Thursday when a hearing is scheduled.
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Canadian Media Guild and Canada's National Observer announce first collective agreement
The team at Canada’s National Observer is happy to announce we have reached a collective bargaining agreement.
Hundreds of unhoused Americans die in extreme heat
Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple digit temperatures arrive.
MPs get panic buttons to boost security after death threat scare
MPs are being given panic buttons to increase their personal security following a series of threats, and rising concern about harassment of Parliamentarians.
Sixties Scoop class-action lawsuit approved for off-reserve Indigenous children
A Cree woman who was taken from her mother and placed in care as a child says the cycle of assimilation that began with residential schools continues with the overrepresentation of Indigenous kids in the child welfare system.
Floods leave dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India
Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands there and in neighboring India, continued to wreak havoc on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Russia's nerve-wracking control over European gas supplies
It’s not a summer heat wave that’s making European leaders and businesses sweat. It’s fear that Russia’s manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Or, in the worst case, even sooner.
Reflections on National Indigenous Peoples Day by residential school survivors
Diane Hill had just celebrated her seventh birthday when she first arrived at the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., in November, 1963.
Why Ottawa is being asked to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs
Last month, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in Canada to make changes to ensure drug users will not be arrested or charged for carrying up to 2.5 grams of illicit drugs as of next year.
Largest urban reserve worth $500M in GDP, 5,000 jobs
Winnipeg is set to host the largest economic development zone, or urban reserve, in Canada, which proponents say will serve as a model of Indigenous self-governance.
Ancient fish bones may help us adapt to climate change
A new study of two First Nations village sites on the B.C. coast illustrate the change in fishing practices as oceans warmed.
Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’
New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average.
York Region votes to expand development into Greenbelt, farmland
York Region council has voted to expand its urban boundaries by nearly 8,000 acres despite opposition from environmental groups and municipalities that fear the move will lead to further urban sprawl.