Seated in the United Nations assembly hall, Nunavut’s Aluki Kotierk told Indigenous leaders from around the world about the “devastating” loss of traditional languages that continues to plague Canada’s Inuit people. If Inuit languages, collectively known as Inuktut, disappear so too does traditional knowledge and teachings, said Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., an organization […]
A decade ago, Janice Aurini interviewed 41 upper-middle-class parents in Canada and asked whether they had a preference for where their children earned a university degree. One woman named Grace said her child wanted to go to medical school, but she didn’t care where because it’s not as if the patients would care. Grace elaborated, […]
Canada’s smallest province has reminded the country that politics, sometimes seen as a blood sport, can be made better with collegiality and class. Prince Edward Island voters took to the polls Tuesday. The Island’s Progressive Conservatives are set to form a minority government, with Greens serving as the Official Opposition in a historic first. Liberals, […]
CHARLOTTETOWN — A slim majority of Prince Edward Island voters have rejected a switch to a proportional representation electoral system, though it remains unclear how the province’s new government will respond. Voters in Tuesday’s general election were also asked to answer a referendum question: “Should Prince Edward Island change its voting system to a mixed […]
Sri Lanka’s state minister of defence said Tuesday that the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites was “carried out in retaliation” for the shooting massacre at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic State group sought to claim responsibility for the attack. The comments by Ruwan Wijewardene came shortly before the […]
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be portrayed in Sunday’s Canadian-themed episode of “The Simpsons,” which is titled “D’Oh Canada.” Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer revealed on Monday that he got to guest-voice Trudeau for the segment after a video of his impressions of various personalities — including the prime minister — gained traction on […]
The leader of the Prince Edward Island Green Party is praising his rivals for putting people ahead of partisanship after a tragedy that rocked Canada’s smallest province days before an election. Peter Bevan-Baker released a statement Sunday addressing the death of candidate Josh Underhay, a 35-year-old teacher who perished with his six-year-old son Oliver in […]
OTTAWA — The chief of a First Nation in northwestern Ontario long-plagued by the debilitating impacts of mercury contamination says he is worried about the fate of a federally promised treatment facility as the calendar speeds towards this fall’s election without any signs of progress. Grassy Narrows First Nation has suffered from the health impacts […]
Many Ontarians are outraged by the province’s decision to cut two library services. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government axed funding for the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) and the Ontario Library Service-North (OLSN), cutting their budgets in half for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. A change.org petition started after the cuts were announced Thursday, calling on […]
OTTAWA — A spokesman for an organization representing Sri Lankan-Canadians says he has “no answers” in the wake of co-ordinated bomb attacks in his homeland that killed at least 207 people and injured 450 more. Riyaz Rauf, vice-president of the Canada Sri Lankan Association of Toronto, says he found out about the bombings via text […]