Family of Indigenous woman who sought care at St. Catharines hospital hopes inquest prevents similar cases Heather Winterstein died at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital in 2021. An inquest into her death begins Monday. (Submitted by Jill Lunn) It was pounding rain outside the Sessions on the River recording studio in …
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Lethal bat disease detected in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains for first time
White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across North America A bat lies dead on the floor of a cave in Alberta. Its nose is covered in white fungal matter — a telltale sign of white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations across North America in recent …
Read More »The RCMP, the spy and the betrayal of national chief George Manuel
Renowned First Nations leader’s daughter urges RCMP informers to come forward after surveillance revelations George Manuel and Pierre Trudeau after a National Indian Brotherhood-Cabinet meeting in 1974. A year later, the RCMP had Manuel under electronic surveillance. (Submitted by Doreen Manuel) The secret agent was code numbered A-828. Intelligence reports say …
Read More »As patents on weight-loss drugs expire, doctors and patients hotly anticipate cheaper generics
Generic forms of semaglutide medications could be available in Canada within months, experts say A woman removes a box of Ozempic from her fridge. Canadian doctors and patients are eagerly awaiting the arrival of generic versions of weight-loss drugs now that maker Novo Nordisk’s patent has expired. (Lee Smith/Reuters) At Dr. …
Read More »Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Trump official disclosed millions of dollars of shares in Canadian mining company Torngat Metals has a base camp at a proposed mine site in Lac Brisson in northern Quebec. (Torngat Metals) Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining …
Read More »25 years later, how the ‘Alberta firewall’ letter reflects today’s political landscape
From fringe ideas to now part of the provincial agenda Six prominent Albertans wrote the ‘Alberta firewall’ letter in Jan. 2001, an open letter to then-premier Ralph Klein. (Brooke Schreiber/CBC) Alberta should exit the Canada Pension Plan in favour of its own. It should establish a provincial police force, rather than …
Read More »3 tigers, hyena no longer with Wainfleet, Ont., owner despite efforts to fight exotic animal bylaw
Zohaib Masood says he hopes to be reunited with the animals someday Zohaib Masood, shown with one of his adult tigers, was ordered to remove three tigers and a hyena from a property in Wainfleet in Ontario’s Niagara Region because they aren’t allowed under an exotic animals bylaw. (Zohaib Masood) The …
Read More »Ontario murder case highlights child welfare’s systemic failures, say advocates
National registry, transparent investigations would help prevent future deaths In the five years the boys lived with Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney, there were at least half-dozen reports to the Children’s Aid Society about suspected abuse. But CAS workers never spoke to the kids alone, nor did they conduct an …
Read More »Family devastated after drunk driver who killed 4 members in Quebec granted prison leave
Éric Légaré has stayed sober, out of trouble and is low risk, says parole board After losing his father, sister, niece and nephew in a deadly car wreck, David Fletcher says Canada needs stiffer penalties for driving while intoxicated. (CBC) David Fletcher says he would love to see his father, sister, …
Read More »Ontario Sunshine List revealed: Here’s the top public sector employees who earned over $100K in 2025
Former OPG CEO tops list with salary of over $1.9M Ontario’s Sunshine List was released Friday. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press) Ontario released its 2025 Sunshine List Friday, the annual list that documents public sector employees with salaries of over $100,000, with former Ontario Power Generation President and CEO Kenneth Hartwick topping it yet again …
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