The Canada Recovery Benefit and others set up by the government to help Canadians through the pandemic, are due to expire on Saturday, Oct 23.
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Facebook whistleblower rekindles questions about cracking down on Facebook in Canada
OTTAWA — The fallout from a Facebook whistleblower’s explosive revelations this month continues to descend on Canada as politicians and experts grapple with how to regulate Big Tech amid renewed questions on the harm it can wreak. A prolonged “techlash” over the past few years has seen western countries adopt varying degrees of platform regulation,...
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‘We have made the impossible possible’: Calgary, Edmonton celebrate mayoral firsts
Alberta’s two major cities are set to make history in their mayoral races after Monday’s municipal elections across the province. Jyoti Gondek is to become Calgary’s first female mayor and Edmonton voters appear to have elected the city’s first person of colour as mayor. Gondek will replace Naheed Nenshi, who held the city’s top job...
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Tk’emlúps leaders’ open letter set steps for PM to prove commitment to reconciliation
The letter says Canada will never achieve reconciliation "through words, apologies and mere signals of virtue," and adds that hard work lies ahead, pointing to a closing sentence in the 111-year-old petition to Laurier that they say remains true today.
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Green Party lays off core staff members amid financial drought, internal strife
OTTAWA — Layoffs are once again hitting the Green Party as party brass look to shave costs amid persistent financial and political woes. The Greens are temporarily laying off half of their staff, or about 10 employees, effective Tuesday, according to three senior party officials who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to...
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Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health: survey
The vast majority also agreed that Facebook amplifies hate speech, helps spread fake news, damages individuals’ mental health and poses a risk to children and teenagers.
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‘I don’t belong here’: Homeless Albertans describe life in Wetaskiwin encampment
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — Alvin Johnson holds on to a tarp flying in the wind as his partner tries to secure the corners of their tent with shards of wood. His weathered hands wipe tears from his eyes as he talks about living in a homeless encampment on the edge of Wetaskiwin, southeast of Edmonton. “I...
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They are trying to kill us’: Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is in trouble. WETASKIWIN, Alta. — An outreach worker and a nurse lean over an orange...
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U.S. land border to reopen to vaccinated Canadians in November, says congressman
CDC stayed mum on the question of whether those who received a mixed course of vaccines — one dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca and one of Moderna, for instance — would be considered fully vaccinated for travel purposes.
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Whistleblower says Facebook apps ‘harm children, stoke division’
WASHINGTON – Facebook knows its family of apps causes sweeping damage across a number of areas, but chooses to ignore its problems in preference for profit, a whistleblower alleged Tuesday. Frances Haugen, an ex-Facebook product manager who leaked a trove of internal documents to the Wall Street Journal in what has become a public relations nightmare...