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Canadian schools need to address digital sexual violence in their curricula and policies

Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is on the rise among Canadian youth. In an international study that included Canada, over half of the young women and girls surveyed reported being sexually threatened and/or sexually harassed online. This kind of sexual violence can include online sexual harassment, extortion, receiving unsolicited explicit images…

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Brickbat: A Rose By Any Other Name

A judge in British Columbia has ordered former political candidate David Hilderman to stop referring to himself as an engineer. Hilderman, who has an university degree in engineering and works in the electronics and computer industry, described himself as an engineer in campaign materials. Engineer is a protected title in…

Reason

Canada’s Nature Agreement underscores the need for true reconciliation with Indigenous nations

In late 2023, the federal government, British Columbia and the First Nations Leadership Council signed a $1 billion Nature Agreement to protect 30 per cent of B.C.’s lands by 2030.

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Court in Canadian province blocks new laws against public use of illegal substances

The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia has blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances

The Independent UK

Brickbat: The Right Criteria

The University of Victoria, a public university in British Columbia, is looking for an assistant professor of music composition and music technology and theory. The position is full time and tenure track. According to a job listing, the school is looking for someone who will "develop an active research and/or…

Reason

Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − new analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this extinct breed, once kept for their wool

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day Washington state and southwestern British Columbia, archaeologists have found dog remains dating back as far as…

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CSIS sexual assault allegations highlight the need for external oversight

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has launched a third-party workplace assessment of its British Columbia office after serious allegations of sexual assault, bullying and intimidation were recently made public. Whistleblowers raised allegations involving a senior officer who has been removed from the workplace.

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Protecting kids online: A guide for parents on conversations about 'sextortion'

Sadly, a 12-year old child in British Columbia died by suicide following a case of online sextortion. The child’s grieving parents are passionately urging families to talk to their children about the dangers of online predators in the hopes that other children can be safeguarded against online risks.

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India resumes e-visa for Canadian citizens

E-visa resumption: The decision came two months after India suspended all visa facilities for Canadian citizens following Justin Trudeau’s remarks on Indian agents being responsible for the June 18 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

The Hindu

British Columbia's proposed bill on 'alternative shelter' risks doing serious harm to unhoused people

A bill currently before the British Columbia legislature seeks to define “reasonably available” alternative shelter when municipalities go to court to enforce bylaws against homeless encampments. If passed, Bill 45 will undermine the Charter rights of some of the most vulnerable members of Canadian society.

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Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat

One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home

The Guardian - US

How a huge new LNG plant spells ‘dire’ trouble for whales off Canada’s coast

Humpbacks and fin whales at risk, as study predicts increased ship traffic could cause a 30-fold increase in fatal collisions over the next decade

The Guardian - UK

Canada Plane Crash: 3 killed, along with 2 Indian trainee pilots in Chilliwack in British Columbia

Three people were killed after a small plane crashed in Chilliwack in Canada's British Columbia, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Read further on Dynamite News:

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India orders Canada to remove 41 diplomats from Delhi embassy

Relations between countries continue to fracture over alleged assassination of Sikh separatist in British Columbia

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Family of Sikh activist calls for inquest into Midlands hospital death

Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British Columbia

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An end to plunder and pillage: how a First Nations nature reserve became a model for the world

Thirty years ago, when the people of Haida Gwaii blockaded logging roads in British Columbia, few foresaw the result – the remarkable Gwaii Haanas agreement that has reshaped how to manage contested areas

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‘Whether it costs our lives or not’: killing of Canadian Sikh leader reignites historic fight

Decades-long separatist movement gets new fire with ‘credible allegations’ that India behind murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing: India-Canada diplomatic row threatens to hurt trade, investment

NEW DELHI: Canada-India ties have deteriorated since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi of orchestrating the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Now, the diplomatic standoff threatens to spill over into their economies.

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India-Canada row: Blinken calls on Delhi to cooperate in push for ‘accountability’ over killing

Secretary of state says US takes ‘very, very seriously’ incidents of transnational repression amid dispute over killing of Sikh separatist in British Columbia

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Canada says no place for aggression, hate, intimidation in country amid online threats to Hindus

The video was circulated amid escalating tensions between India and Canada following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s explosive allegations of the “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on his country’s soil on June 18 in British Columbia.

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Why India’s souring relations with Canada could have wider implications for the west

If true, a state-sponsored assassination in British Columbia would suggest a new, brazenly aggressive foreign policy from New Delhi, says Dr Chietigj Bajpaee, a senior fellow at Chatham House

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India expels senior Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat row over Sikh activist's killing

India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat a day after Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat over allegations that India may have had links to the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

The Hindu

India condemns attack on Sikh high school student in Canada

India strongly condemned an assault, including the use of bear spray, on a 17-year-old Sikh high school student in Canada’s British Columbia province this week

The Guardian - US

When nature calls: Canadian wilderness area offers poop bags to fix fecal furore

Special bag dispensers will be installed after visitors to wild areas around Squamish, British Columbia, left more than footprints

The Independent UK

Youth arrested over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ attack on Sikh teenager in Canada

This is the second alleged attack on a Sikh individual in British Columbia’s Kelowna city this year, says non-profit

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