3 issues that got the federal NDP revved up at caucus retreat
The NDP wants to see increased funding for housing for Indigenous Peoples on and off reserve, greater accountability for MMIWG2S+, and more funding for climate resiliency.
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Ontario community in shock after 'plausible burials' uncovered
The discovery of 171 "plausible burials" at a former residential school in northern Ontario has retraumatized the First Nation that announced the finding, its chief said, with efforts underway to ensure residents have the mental health support they need.
Mourning begins after victims of Quebec propane blast identified
The mayor of a Quebec town where a propane explosion left three people dead last week says the identification of the victims on Thursday, January 19, 2023, will allow people to begin mourning.
Federal government must order RCMP to end use controversial neck hold: NDP leader
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should push back against the RCMP continuing to use a controversial neck hold.
Retired Cree senator lashes out against Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's heritage claims
Retired senator Lillian Dyck said she was "stunned" to see reports last fall questioning the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose story she had related to, and whose career she had celebrated.
No pharmacare bill this year, no more cooperation with Liberals: Jagmeet Singh
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce and pass a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker.
Nunavut energy corporation hit by cybersecurity attack
Nunavut's energy corporation says cybersecurity experts are investigating after it was targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend.
Eby promises $50M to help get fire-damaged wood to B.C. mills
British Columbia Premier David Eby is promising $50 million from the upcoming budget to help transfer fire-damaged wood from remote areas to pulp mills.
Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning to chair Alberta's COVID response review
Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it.
Thieves stole a Toronto condo in 'total title fraud', and sold it for $970,000
The professional photographs posted on a property tour website last year show Moffy Yu's condo in downtown Toronto, a light-filled two-bedroom home with floor-to-ceiling windows framing sweeping views from the tallest residential tower in Canada.
Polar bear emerged undetected from snowstorm to kill mother and son
Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea and stepped outside into a blur of blowing snow. It was a short walk from the school where she had visited relatives to the health clinic about 150 yards (137 meters) away, but the young mother could hardly have seen where she was going — or the terror that was approaching.
Frozen in terror, frozen in time
RCMP officers, U.S. border agents affected by Indian family’s American dream that ended in a tragic -35 C nightmare.
How high-tech, capitalist solutions to the climate crisis just feed racism
UN rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at the expense of marginalized groups and Indigenous Peoples.
Racing against regulations, developers rush to build seaside properties in danger zones
The desire for waterfront property on Canada’s east coast is fuelling a shoreline building boom, as landowners and developers rush to beat pending regulations that could curb coastal development.