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French language complaints and inspections surge in Quebec
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
Quebec’s office for the protection of the French language carried out close to 10,000 inspections this past year as the province ramped up its crack down on businesses that fail to comply with its language law. A total of 9,813 inspections were carried out between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, representing a 47 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three N.L. activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla released from Israeli detention
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
AMMAN — Three Newfoundland and Labrador activists have been released from Israeli detention and are en route home to Canada. Sadie Mees, Devony Ellis, and Nikita Stapleton were part of a flotilla of nine ships aiming to bring medical aid to Gaza, and break the Israeli naval blockade. According to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla group, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University of B.C. launches mushroom-powered toilet, turning waste into fertilizer
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A “beautiful experience” isn’t a term often used for a trip to an outhouse, but researchers at the University of British Columbia say the description fits for their mushroom-powered waterless toilet. It’s described as the world’s first such toilet, turning human waste into compost using mycelia, the root network of mushrooms. The MycoToilet, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Learning lessons from Canada’s wildfire season, Manitoba evacuations
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year’s wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country. The Canadian Red Cross registered 52,000 people across the Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, making it the agency’s largest domestic operation in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shifting global picture disrupted Canada’s national security strategy update: memo
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s efforts to revise Canada’s national security strategy hit a snag when it became clear earlier this year that many of the assumptions underlying the work were “no longer valid,” a newly released memo reveals. John Hannaford, the Privy Council clerk at the time, told Prime Minister Mark Carney in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and hopes her story can advance a broader reckoning on systemic racism in Canada. Sen. Amina Gerba told her story to her colleagues on the floor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy during call with Zelenskyy
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke Saturday about recent Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid. A readout about the call issued by the Prime Minister’s Office says Carney condemned the attacks, and that Canada is closely co-ordinating with Ukraine on new ways to support defending Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and ensuring Ukraine ... Read More »
1 responseActivists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
After being detained by Israeli forces, activist and doctor Nimâ Machouf is expected to land in Montreal on Sunday, her husband said. The epidemiologist from Montreal was among several Canadians that had been aboard a flotilla attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The vessel, named The Conscience, was intercepted by Israeli military ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
Kathryn Gallagher Morton is “absolutely thrilled” that Canada Post is at least moving. “It may be moving slowly now, but at least it’s moving,” said Morton, who is the owner of Maplelea, a small business that sells Canadian-themed dolls via its website. Mail and parcel delivery are set to resume on a limited basis in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous activist who was on Gaza-bound flotilla is returning to Canada
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
TORONTO — Indigenous rights activist Mskwaasin Agnew is anticipated to land today in Toronto after being part of a flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. Agnew, a Cree and Dene woman and member of Salt River First Nation, is among six Canadians who were aboard the vessel “Conscience,” which was intercepted by Israeli military ... Read More »
1 response‘Shovel Superman’’: Alberta man uses vacation to help clean up floods in Taiwan
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
HUALIEN CITY — While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan. When he arrived in the country, he heard about the damage from a powerful typhoon caused when tonnes of ... Read More »
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