Homelessness increased by 20 per cent despite $443 million Liberal plan: PBO (nationalpost.com)
Philanthropist who gave $30M to U Manitoba condemns 'hateful' valedictory speech, university for allowing it (www.cbc.ca)
The philanthropist behind the University of Manitoba’s largest-ever personal donation — $30 million — has denounced a speech made by a valedictorian for medicine grads and admonished the university for letting it happen....
Food Banks Canada says food insecurity is worsening across the country (www.theglobeandmail.com)
The group says food security is rising in all 10 provinces and one in four Canadians have inadequate access to food
LockBit says they stole data in London Drugs ransomware attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Canada will reinstate citizenship rights to ‘lost Canadians’ - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation Thursday that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada.
Bell Media could lose bid to toss ex-CP24 personality's rights case (www.cbc.ca)
Bell Media could lose its bid to have former television personality Patricia Jaggernauth’s human rights case thrown out, after a Canadian Human Rights Commission report noting her complaint raises “serious human rights issues that are systemic in nature.”...
Federal employee charged with sexual assault after former Afghan interpreter sues government (www.cbc.ca)
A federal public servant at Global Affairs who is being sued by a female former Afghan interpreter has now been charged criminally in relation to allegations in the lawsuit....
Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Fixation Is Dimming Renewables’ Bright Future (thetyee.ca)
For decades, Alberta has been one of North America’s most important oil producers. Today, only Texas pumps more oil than Alberta....
Mounties warn son of man acquitted in Air India bombing that his life may be in danger (www.cbc.ca)
The son of a man who was accused in the Air India bombing of 1985 has been officially warned by the RCMP that his life could be under threat, CBC News has learned....
Facing a costly mortgage renewal, this family decided to downsize and instead saved thousands (www.theglobeandmail.com)
The family is moving to find more financial flexibility. Owning their current home is a financial burden, and the stress would only get worse with a mortgage renewal coming up soon....
Demand Walmart Sign the Grocer Code of Conduct
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CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: Stopping the Death Spiral (www.youtube.com)
Serial killer Robert Pickton in critical condition after prison assault (www.cbc.ca)
Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition and undergoing surgery after he was assaulted by another inmate in a Quebec prison on Sunday....
Ottawa is spending $1.7M for 10 new jobs at a pasta plant. Are these corporate subsidies worth it? (www.cbc.ca)
China is after Canada’s pulp and paper industry – it’s a national-security issue -- (Opinion) (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Written by Robert Dimitrieff, chief executive officer of Patriot Forge Co., a metalworking company in Canada. He also serves on the International Economic Policy Council of the C.D. Howe Institute....
Corporations are buying local vet clinics — raising questions about price, choice and quality of care (www.cbc.ca)
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....
Here’s a website that shows the alternatives to the big 3: Bell, Rogers and Telus.
www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html?lat…
How to check the Air Quality Health Index and assess your health risks (www.nelsonstar.com)
As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days....
Canadian women score historic rugby win, defeating New Zealand (www.nelsonstar.com)
Fancy Bermudez scored two tries as Canada recorded a historic rugby win over New Zealand on Sunday, holding on to dispatch the reigning World Cup champion 22-19 and win the Pacific Four Series....
3 teen girls expected to plead guilty in swarming death of Kenneth Lee in Toronto, court hears (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 years (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government
Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Immigration lawyers say the screening questions go ‘above and beyond what is asked in a normal immigration application’
How Canada’s media manufactures sympathy for the landlord class (breachmedia.ca)
Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule (www.indiatoday.in)
In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn’t review its latest immigration policy.
Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters (kitchener.citynews.ca)
Kelly O’Connor, an immigration lawyer in Toronto, said she gasped out loud when she saw the text. Any medical worker who denies care to someone hurt in a war zone is committing a “serious breach of the Geneva Convention,” she said in an interview....
