More than a year after a B.C. doctor began circulating a letter declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “over” and speaking at rallies against masks and vaccines, there’s still no resolution to the numerous complaints filed against him.
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Without plan for new submarines Canada faces defence gap in the Arctic
A Department of National Defence briefing note identifies the urgent need to “kick off without delay” a replacement project for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) four Victoria-class submarines. The British built vessels, acquired second hand in 1998 by the Chrétien government in a nearly $900 million lease-to-buy contract, are due to be retired or “paid off” 15 years from now, between 2036 and 2042 . At that point the submarines will be 50 years old.
Inflation Is Far Worse Than The Government Admits
The lived experience of Canadians clashes significantly with what government institutions claim.
Inflation has increasingly become the top political and economic issue of our time.
In large part, this is because inflation is the weapon governments are wielding against their own citizens, in an effort to get people to slowly accept a lower standard of living.
The Rest Of Canada Should Be Showing Deep Gratitude To Alberta
The energy wealth of Alberta has made possible the construction of countless schools, hospitals, roads, and much more across our nation. Why is that being ignored?
Endorsed by Quisling Quebec! Movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground gaining momentum in Canada and abroad
The movement to keep oil and gas in the ground has reached Canada, as Quebec joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance this week — becoming the first North American member of a new group being launched at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow that wants to phase out the production of oil and gas.
It comes after the Quebec government committed to permanently ban all oil and gas exploration and extraction within the province, closing the door on the future exploitation of a significant amount of natural gas reserves that could supply the province with its own energy for decades — and providing a model for other provinces to follow.
Sexual abuse in the military: Soldiers speak of systemic problems in a ‘toxic culture’
“To date, the number of women coming forward have far outweighed men, but now more men are speaking up and telling their stories of sexual assault, rape and harassment.”
I’m sure Justin thinks that a feature not a bug.
Climate education is inconsistent across Canada, but these students and educators want to fix that
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled Our Changing Planet to show and explain the effects of climate change and what is being done about it.
What and how students learn about climate change and the environment from kindergarten through Grade 12 is inconsistent across provinces and territories, according to climate educators and students passionate about the topic. Too often, they say, it’s limited to science classes.
Erin O’Toole has been treed by his own party, and he can’t come down to talk
Erin O’Toole is stuck up in a tree, and he can’t get down.
His own party is at the bottom, waiting, and he doesn’t know what to do. His voters are waiting. His leadership-race supporters are there too and, well, that’s a bit awkward.
He doesn’t dare go anywhere people might ask questions about politics, or government, or issues of the day, because one of those questions might be about vaccines, and whether his MPs are vaccinated. So Mr. O’Toole doesn’t go out into the public eye much. He doesn’t say much.
Dozens of Conservative MPs form caucus to defend rights of unvaccinated Canadians
Up to 30 Conservative MPs have banded together to form the “Civil Liberties Caucus” to speak up for unvaccinated Canadians who are losing their jobs.
According to MP Marilyn Gladu, the caucus was organized in October after the party had its first caucus meeting since the election.
Conservative MPs were concerned about constituents who have lost their jobs after refusing to get a COVID-19 shot for various reasons.
Residential school compensation must be paid before any papal visit, say survivors, advocates
The potential $50 million to $100 million cost of a Canadian papal visit isn’t far off the amount the Catholic Church still owes residential school survivors, say advocates.
They say that bill — estimated at slightly more than $60 million — must be paid and all documents about the schools disclosed before one dollar is committed to bringing Pope Francis to Canada for an expected apology. One Vatican expert says that’s highly unlikely, but survivors say they’ll keep pressing.
Is there anyone in the Canadian Forces not being investigated?
Forces, civilian prosecutors discussing possible charges against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is consulting with civilian prosecutors in Ontario to determine if criminal charges should be laid against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson over a rape allegation that he denies, says the complainant’s lawyer.
Retired Canadian Forces member Stéphanie Viau went public with her claims in March. Since February 2021, 11 current and former senior Canadian military leaders have been sidelined, investigated or forced into retirement from some of the highest ranking posts in the Armed Forces.
Viau alleged that she was a 19-year-old steward in the navy when Edmundson, a superior and lieutenant commander in 1991, started exposing his genitals to her onboard a navy ship deployed to the Pacific Ocean for an exercise.
Another ISIS terrorist demands Canadians let her back in
Canadian Muslim terrorist with Canadian passport who spent two years in Syrian prison camps fights Ottawa to return home
… The woman was born in Somalia, arrived in Canada with her family in 1993 and became a citizen in 2004. She grew up in Toronto and later moved to Vancouver. Feeling depressed and lonely, she dropped her post-secondary studies to work at retail jobs.
In 2014, she left Canada for Turkey, soon travelling to Syria.
“Shortly thereafter, I realized that I had been manipulated into going to that country,” her affidavit says.
Canadian brands sold clothing from Communist Chinese factory suspected of secretly using North Korean forced labour
Retail giant Reitmans brought more than 100 shipments of clothing into Canada from a Chinese factory suspected of secretly using North Korean forced labour, a months-long CBC Marketplace investigation has found.
And they’re not alone.
YM Inc., which owns well-known brands such as Sirens, Stitches, Bluenotes and UrbanKids, also did business with the same factory, Dandong Huayang Textiles and Garment Co. Ltd., up until 2019. Although a smaller volume, the company imported clothing at least 21 times, according to U.S. shipping records.
Canadian flags on federal buildings to be raised next week: government source
Trudeau had seemed to indicate Indigenous communities would have to give consent for the government to raise the flags. But the source said that is not the case.
Canada to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by end of 2022
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled Our Changing Planet to show and explain the effects of climate change and what is being done about it.
“We are in a climate crisis. We need to urgently reduce emissions in every sector of the economy, everywhere in the world. This, of course, applies to the energy sector as to all sectors of the economy,” Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said during the announcement.