LGBTQ+ skateboarding community crashes into evangelical-run facility’s repressive politics
The Edge, located inside the Youth For Christ centre in downtown Winnipeg, is the city’s only full-sized indoor skatepark.
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‘It takes a lot of courage to be a whistleblower’
Concerns over questionable RCMP tactics raised by an officer involved in the crackdown at the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades in the summer of 2021 are not surprising, says a lawyer representing dozens of activists.
Thinking about the end of the world as we know it
“Yes, it’s a catastrophe,” Elizabeth Weil writes of climate change. “And no, you would not be better off if you continued to tell yourself otherwise.”
Ontario teachers decry new pension board members with oil and gas ties
The boards of Canada’s largest pension funds are already inundated with fossil fuel connections and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is about to add a former executive with ongoing ties to the industry to the mix.
Toronto soccer scene abuzz over World Cup controversies
A Toronto soccer team is on the lookout for armbands showing support for the LGBTQ community after officials forbid players from wearing them at the World Cup in Qatar.
The Reclamation at Stoney Point
In Part 2, after a peaceful reclamation of the army base built on their land in 1993, elders of Stoney Point led a movement to take back Ipperwash Provincial Park. Racism and political interference turned that peaceful movement into a violent act of state aggression on Sept. 6, 1995.
'Politics was not the motivation at all in the invocation of the Emergencies Act': Justin Trudeau
"And I am absolutely, absolutely serene and confident that I made the right choice in agreeing with the invocation," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in testimony today.
Saskatchewan government deciding how to spend new carbon pricing revenue
Saskatchewan is to soon gain control of the carbon pricing charge that shows up on residents' power bills.
Long-term interest rate hikes effects will be 'more powerful' than people think: Poloz
The full effects of interest rate hikes have yet to be felt — and will be "even more powerful" than many anticipate, said former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz on Thursday, November 24, 2022, in a speech about ways Canada can chart a path toward economic growth during uncertain times.
Quebec university study confirms practice of forced sterilizations of Indigenous women
There have been at least 22 cases of forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec since 1980, a university study has found.
B.C. prepared to cancel surgeries as hospitals fill with respiratory cases
Plans to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses by cancelling surgeries are in place in British Columbia hospitals, says Health Minister Adrian Dix, as parents worry about long emergency room waits with sick children.
Liberals, Tories spar over definition of assault-style firearm for prohibition law
The Liberals say their proposed definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm applies only to guns that belong on the battlefield.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to appear today, November 25, 2022, at the public inquiry probing his government’s decision to invoke emergency powers in response to last winter's weeks-long "Freedom Convoy" protests.
Armand Garnet Ruffo, John Barton headline launch for Best Canadian Poetry 2023
Poetry should leave the reader uncomfortable and challenged so to expand their worldview to include the different experiences of others, guest editor John Barton argues in his introduction.