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Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age

The pandemic has heightened Canadians’ awareness of the 3D jobs — dirty, difficult and dangerous — done by many migrant workers in our communities.

The Conversation · Feb 21, 2023

'I'm adopted and found my long-lost mum 3,300 miles away with home DNA test'

Laura Mclean, 32, from Buckinghamshire, was put up for adoption as a baby and grew up not knowing her biological mum - then a home DNA test tracked down her long-lost family in Canada

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2023

How transformative justice can address abuse in Canadian sport

In January 2023, dozens of scholars (ourselves included) signed an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for an independent judicial inquiry into widespread allegations of abuse in the nation’s sporting organizations.

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2023

Starstruck's Shania Twain's stalker, the disease which took her voice and the famous husband who left her

The country music star is appearing as a judge on the popular music programme Starstruck, whose second series begins on Saturday, February 18 and she has had a remarkable life

Wales Online · Feb 18, 2023

U.S. and Canada call off search for unidentified airborne objects that were shot down

Both the U.S. and Canada have called off searches for three unidentified airborne objects shot down over North America. No debris has been found.

WEKU · Feb 18, 2023

Canada women's national team stage protest before loss to USA in SheBelieves Cup

The Canadian women's national team called off strike action scheduled for Thursday night's match amid legal threats from the Canada Soccer Association.

Football London · Feb 18, 2023

Trudeau justified in using emergency powers to end convoy: Panel

Canadian government met legal threshold to invoke Emergencies Act to disperse 2022 ‘Freedom Convoy’, commission finds.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2023

Judge: Canada right to invoke emergency act in truck protest

A public commission says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions last winter

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Brenda Lucki's retirement will not fix the RCMP’s structural problems

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced her retirement on Feb. 15. It is easy to make Lucki the scapegoat for almost five years of RCMP crises, debacles, collapsing public support and allegations of systemic racism and employee harassment. After all, the buck stopped at her desk. But there’s no point replacing…

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2023

Canada's use of emergency powers during 'Freedom Convoy' met threshold, commissioner says

Canada's government met the threshold for invoking emergency powers when it did so in early 2022 to deal with paralyzing protests against vaccine mandates and border blockades, the commissioner of an independent inquiry said Friday.

Reuters · Feb 17, 2023