Just days after Canadian NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander moved into his $8.4 million lakefront mansion, he allegedly received a threatening visit from a stranger demanding the whereabouts of Aiden Pleterski: the self-proclaimed Crypto King at the centre of a contentious bankruptcy proceeding NBA player suing to undo home sale after …
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Cocaine use rising in Canada, new data suggests, as researchers link stimulants to drug deaths
More Canadians are using stimulants such as cocaine, new federal data suggests, and experts warn the trend is contributing to a high percentage of drug-related deaths. StatsCan report shows overall rise in wastewater levels More Canadians are using stimulants such as cocaine, new federal data suggests, and experts warn the …
Read More »‘Our humanity will not be ripped from us’: Michèle Stephenson on new CBC civil rights, Black Power documentary
Black Life: Untold Stories is an epic eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black people in Canada over 400 years. Watch now on CBC Gem.Each episode is directed by a different director, who shares their experience in a series of video essays. In directing the …
Read More »Ontario expands Holocaust education in schools to combat rise in antisemitism
Ontario is expanding mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism. Government also putting $650k this year to Jewish community organizations, minister says Ontario is expanding mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism. …
Read More »Alberta First Nation calls for access to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted
A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when it was created in western Alberta. 2 First Nations have been granted hunting access in the national park A third First Nation wants Parks …
Read More »Indigenous group calls for access to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted
A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when it was created in western Alberta. 2 First Nations have been granted hunting access in the national park A third First Nation wants Parks …
Read More »3 Winnipeg grandmothers band together to create rap song in support of landfill search, MMIWG
Three Winnipeg grandmothers are using rap music to advocate for the search of a landfill north of the city, where the remains of two First Nations women are believed to be. Song by Grassroots Grannies 1st release for national, 7-part project Three Winnipeg grandmothers are using rap music to advocate …
Read More »Vodka from CO2? Feasible. Energy storage? Fantasy. Danielle Smith’s hot-and-cold views on technology
She has effused about hydrogen cars, small modular nuclear reactors and even direct-air carbon capture. But industrial-scale batteries? Danielle Smith describes those as "fantasy thinking." The premier talks up a lot of early-stage innovations, but she's down on big batteries Credit where it's due: It took guts for Danielle Smith …
Read More »Manitoba woman whose son died in Bosnia named National Silver Cross Mother
Gloria Hooper will lay a wreath at the cenotaph in Ottawa during the national Remembrance Day ceremony, representing all families who have lost a child in service to Canada. 'I think of him every day — like, every single day,' Gloria Hooper says about Chris, who died in 1996 Christopher …
Read More »‘Listen to us,’ says residential school survivor as N.L. premier begins apologies in Labrador
Miriam Lyall was taken from her home in Hopedale at 13 years of age and sent to the North West River dormitory. She now has thoughts on how Premier Andrew Furey can make an actual impact with apologies in Labrador. Premier Andrew Furey is set to travel to each of …
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