Sprinter Valerie Jerome was often the only Black athlete in races in Canada in the 1960s. The track was where she felt most like herself. In the 1960s, I was often the only Black athlete in races in Canada. Black Life: Untold Stories illuminates the struggles and triumphs of Black …
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Is this fight over clean electricity regulations really necessary?
For as long as people have been proposing action to combat climate change, there have been people arguing the proposed actions are too rash or risky. For even longer, Alberta premiers have been seizing every to opportunity to object to federal climate policies. Federal-provincial conflict over climate policy isn’t inevitable. …
Read More »Christmas trees — and the farmers who grow them — are vanishing
Full-grown Christmas trees are difficult to source at a competitive price this season, in part because heat events and drought in the last few years have killed seedlings and adult trees in the Pacific Northwest. There are also fewer tree farmers, meaning those hunting for the perfect tree may have …
Read More »N.S. veteran receives critical injury benefit after trauma from alleged military sex assault
In what may be a Canadian first, a Nova Scotia veteran says she feels validated after the Veterans Review and Appeal Board overturned a decision by Veterans Affairs Canada and recognized the trauma she experienced after an alleged sexual assault as a critical injury, granting her the lump sum payment …
Read More »Calgary killer who wrote rap called Victim pleads guilty to manslaughter
A Calgary man who fatally stabbed his friend, watched him bleed to death while begging for an ambulance and then left him “to rot” in a bathroom for five days, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday. Steven Joseph Reader, 29, fatally stabbed Michael Lloyd, 42, on Aug. 4, 2021. Police found …
Read More »Mining claim ‘boom’ pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau
The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes. Exploration company with dozens of claims says nothing will proceed without ‘social acceptability.’ The head of a Montreal-based …
Read More »Neighbours fed up with ‘unacceptable’ concrete splatter from highrise construction
Neighbours of a Westboro highrise development are tired of concrete splatter on their cars and property after months of construction-related disruptions. Developer pays to clean, cover cars after construction material speckles. Some neighbours of an Ottawa highrise construction site say they’ve been left to chase the developer over a litany …
Read More »Sunscreen instead of ski pants? What El Niño could mean for the upcoming Prairie winter
Enjoying the relatively dry, balmy fall? There may be more to come, say experts, thanks to El Niño making its return after a nearly eight-year hiatus. Prairies are usually warmer, drier than normal when climate pattern occurs. El Niño is making its return after a nearly eight-year hiatus, and forecasters …
Read More »Air Transat faces strike as soon as January after 2,100 workers overwhelmingly vote in favour of walkout
Air Transat’s flight attendants are in a position to strike as soon as Jan. 3 after an overwhelming majority voted to give their union a mandate to walk off the job if a new labour deal can’t be reached. Compensation issues the major sticking point for flight attendants. Air Transat …
Read More »With millions of mortgages coming due, finance minister expects banks ‘to work with’ Canadians
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says that the interests of banks, government and Canadians are aligned when it comes to the process of renegotiating millions of mortgages over the next 18 months. New mortgage charter isn’t binding but Freeland believes lenders will follow it. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland expects banks will …
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