Doctors say exposure to smoke from more wildfires will increase stroke, heart disease, cancer, chronic or respiratory diseases.
RCMP spied on Canadian nationalist committee as it pushed pro-independence agenda
The RCMP's security branch spied on leaders of the 1970s' Committee for an Independent Canada for promoting what some in the police force viewed as communist ideas. Thought the spying sent on for many years, no communist link was found.
Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to ban street checks if elected next month
Though the governing Liberals pledged to ban 'street checks' in 2019 after a damning province's human rights commission report, Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill says they are still happening and pledged a total ban.
Quebecers vaccinated against COVID-19 can register in Loto-Québec draws
To boost vaccination rates, the Quebec government is a letting every resident who has received at least one dose register for Loto-Quebec draw without payment.
Canadians want big changes to long-term care, survey suggests
After the deaths of thousands of residents in long-term care facilities, an Angus Reid poll says Canadians fear living in such facilities and want big changes. Three-quarters support integrating long-term care into public health systems.
More evacuations ordered in B.C. as wildfires flare, fanned by strong winds
Climate change is aggravating another wildfire season into catastrophe for British Columbia.
Opinions & Analysis
Hassan Yussuff Showed That Access To Power Is Not Actual Power
No labour movement worth its salt was ever built on tepid alliances with workers’ smiling enemies.
'No new fighter jets' campaign first step towards defunding military
Progressives should be pushing to defund or abolish the Canadian military. But, first we need to stop bolstering its capacity to kill in U.S. and NATO lead wars.
Extreme heat waves are putting lakes and rivers in hot water this summer
Extreme heat waves have blanketed the Pacific Northwest, Siberia, Greece, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other regions this summer, with temperatures approaching and exceeding 50 C.
Around Canada
Doctors, air pollution experts forecast worsening health effects of wildfire smoke
Doctors say exposure to smoke from more wildfires will increase stroke, heart disease, cancer, chronic or respiratory diseases.
RCMP spied on Canadian nationalist committee as it pushed pro-independence agenda
The RCMP's security branch spied on leaders of the 1970s' Committee for an Independent Canada for promoting what some in the police force viewed as communist ideas. Thought the spying sent on for many years, no communist link was found.
Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to ban street checks if elected next month
Though the governing Liberals pledged to ban 'street checks' in 2019 after a damning province's human rights commission report, Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill says they are still happening and pledged a total ban.
Quebecers vaccinated against COVID-19 can register in Loto-Québec draws
To boost vaccination rates, the Quebec government is a letting every resident who has received at least one dose register for Loto-Quebec draw without payment.
Canadians want big changes to long-term care, survey suggests
After the deaths of thousands of residents in long-term care facilities, an Angus Reid poll says Canadians fear living in such facilities and want big changes. Three-quarters support integrating long-term care into public health systems.
More evacuations ordered in B.C. as wildfires flare, fanned by strong winds
Climate change is aggravating another wildfire season into catastrophe for British Columbia.
Union Media Releases
AHS wants to slash pandemic heroes’ wages by 4 per cent
Alberta Health Services wants to slash wages for even more of its front-line health care staff, those who have provided essential support services for Albertans
Locked out and smacked down in Grand Falls-Windsor
Municipal workers at the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland were shocked and disappointed to find out on Facebook last night that the employer has imposed a lock out
Think Tanks
Uber and Lyft avoiding almost $135 million in taxes
Uber and Lyft avoid paying around $135 million per year in Canadian taxes, including around $81 million in avoided EI and CPP payroll taxes, and up to $54 million in avoided corporate taxes, according to a new report, “Uber-low taxes Lyft ride-sharing revenue”, by Canadians for Tax Fairness.
How the Super Wealthy Get Richer while Getting Taxed Less
It’s not just your imagination, the rich are getting richer. The gulf between the rich and poor has been steadily growing in the last 20 years, and social mobility has been declining too.
International News
US Covid deaths hit 600,000 as ex-Biden adviser says high toll was avoidable
The US death toll in the coronavirus pandemic passed 600,000 on Tuesday. As it did so, a former White House Covid adviser, Andy Slavitt, was under fire from the right for saying Americans could have avoided such severe losses if they had been prepared to “sacrifice a little bit for one another”. Throughout the pandemic, Republicans have been less likely to wear masks and observe other public health measures meant to mitigate virus transmission. Donald Trump eschewed social distancing guidelines to hold rallies or events. His supporters are now more likely to say they will “definitely not” get vaccinated than Democrats or independents.
Southern Baptists reject push from right and elect Ed Litton as president
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides in the church and defeating an effort to make an issue of critical race theory. Ed Litton, a pastor from Alabama, won 52% of the vote in a runoff against Mike Stone, a Georgia pastor backed by a new group called the Conservative Baptist Network that has sought to move the already-conservative denomination further right.
Cummings texts show Boris Johnson calling Matt Hancock ‘totally hopeless’
Boris Johnson described Matt Hancock as “totally fucking hopeless” during the early stages of the pandemic, concerned by the health secretary’s promises on testing, text messages published by Dominic Cummings have revealed. Writing on Substack, the prime minister’s former chief aide published a slew of texts and documents from emergency Cobra meetings that he said would combat what he called “lies” from Downing Street and the health secretary about the initial handling of the pandemic.
Peru election: Vote count ends but official result may take days
Peru has finished counting the votes in a tight presidential run-off election, but an official announcement may take days. Leftist Pedro Castillo kept a lead of about 60,000 votes over conservative Keiko Fujimori, who has claimed fraud without providing detailed evidence. Ms Fujimori wants hundreds of thousands of votes to be reviewed. Observers say Sunday's poll was carried out cleanly. A political novice, Mr Castillo has pledged to rewrite the constitution. The primary school teacher was little known before winning the first round of the election, and campaigned on a promise to help the poor by introducing higher taxes on powerful mining firms in this copper-producing nation.
Trump DoJ secretly seized House Democrats’ data in crackdown on leaks
The US justice department under Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House of Representatives intelligence committee in 2018 as part of an aggressive crackdown on leaks related to the Russia investigation and other national security matters, according to a committee official and two people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors from the previous president’s DoJ subpoenaed Apple for the data, according to the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the secret seizures first reported by the New York Times.
German Greens choose moderate path in bid to reignite election hopes
The leaders of Germany’s Greens will resist a push by party activists this weekend to adopt more ambitious climate policies, balancing their ecologist message with care to ensure poorer voters are not left out of pocket after September’s election. The Greens, aiming to win the chancellery for the first time at the 26 September federal election, surged ahead of outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) in polls in late April after picking Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to run for chancellor.
Modern Media
Residential School Survivor Says Warnings of Missing Children Were Ignored
“We have tried to tell them the truth,” said Evelyn Camille, who was forced to attend the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where the probable remains of about 200 children were found.
Manitoba PCs Delete Tweet Attacking Wab Kinew For Correcting Their Minister’s False Statements About Residential Schools
Tweet accused Kinew of doing ‘nothing to advance reconciliation’ after minister claimed residential schools were designed with good intentions
New Manitoba Indigenous minister says residential school system believed 'they were doing the right thing'
Manitoba NDP leader confronts minister about comments during news conference