Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like? (www.cbc.ca)
The industry’s trade association, the Retail Council of Canada, said the new policy “unfortunately” targets large grocers exclusively....
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
'Just treat us like humans': Temporary foreign workers in B.C. ride for rights, protections (www.cbc.ca)
Experts say employer-specific work permits make workers vulnerable to exploitation
Japan's discharge of radioactive water into Pacific Ocean unlikely to affect B.C., scientist says (www.cbc.ca)
Kamloops Pride parade sees hundreds celebrate inclusivity in B.C. Interior (www.cbc.ca)
HMCS Haida — the 'fightingest' ship in the Royal Canadian Navy — turns 80 (www.cbc.ca)
Do media aggregators have a duty to provide links to public news sources in emergencies? (www.cbc.ca)
The NWT government and city of Yellowknife are describing in tweets, Instagram messages etc. how to search key evacuation information on CPAC and CBC. The broadcast carriers have a duty to carry emergency information, but Meta and X are blocking links....
The federal government used to build social housing. Then it stopped. How is that going? (www.cbc.ca)
Canada had long provided subsidized housing for people who couldn’t afford to pay market value: for workers and returning veterans after the Second World War, for example, and in the 1970s and early 80s as pressure mounted for Ottawa to intervene during a series of recessions....
Quebec woman with rare cancer will get out-of-province treatment after research fund steps up to cover costs (www.cbc.ca)
Do exercise, nature and socializing make people happier? Research suggests we don't really know (www.cbc.ca)
Federal government settles hundreds of millions worth of claims with Sask. First Nations (www.cbc.ca)
The settlements, known as "specific claims," are designed to correct historic injustices.
Family evicted from townhouse awarded $27.7K to be paid by the buyer after sale falls through (www.cbc.ca)
U.K. police say 88 people who bought sodium nitrite from Canadian websites have died (www.cbc.ca)
More wildfire-related evacuation orders downgraded in B.C.'s Okanagan (www.cbc.ca)
Victorious Pierce LePage makes world decathlon history in leading Canada's 4-medal haul (www.cbc.ca)
Sask. trans students outed to peers by tech company error (www.cbc.ca)
Skate Canada says former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul killed in car crash (www.cbc.ca)
B.C. Ferries reports sailings cancelled due to crew shortages have doubled in the last year (www.cbc.ca)
Ontario backtracks on plan to include Greenbelt Land in Caledon (www.cbc.ca)
There's a 'mass emergence' of mosquitoes in Metro Vancouver and recent rain is to blame, says professor (www.cbc.ca)
14 whales, 1 dolphin have died at Marineland since 2019: ministry documents (www.cbc.ca)
At Marineland, the Ontario theme park subject to a long-running animal welfare investigation, 14 whales and one dolphin have died since 2019, The Canadian Press has learned.
'Blow-up event' overwhelmed firefighting efforts in Hay River, crews pulled back to safe location (www.cbc.ca)
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
An Ontario court ruled against psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson Wednesday, and upheld a regulatory body's order that he take social media training in the wake of complaints about his controversial online posts and statements.