What does a controversial report authored by a retired CBC journalist have to do with a right-wing think tank that promotes trade with India and a global consulting firm run by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
Review of Baffinland mine expansion in Nunavut presses on, despite Inuit concerns
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association should have addressed environmental concerns with a large mine expansion project on Baffin Island before it inked a benefits deal with the owner, according to a joint letter signed by mayors of five Inuit communities and chairs of local hunters and trappers organizations.
A Principal Used the N-Word. The School Suspended Black Students Instead
A group of Black students in Calgary, Alberta, have been suspended after their principal used the N-word.
In a recording obtained by CBC News, Lianne Anderson, the principal of St. Michael Elementary and Junior High School, addresses the group of students and questions why they’re allowed to use the slur.
The “Get Out Of Jail” Card That Comes With A Price
Amendments to the Criminal Code last year were intended to lessen the burden on courts across the country by reducing the number of unnecessary bail hearings.
One change toward that end involved encouraging the use of “undertakings,” by expanding the range of conditions that police are allowed to impose on accused persons in exchange for their release, without having to first go before a judge. As a check on this, the amendments said that police should only put in place conditions that are reasonable and necessary.
Coletto: Some modestly good news for Liberals after the Throne Speech
After last week’s Speech from the Throne Liberal support is steady nationally at 35%, with the Conservatives five points back. NDP support is steady at 17%.
Drug plan touted by Trump in presidential debate hangs on Canadian insulin
President Donald Trump’s “America First Health Plan” which he said was “big stuff” during the first presidential debate on Tuesday, could affect drug supply, including insulin, in Canada.
Early in last night’s debate, moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked the president about his health care plan, to which Trump responded, “I’m cutting drug prices. I’m going with favoured nations, which no president has the courage to do because you’re going against big pharma. Drug prices will be coming down 80 or 90 per cent… I’ll give you an example: insulin.”
After Months on the COVID-19 Front Line, This Refugee Now Faces Deportation
As COVID-19 ravaged long-term care homes across Quebec in the spring, Mamadou Konate was disturbed to see the elderly residents at the Montreal facility where he worked largely left to fend for themselves.
Dene members question election postponement, COVID-19 spending
Floyd Bertrand leafs through a stack documents on his dining room table – correspondence between himself and various levels of government all dealing with complaints about his chief and band council.
“Chief and council and the current administration of the band, they have to be held accountable…. for making major decisions without membership support,”
This Right-Wing Radio Host Doxxed Critics of the Saskatchewan Party. His Radio Station is a Big Sask Party Donor.
Saskatchewan’s top right-wing talk radio voice is one of the province’s most reliable defenders of Scott Moe’s governing Saskatchewan Party, although some critics of the provincial government say his broadcasts made them targets of harassment.