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At a small Toronto boxing gym, people punch, jump, duck, and laugh. Working up a sweat is just one goal for those who are there. All the participants in this class are sex workers — and they’re there to learn self defence.  Classes are in response to uptick in reports …

The province is conducting a review to ensure all Indigenous-themed artwork displayed in ministers’ offices is created by Indigenous artists.  Art experts say sculpture is cultural appropriation and depicts stereotypes of Indigenous peoples. The province is conducting a review to ensure all Indigenous-themed artwork displayed in ministers’ offices is created …

Despite the fact that Ontario put a stop to birth alerts in 2020, Quebec child welfare agencies continued to send hundreds of the controversial notifications — which can be used to threaten to or actually seize newborns from their mothers — to Ottawa’s largest hospital.  Hospital received 298 birth alerts …

Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is expected to announce that he will run in the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, where a byelection will be held June 19.  Marc Garneau, former Liberal cabinet minister, held the riding from 2008 until this year. Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is expected …

The St. Catharines, Ont., resident says a provincial brochure included in lease agreements is ‘sneakily written’ and left her under the false impression her townhouse was rent controlled.  Niagara-area resident says if she’d known her townhome wasn’t rent controlled, she wouldn’t have agreed to it. Hit with a surprise $350-a-month …

Global interest in lithium — a common material in batteries — is on the rise thanks to increasing interest in electric vehicles. Here’s where today’s lithium comes from and how Canada fits into that picture.  While production in Canada has been limited, the tide may be turning. As electric vehicles …

With temperatures soaring to more than 30 C in parts of the province this weekend, some B.C. residents may be wondering why they’re not hearing the term ‘heat dome’ as they did in 2021.  Emergency preparedness officials still urging caution as most aren’t used to the heat this time of …

WestJet and its pilots' union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend. 111 Friday flights had already been cancelled in preparation for a possible strike WestJet and its pilots' union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead …

Talks between WestJet and the pilots' union continue amid the countdown toward a Friday strike deadline, with the airline saying it has started to cancel flights ahead of the anticipated work stoppage. Talks continue amid early Friday strike deadline Talks between WestJet and the pilots' union continue amid the countdown …

No sign of a breakthrough emerged in talks between WestJet and its pilots Wednesday, as the company's CEO deemed the union's expectations unrealistic while the Air Line Pilots Association slammed the company for trying to 'publicly villainize' its workers. More than 1,800 pilots are poised to walk off the job …