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What's in Bill 96, Quebec's new law to protect the French languageProvincial Politics | 65 hits | 11:45 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Bill 96 is set to become law next week. What exactly is, and isn’t, in Bill 96? And how will it work in practice? Here’s what we know so far.Australian PM concedes election defeat as Labor Party looks likely to form government
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded defeat in a national election, saying that while vote counting is incomplete, the opposition Labor Party looks likely to form a government.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded defeat in a national election, saying that while vote counting is incomplete, the opposition Labor Party looks likely to form a government. ‘This is unbelievable’: Intense thunderstorm rolls through Toronto
A severe thunderstorm with “almost hurricane force winds,” according to one meteorologist, materialized out of nowhere Saturday afternoon, downing hydro lines, cutting power and smashing up houses across Ontario. 'This is mom life': B.C. woman breastfeeding child saves pet goose from eagle
"It was just that fight-or-flight response to get it to drop her," said a North Saanich mom who scared off an eagle that attacked her beloved goose, Frankie. Poilievre under fire for Jordan Peterson podcast comments | CTV News
Some are calling attention to a comment about 'Anglo-Saxon words' that Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre made while appearing as a guest on controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson’s podcast. The term has been used by those on the far Canada banning Huawei and ZTE, ending 5G review
Canada will ban Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from this country's 5G wireless networks, said Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne in a news conference Thursday afternoon. China has lifted a 3-year ban on Canadian canola, Ottawa says
China has reinstated market access for two Canadian grain trading companies that have been prevented from exporting canola seed to China since March 2019, Ottawa says. Crown trying to put Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich back in jailLaw & Order | 68 hits | 6:33 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Ahead of her Thursday court appearance, Crown prosecutors are arguing Ottawa protest organizer Tamara Lich should be back in jail because she is violating her bail conditions by continuing to support the Freedom Convoy. Summer blackouts could hit these US states, regulators warn | NewsNationEnvironmental | 69 hits | 6:17 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The regulatory body found that large swathes of the U.S. and parts of Canada are at an elevated or high risk of energy shortfalls during the summer's hottest months. CDC concerned about possible undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.
Seven confirmed and one probable case of monkeypox have been discovered in the United Kingdom since early May.A couple woke up to find a dog snuggled in bed with them. It was not theirs
When Julie Johnson noticed a furry creature snuggled up in bed with her and her husband in the middle of the night, she didn’t think too much of it. After all, they have three dogs. But when they woke up the next morning, they found an entirely unfamili
When Julie Johnson noticed a furry creature snuggled up in bed with her and her husband in the middle of the night, she didn’t think too much of it. After all, they have three dogs. But when they woke up the next morning, they found an entirely unfamili Human remains found near Alberta residential school site likely children, First Nation saysLaw & Order | 91 hits | 7:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada's inflation rate inches up again, to new 31-year high of 6.8%
The cost of living continues to rise at the fastest pace in decades, with Canada's official inflation rate rising at a 6.8 per cent annual pace in April, a new 31-year high.NYC Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent
Available rental inventory in all of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and northwest Queens was just 7,669 in April — several thousand less than the number of entire-apartment and -home Airbnb rentals available in New York right now: 10,572, according to AirDNA.
Available rental inventory in all of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and northwest Queens was just 7,669 in April — several thousand less than the number of entire-apartment and -home Airbnb rentals available in New York right now: 10,572, according to AirDNA.Chinese plane crash that killed 132 caused by intentional act: US officials
The Eastern Airlines jet crashed into a mountain after a steep dive. The plane slammed into the ground with such force that it created a 66-foot deep hole in the ground
The Eastern Airlines jet crashed into a mountain after a steep dive. The plane slammed into the ground with such force that it created a 66-foot deep hole in the ground Accused in Coutts blockade concerned over 'bias' if faced with vaccinated juryLaw & Order | 86 hits | 7:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's superior court is lifting its vaccine requirement for prospective jurors this week but concerns raised by one of the people charged in the Coutts border blockade could still hold weight because judges will have the discretion to require a fully India’s construction workers bear the brunt of heatwave
A brutal heatwave is wreaking havoc on the health and livelihoods of India's working poor. With no other means of livelihood, they toil through the day in soaring temperatures to ensure they and their families don't go hungry.
A brutal heatwave is wreaking havoc on the health and livelihoods of India's working poor. With no other means of livelihood, they toil through the day in soaring temperatures to ensure they and their families don't go hungry. 20-50 mm of rain forecast for already flooded southern Manitoba over five days
The provincial government is monitoring a weather system that could bring between 20 and 50 millimetres of rain to southern Manitoba over the next five days.California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions -police
Law & Order | 73 hits | 6:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Taking a Break from Social Media Makes you Happier and Less Anxious
In my writing on technology and culture I try to be judicious about citing scientific studies. The issues involved in our ongoing wrangling with digital innovations are subtle and often deeply human. Attempts to exactly quantify what we’re gaining and lTransgender youth in Alabama can get gender-affirming medical care, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors. Driver who killed woman, 3 daughters sentenced to 17 years in prisonLaw & Order | 84 hits | 7:14 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., nearly two years ago has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. Nunavut Impact Review Board rejects proposed Baffinland expansionEnvironmental | 82 hits | 7:06 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The Nunavut Impact Review board has recommended Baffinland's Phase 2 expansion not be be allowed to proceed, citing "the potential to result in significant adverse ecosystemic effects." Family shocked by daycare's call to child protection without warning, question if discrimination at playLaw & Order | 83 hits | 6:51 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A Montreal family was reported to youth protection without warning based on their son's behaviour at daycare. The couple questions whether race played a role in the decision, and point to research that shows Black families are more likely to be reported. Why a Zimbabwean firm offers pensions denominated in cows
KELVIN CHAMUNORWA’S mother was a middle manager at a bank in Zimbabwe. She worked there for 25 years, steadily contributing to a pension. But horrendous inflation, which reached an annual rate of 231,000,000% in mid-2008, wiped out her savings. When she David Milgaard, who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, dead at 69 | CBC NewsLaw & Order | 101 hits | 11:24 AM on Sunday | posted by JaredMilne
David Milgaard died in a Calgary hospital this weekend, a source close to the family has confirmed. She was sterilized without her consent at 14. Now she wants the practice made a crime | CBC RadioHealth | 110 hits | 11:21 AM on Sunday | posted by JaredMilne
Author and activist Morningstar Mercredi is calling for an end to forced and coerced sterilization, in the hopes that women — especially Indigenous, Métis and Inuit women — will never suffer the physical and mental trauma it inflicted upon her. 'Just a head-shaker': Ottawa blanketed by unexpected May heat wave
Saturday was Ottawa's fourth consecutive day of record-breaking highs, marking the longest run of weather over 28 C before May 15 in the past century.US secretly issued subpoena to access Guardian reporter’s phone records
Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks
Law & Order | 91 hits | 9:41 AM on Sunday | posted by DrCaleb
Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks Promising early results from largest-ever trial testing LSD for anxiety
The first data has been announced from a Phase 2 trial testing LSD as treatment for anxiety. The results indicate one to two LSD sessions can generate rapid and sustained reductions to anxiety but larger trials are needed to validate these findings. Calling a man bald counts as sexual harassment, UK judge rules
Calling a man "bald" is now classed as sexual harassment, a judge in a U.K. employment tribunal has ruled. Texas heat wave: Temperatures knock 6 power plants offline
With an early-season heat wave searing much of Texas over the weekend, the nonprofit that manages power to more than 26 million customers wants them to turn up their thermostats. At least 10 killed in Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store shootingLaw & Order | 18960 hits | 12:28 PM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
After a 5-year fight to lower drug prices, Ottawa's pledge quietly falls apart
The first clue was the timing — late afternoon before a long weekend.
It's a classic move for governments to make controversial announcements when fewer people are paying attention. Icefield tour bus operator charged under Alberta OHS Act for deadly rolloverLaw & Order | 25197 hits | 9:56 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
International boxing federation opens disciplinary procedure against Boxing Canada | CBC Sports
The International Boxing Association is launching an investigation into Boxing Canada after athletes' claims of widespread abuse. Tentative settlement in deadly Florida condo collapse lawsuit totals nearly $1B USLaw & Order | 61743 hits | 8:53 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A nearly $1-billion US tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., an attorney said Wednesday. Cardinal Joseph Zen, Canadian singer Denise Ho among several arrested by national-security police in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police made the arrests in connection with a defunct fund set up to support people facing prosecution stemming from 2019 prodemocracy protests. Zen and Ho were later released on bail Calls for his death were hurled at Singh, on top of ‘traitor’ chants, by protesters during stop in PeterboroughLaw & Order | 61743 hits | 7:06 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said that protesters yelled “horrible” things — including calls for his death — as he left a rally at the campaign office of Ontario NDP candidate Jen Deck in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday, and that this sort of 'This should never have happened': Friends, family mourn Calgary mother of 5 killed in road rage incidentLaw & Order | 61736 hits | 5:58 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A 40-year-old woman was killed in a late-night road rage incident on Tuesday that involved a shooting and multi-vehicle car crash. She was innocent, said police. Amazon pulls sexually explicit childrenswear from its Canadian site following complaint
Amazon has pulled several children’s clothing items displaying the sexually explicit message "I love c--k" from its Canadian e-commerce website, following a CBC News investigation. Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West BankMisc World | 61735 hits | 8:40 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Israel and the TV channel trade accusations over who was to blame for shooting Shireen Abu Aqla. Authorities hope to reach survivors trapped in Canadian-owned mine in Burkina FasoMisc World | 61760 hits | 8:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The race to reach eight workers trapped in a flooded, Canadian-owned zinc mine in West Africa is making progress. A B.C. township sold off a man's property over $6,700 in unpaid taxes. Now it's been ordered to pay him $350KLaw & Order | 61726 hits | 8:33 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
An Okanagan township that sold a man's property at a tax auction without any notice of the sale or the steps necessary to prevent it deserves to face "significant consequences," according to a B.C. judge. CSIS was concerned about extremist violence, recruitment amid Freedom Convoy: top spyLaw & Order | 61747 hits | 8:25 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Canada's spy agency was concerned extremists might commit violence and recruit members when the Freedom Convoy rolled into Ottawa earlier this year, its director told lawmakers on Tuesday night. Toronto's food scene is getting a place on the coveted Michelin map — in a Canadian first
Long known by foodies for its tapestry of multi-cultural flavours, Toronto will now have a place on one of the most coveted of culinary maps: the Michelin Guide. Alberta man linked to multi-million dollar hay 'scam' in U.S. faces trial in province for similar allegationsLaw & Order | 61724 hits | 6:35 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
An Alberta man who officials say is connected to multi-million dollar hay fraud "scams" in the U.S. has had a trial set in the province for similar allegations.Back to Canada News
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