COVID-19
Canada’s 2020 economy was its worst performace on record
By: Terry Haig The COVID-19 pandemic drove Canada’s economy to its worst showing on record, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. Figures from the […]
National
COVID-19
Young Canadians’ mental health suffered in early pandemic
By: Lynn Desjardins A large majority of those aged two to 18 in Canada experienced harm to their mental health during the first wave of […]
Featured
It’s not junk mail: Don’t throw out this post card
By: Clara Pasieka, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Source: Telegraph-Journal Prepaid postcards have started arriving in households across New Brunswick courtesy of Canada Post. Don’t toss […]
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Canadian research focuses on plant-based components for hydrogen fuel cells
By: Levon Sevunts Researchers in Quebec are looking to develop ways for using a renewable byproduct of Canada’s pulp and paper industry as one of […]
COVID-19
How the Comox Valley overhauled its food security approach in 2020
By: Cloe Logan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, National Observer A Vancouver Island community has seen a dramatic shift in how it approaches food insecurity — […]
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Slavery in N.B.: ‘This needs to be known’
By: Clara Pasieka, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Telegraph-Journal “Black human beings were sold on our soil. It was in our own backyard,” said Clinton Davis, […]
COVID-19
Canada approves AstraZeneca vaccine
By: Lynn Desjardins Canada’s health department has approved the AstraZeneca vaccine enabling health authorities to receive shipments within days and add it to vaccines already […]
Art & Life
Canadian band The Tragically Hip garners humanitarian award
By: Lynn Desjardins he Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip has helped raise millions of dollars for social and environmental causes and is set to […]
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Auditor general faults Ottawa for water crisis in Indigenous communities
By: Levon Sevunts Canada’s auditor general says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has failed to honour its 2015 pledge to eliminate long-term drinking water advisories […]
COVID-19
Federal Conservatives call for suspension of hotel quarantine policy following reports of sexual assault
By: John Paul Tasker Some Conservative MPs are asking the federal government to suspend the mandatory hotel quarantine policy in the wake of two reports […]