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Pope to meet with Alberta residential school survivors during visit
The program for Pope's trip to Canada next month includes a visit to the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors, the Vatican said on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Prince Charles urges Commonwealth to learn from Canada on reconciliation
The Commonwealth can learn from Canada's efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, Prince Charles told the heads of governments at the opening of their summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
Trudeau gives $250M in food aid and places hunger blame on Russia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $250 million in new food aid on Thursday, June 23, 2022, and blamed the growing threat of starvation squarely on Russia as he prepared to meet with leaders whose nations are feeling the pangs of famine.
Takeout in a post-plastics world
Though many restaurants across Canada have already begun using more sustainable alternatives to plastics, the federal government’s announcement this week of the pending bans still came as an unwelcome surprise to some.
Canada’s case for Trans Mountain assumes the pipeline will operate for 100 years. PBO disagrees
Secret reports the federal government is relying on to argue the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is commercially viable are based on the unrealistic assumption the pipeline will operate for 100 years, Canada’s financial watchdog told Canada’s National Observer.
N.B. nuclear power station gets 10 more years
Coming into operation in the 1980s, the station is one of four in Canada and the only nuclear power station outside of Ontario.
U.S. can halve its emissions by 2030 — if it wants
The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.
Tungsten’s teenagers want to turn lights on where electricity doesn’t reach
Toronto-area teenagers Anya Singh and Ella Ceroni want to turn the lights on for some of the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who live without electricity, but first they need to find a lab to help them develop their radio-wave solution.
Save Old Growth organizer slated for release from immigration holding centre
One Save Old Growth activist is expected to be released from custody while another remains in jail for another week after corrections staff failed to get him to his bail hearing.
B.C. premier admits he made the 'wrong call,' with museum project
A plan to tear down and replace British Columbia's provincial museum was put on hold indefinitely on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, by Premier John Horgan who admitted he miscalculated public support for the $789 million project.
Gender-affirming care in Canada has many barriers and delays
Despite progress in Canada in the field of transgender health care, for the more than 100,800 trans or non-binary Canadians, access to gender-affirming care comes with barriers and delays that vary by province.
Almost 100,000 mail ballots not counted in last federal election
Almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline, a report by Elections Canada has revealed.
Trudeau in Rwanda to seek Commonwealth consensus on war in Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid his respects to victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in Kigali, Rwanda where he is attempting to build consensus with Commonwealth nations to prevent a new humanitarian crisis.
Commonwealth leaders expected to endorse climate charter
Leaders of Commonwealth nations are expected to call for increased climate action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year.