Canada is hosting 176 countries in Ottawa for a conference aimed at making progress toward a global treaty on plastic waste. Less than 10 per cent of plastics in Canada end up recycled, government says As thousands of delegates meet in Ottawa this week to work toward a global treaty …
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Months after they were promised, Ottawa still hasn’t imposed sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against various parties in the Middle East since October 7. But it still hasn't engaged sanctions against violent Israeli settlers, despite promising to do so. Joly says her department is still 'working on' sanctions announced in February The Government of …
Read More »Gaza protests spread across U.S., to the doorstep of the White House
Joe Biden tried taking a victory lap this week, celebrating a coveted foreign policy win. Yet in the streets near his house, he was being jeered over a different foreign crisis — the one that's threatening his presidency. Biden needs votes from a group with a rock-bottom opinion of Israel's …
Read More »Ontario NDP will defy keffiyeh ban if Ford doesn’t step in: Stiles
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban. Demonstrators rallied against ban on Friday as civil liberties group called ban 'undemocratic' Ontario NDP …
Read More »National chief says she was ‘stunned,’ calls for change after headdress taken from her on flight
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says attempts by Air Canada staff to take her headdress from her on Wednesday have created "a pivotal learning moment in history." 'I don't want to feel like that anymore': Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Assembly of …
Read More »British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces
Province says people who don't pose threat to public safety will not be charged for mere possession. Province says people who don't pose threat to public safety will not be charged for mere possession After weeks of troubling stories about problematic street drug use in hospitals, parks and at bus …
Read More »King Charles set to resume public duties after stepping away for cancer treatment
King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Buckingham Palace says monarch's medical team 'very encouraged' by progress King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public …
Read More »Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after it swam out on its own early Friday morning. Ehattesaht First Nation says young killer whale swam over sandbar on her own …
Read More »Fear rekindled in Ktunaxa Nation community as fire season begins in B.C.
Wildfires have become a prominent year-round concern for the Ktunaxa Nation community of Aq'am, from supporting members to researching and funding prescribed burns in the area. Wildfires and their effects becoming year-round concern for community ravaged by 2023 St. Mary River blaze For Aq'am community members like Pete and Dolly …
Read More »Ending Sudan’s civil war may require help of countries currently helping inflame it, observers say
Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say. U.A.E., Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran among countries seen to be taking sides …
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