The Parti Québécois (PQ) says holding another referendum on Quebec sovereignty is essential for maintaining social peace — even as a new survey shows most Quebecers oppose the idea. Despite 65 per cent of Quebecers indicating they would vote “No” in a sovereignty vote, PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is pushing forward with the promise…
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken about how at age 11, she was so depressed about climate change she stopped talking and eating and lost 10 kilograms in two months. Here in Canada, a mother of two children in Salmon Arm, B.C., says her anxiety about the climate her kids will experience “becomes so…
OneBC party leader and Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is defending herself and doubling down after a photo of her denying the deaths of children at Canada’s residential schools was circulated on social media. The image, taken in front of a sign in Penticton that references the 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential…
CBC’s visual investigations unit uncovers the location of an MMA tournament held by the white nationalist men’s group Second Sons over Labour Day weekend in the small town of Caledonia, Ont. Source link
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A popular Calgary petting zoo and farm has had to close its doors temporarily after Alberta Health Services confirmed nine cases of avian flu in poultry. According to the agency, Primary Care Alberta was notified on Thursday of nine poultry cases of the avian flu at Butterfield…
Warning: This story discusses school violence, sexual assault and suicide. When Trina Costantini-Powell began brainstorming what to feature in the 1970s room during her Ottawa high school’s centennial, she thought of Nixon, Trudeau and the Vietnam War. But when she and other Glebe Collegiate Institute graduates gathered amid all the trophies and yearbooks in the…
From Washington to Vancouver, and from Montreal to Berlin, thousands gathered Saturday for the second No Kings Day, a day of action protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and what organizers describe as a stand against authoritarianism. In Vancouver, hundreds gathered in downtown on Saturday for the event, held at Jack Poole Plaza beside the…
Montrealers gathered in Place du Canada on Saturday to send a pro-democracy message, in what was dubbed a “No Tyrants” demonstration. It was one of many rallies taking place across North America, including in Washington D.C., as part of the wider “No Kings” movement in the United States. The mass mobilizations are to protest the…
WINNIPEG – Sergio Castillo kicked a 22-yard field goal as time expired to help the Winnipeg Blue Bombers do just enough for a 17-16 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday. Despite the outcome, Winnipeg (9-8) is waiting until after Friday’s late game in B.C. between the Lions and Edmonton Elks to find out if…
Roderick Sutherland has been found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2020 murder of Megan Gallagher. A 12-person jury at Court of King’s Bench in Saskatoon returned its verdict Friday afternoon, its second day of deliberations. Jurors also found Sutherland guilty on charges of unlawful confinement and offering an indignity to human remains. Megan’s…
