Corey Hurren faces 22 criminal charges related to the four loaded firearms police say he had in his possession on July 2, when he allegedly drove a truck onto the grounds of the official residence and set out on foot toward the prime minister’s home at Rideau Cottage.
Gender nonconforming French-Canadians are finding ways to make their language more gender-neutral. They created the word ‘iel’ – a relatively common gender-neutral option to il (he) and elle (her).
Alberta’s chief medical health officer made the announcement about the new variant in a tweet late Friday afternoon. Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the person is believed to have contracted the illness while travelling and is in quarantine.
Montreal, known for its vibrant, colourful nightlife, will be off limits to those hoping to take a late-night stroll for the next 4 weeks. Unless, of course, they have a dog with them.
There’s no getting around it — lockdown measures don’t seem to be working in Ontario and Quebec the second time around.
Health experts say Canada’s hardest-hit provinces have consistently failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 with inadequate, poorly timed restrictions, leaving little choice but for much more draconian rules to be introduced.
But where exactly did we go wrong? And where do we go from here?
Putting people under curfew, prohibiting them from leaving their homes without a defensible reason, doesn’t do a lot to brighten their sense of solidarity — that “all in this together” spirit, says clinical psychologist Steven Taylor.
Since the pandemic began, we have learned a lot about the coronavirus, including who the most vulnerable are – residents and staff of long-term care homes.
The government has rightfully prioritized the most vulnerable to receive the vaccine. But once they’re vaccinated, how can the government justify continuing the lockdowns?
The first 40 federal inmates to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in Canada were given their inoculations inside facilities without any active cases, Global News has learned.
Are we really going to accept the fact that politicians get to decide where we can go, who we can gather with, when we can go outside, and then give ‘exemptions’ to whoever they choose?
Although many firearms owners can be quite pessimistic about the future of firearm rights in Canada everything is far from over as things currently stand.
Canadians opposed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Bill Blair’s “assault-style” rifle ban, and proposed local handgun bans, need to understand that one cannot just simply sit at home voicing opposition to the government’s attempts to seize people’s firearms because with that strategy it will eventually happen sooner or later.
Conservative Sen. Don Plett — who sparked controversy by travelling to Mexico on vacation over the holidays — co-signed a directive last year barring all MPs and senators from traveling outside Canada as part of interparliamentary delegations.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has promised to move ahead with voter recall legislation, which would give voters a mechanism to oust their municipal and provincial elected officials without having to wait until the next election, assuming certain criteria are met.
Mary-Ann and George are a soft spoken married couple who are both medically exempt from wearing masks. They went together in the evening — to avoid the crowds — to their local Superstore, to fill a prescription for the very condition that makes Mary-Ann mask exempt. In the end, the cops were called and they were both detained and threatened with criminal charges, before being released with $1,300 coronavirus tickets.
