What would it take for Canada to hit its climate targets? (www.cbc.ca)
Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring (www.cbc.ca)
Two LGBTQ films were slapped with R and NC-17 ratings. Critics say queer sex scenes are treated differently (www.cbc.ca)
When adapting the 2019 LGBTQ romantic novel Red, White & Royal Blue for the screen, Matthew Lopez was careful to circumvent an R-rating. The film has a handful of sex scenes that stop short of full-frontal nudity — there’s some bare butts and, naturally, shirtless men....
Trudeau announces new measures to deal with housing, grocery prices (www.cbc.ca)
Faced with increasing pressure to respond to widespread concerns about the cost of living and questions about his leadership, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a series of new measures Thursday meant to deal with rising housing and grocery prices.
The kids are not all right: How young people are dealing with increasing climate anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
With climate concerns on the rise, experts warn existing mental health resources won’t be able to keep up. By Brishti Basu · CBC News
The next election will be a climate change election — because they all are now (www.cbc.ca)
Passenger forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight after airline failed to provide wheelchair assistance (www.cbc.ca)
A B.C. man who uses a wheelchair says he was forced to drag himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas, after the airline failed to provide the assistance required for him to safely exit the plane....
Got an emergency alert on my phone earlier, here's some more details. (www.cbc.ca)
If course I quickly acknowledged it, so my phone would stop wailing, so missed the details.
Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117 (www.cbc.ca)
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates.
Sask. premier 'jumping the gun' with turn to notwithstanding clause for pronoun policy: expert (www.cbc.ca)
Saskatchewan's premier says he'll use the notwithstanding clause to override a court injunction that has paused the province's new pronoun policy for students. But a professor says the clause is meant to be used as a tool of last resort.
Waiving the GST was just a start. These 3 ideas could help get more housing built in Canada (www.cbc.ca)
From faster approvals to hiring more workers, governments need to step up: experts...
A new CSIS ad campaign is using Soviet-style imagery to warn Canadians about disinformation (www.cbc.ca)
Aaron Erlich, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, said it’s important to make people aware of misleading information online. But he said the wording in the CSIS campaign was “not the most straightforward” and appeared to be an attempt not just to educate but to invoke fear....
Ottawa to launch pre-approved home design catalogue, bring back post-war effort (www.cbc.ca)
The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing construction across Canada — but with a 21st-century twist....
Canada is pouring billions of dollars into the electric vehicle industry. Will it pay off? (www.cbc.ca)
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? (www.cbc.ca)
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter’s own family and an extensive CBC investigation....
Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker after inviting former Ukrainian soldier with Nazi ties to Parliament (www.cbc.ca)
ANALYSIS | There's something worse than inflation, and it's on the radar for next year (www.cbc.ca)
The popular idea that prices should fall to previous lows gives most economists chills. Deflation is bad for everyone, they say.
What a blow! Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer market (www.cbc.ca)
From a few days ago, didn’t see it till now...