Palestinian Canadians condemn ‘betrayal’ of faltering Gaza visa scheme | Gaza News

Palestinian Canadians condemn ‘betrayal’ of faltering Gaza visa scheme | Gaza News

Palestinian Canadians have renewed their calls for Canada to take concrete action to get their loved ones out of the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s unrelenting bombardment, slamming a temporary Gaza visa scheme launched earlier this year as a failure. Omar Omar, a representative of the advocacy group Gazan Families, said…

Al Jazeera wins Amnesty International award for Colorado River reporting | News

Al Jazeera wins Amnesty International award for Colorado River reporting | News

Journalists Megan O’Toole and Jillian Kestler-D’Amours win award for report on Indigenous fight for water rights in US. Al Jazeera English online has been awarded a top prize at the 29th annual Amnesty International Canada Media Awards for a report on the Indigenous struggle for water rights in the southwestern…

Canada women’s soccer coach ‘approved’ illegal filming
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Canada women’s soccer coach ‘approved’ illegal filming

Canadian women’s soccer team coach Bev Priestman will not be back after an independent report into the drone spying scandal at the 2024 Summer Olympics found that Priestman and an assistant coach “directed, approved and condoned” the actions used to film opposing teams’ training sessions.  Canada Soccer revealed the findings…

Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout | Workers’ Rights News

Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout | Workers’ Rights News

With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and local economy, the government says. Canada’s labour minister is intervening to end the lockouts of workers at the country’s two biggest ports. Minister of Labour Steven Mackinnon said on Tuesday that the negotiations had reached an…

Canada remembers Murray Sinclair, trailblazing Indigenous judge and senator | Indigenous Rights News

Canada remembers Murray Sinclair, trailblazing Indigenous judge and senator | Indigenous Rights News

Relatives, friends and leaders say Sinclair, who died this week aged 73, and his legacy will ‘never be forgotten’. Canada is holding a national memorial for Murray Sinclair, a trailblazing Indigenous judge and senator who led the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission into abuses committed against Indigenous children at residential…

‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case | Health News

‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case | Health News

A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating. Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British Columbia, is believed…

Ancient Log Discovery in Canada Shows How Wood Burial Could Be Key to Affordable Carbon Storage

Ancient Log Discovery in Canada Shows How Wood Burial Could Be Key to Affordable Carbon Storage

In 2013, a team led by Ning Zeng, a climate scientist from the University of Maryland, unearthed a remarkable find while conducting an experiment in Quebec, Canada. The researchers were digging a trench to test if burying wood under clay soil could prevent its decomposition and keep carbon locked away…

Canada’s largest port could see lockout of more than 700 workers | Al Jazeera News

Canada’s largest port could see lockout of more than 700 workers | Al Jazeera News

The dispute between port foremen and their employers could disrupt crucial international shipments. Employers at Canada’s largest port have said they would lock out their workers after a negotiating deadline with the union had passed, potentially disrupting key shipments of the country’s coal, potash and beef. The BC Maritime Employers…

How one survivor of Canada’s residential schools reclaimed her identity | Indigenous Rights

How one survivor of Canada’s residential schools reclaimed her identity | Indigenous Rights

‘It’s like home’ Martha was able to heal some of that trauma by reconnecting with her father before he died in 2005. “He sobered up in the later years,” she says. “He was getting sickly, but I would ask him things, [about our culture]. And he would bring me to…

India slams Canada for linking minister Amit Shah to Sikh separatist plot | Politics News

India slams Canada for linking minister Amit Shah to Sikh separatist plot | Politics News

Ottawa claims the key ally of Indian PM Modi was behind a campaign of violence and intimidation on Canadian soil. India has denied that Home Minister Amit Shah plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil as it criticised Canada over the “absurd and baseless” allegations. Shah, 60, oversees India’s…