‘Opposition and rage’: queer groups challenge Pride to divest from Israel ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
According to Bain in Toronto, a reliance on funding from corporations and the Canadian government has made pride festivals and other major LGBTQ+ organizations, like Egale and Rainbow Canada, beholden to those funders....
'Give us $600 and also we hate you': WestJet's new UltraBasic fare gets roasted online (www.cbc.ca)
If there’s anything people can agree on these days, it’s that flying sucks....
Canadian businessman Frank Stronach charged in sex assault probe | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Stronach was arrested Friday and charged with 5 criminal offences, police say
Resource That Shows Who Owns the Internet Lines in Your Area (ised-isde.canada.ca)
You should boycott Bell, Telus, and Rogers by switching to smaller providers/resellers.
Liberals refuse to say if current Cabinet ministers named in foreign interference report | Watch News Videos Online (globalnews.ca)
'We are at risk of running out': Calgarians asked to use 25% less water than yesterday (www.cbc.ca)
After a major feeder water main break plunged Calgary’s water supply into a critical state, city officials are now asking Calgarians to use 25 per cent less than they did yesterday, sounding the alarm that the city is at risk of running out....
Inside the Campaign to Kill a Step Toward Tax Fairness (thetyee.ca)
It’s been almost two months since the federal budget, and anguished cries about the horror of capital gains tax changes are still coming....
Canada Adds 26,700 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.2% (www.bloomberg.com)
'Shocking,' 'abusive': Liberals blasted for blocking over 1,000 documents from foreign interference committee (nationalpost.com)
Help make a breakthrough for proportional representation in the Yukon
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/22703488...
New contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes | The Narwhal (thenarwhal.ca)
Rania Hamza calls it “a coincidence” that an engineer, a biologist and a lawyer at the same Toronto university were independently worrying about the harmful substances and chemicals being flushed down Ontario’s toilets. Three years ago, after figuring out they were all interested in the same thing, the unlikely trio came...
Using fire to heal the land — and mitigate B.C. wildfires | The Narwhal (thenarwhal.us15.list-manage.com)
Led by the Simgigyet’m Gitanyow (Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs), the plan to bring cultural fire back to the land is guided by Gwelx ye’enst — the rights and responsibilities to sustainably pass on the land from one generation to the next — and part of the nation’s work to protect the territory. Vegh says she’s been...
Can alleged parliamentarian colluders face consequences? CSIS chief weighs in (globalnews.ca)
Canada’s spy chief says that political leaders could take steps to make sure parliamentarians accused of cooperating with foreign governments face consequences, even if they don’t face criminal prosecution....
24% year-over-year decrease in toxic drug deaths: B.C. coroner (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Why banks are bracing for a mortgage renewal cliff | About That (www.youtube.com)
Liberals will not release names of parliamentarians accused of collaborating with hostile foreign states (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Why Canadians are angry with their biggest supermarket (www.bbc.com)
Late last year, Emily Johnson took to Reddit to share her frustration with how expensive food in Canada has become....
Bear crashes 9-year-old's sleepover, trashes Rossland, B.C., home (www.cbc.ca)
A B.C. mother is recounting the harrowing story of hiding from a bear that invaded her home in Rossland, B.C., about 380 kilometres east of Vancouver, while she and her 9-year-old daughter were hosting a friend for a sleepover....
'Internal purposes only': Memo backs claim Trudeau government suppressing carbon-tax impact data (nationalpost.com)
Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada (montrealgazette.com)
Accounts bearing the name United Citizens for Canada posted content on social media portraying Canadian Muslims as threatening Western values, and suggesting pro-Palestinian protesters in Canada were seeking to implement Shariah law....
Ontario underspending on social services by $3.7B: watchdog (www.cbc.ca)
Singh calls for investigation, charges for MPs implicated in foreign interference report (www.ipolitics.ca)
Video captures Winnipeg police officer threatening arrest, swearing at mother (www.aptnnews.ca)
A mother in Winnipeg says a confrontation with police has left her and her family shaken....
Canadian blood plasma products can be sold abroad for profit by pharma giant ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
A foreign multinational company can export Canadian blood plasma products for profit abroad, The Breach has learned. That flies in the face of what’s been pledged by Canadian Blood Services and Grifols, the Spanish multinational corporation that is trying to open private plasma collection centres across Ontario and already...