‘I came here to escape’: Toronto tackles caste-based discrimination in schools
Activists hopeful as Canada’s largest school district takes first step towards banning caste discrimination When Vijay Puli arrived in Toronto with his wife and baby...
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Two Canadian police officers shot dead after responding to domestic call
Constables, aged 30 and 35, who were based in Edmonton, had received an emergency call about a ‘family dispute’ Two police officers were shot dead...
Canada: university president to take leave amid controversy over Indigenous ancestry claim
Incident involving Vianne Timmons is latest high-profile case of apparent cultural identity fraud The president of a Canadian university has apologized and is taking a...
Two pedestrians dead and nine injured in Canada truck collision
Police investigating if incident was deliberate and say there is no further danger in the town of Amqui north of Quebec City Two men have...
Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules
Gesture may not be civil or polite but ‘it is not a crime’ and is protected under Canada’s constitution, judgment says Giving your neighbour the...
Canada: inquiry into police unit accused of excessive force against green activists
Officers with C-IRG accused of ripping off protesters’ masks and pepper-spraying them during protest in British Columbia Canada’s federal police force has opened an investigation...
Canada roiled by leaked intelligence reports of Chinese election ‘meddling’
Trudeau resists calls for public inquiry as leaks spark fierce debate and threaten to dent country’s reputation with allies A flurry of leaked intelligence reports...
Canadian government urged to test sick patients for herbicide
Patients in New Brunswick with array of symptoms ‘show signs of exposure to glyphosate’, says neurologist A neurologist who believes his patients are suffering from...
‘A part of winter is missing’: Ottawa grieves over lack of canal ice for skating
Rideau has not turned into world’s long ice rink as usual, laying bare unpredictable realities of climate crisis Every winter for more than two decades,...
