The military played a vital — but often forgotten — role following the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917, says a Halifax author.Soldiers engaged in rescue work after the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917. (National Archives of Canada)As the city most involved in Canada’s effort during the First World War, Halifax was a hub for…
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Indigenous community members expressed cautious optimism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Nation on Monday. But some say they now want to see concrete action.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is held by a woman during a gathering outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Monday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)As Ashley Michel approached the…
Members of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in Ontario were given expired COVID-19 doses for a month before they became aware of the error earlier this week. In telling the Ojibway First Nation in a letter, Indigenous Services Canada apologized for the error. An individual gets a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination against COVID-19 for members of First Nations…
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Electronic Arts has already announced that EA Play members will be able to play the Madden NFL 22 Early Access trial starting on August 12. Those members will also receive 10% off of their preorder, as well as other perks including a Launch Welcome Pack in Madden Ultimate Team, monthly Ultimate Team Pack rewards, and…
Unifor members have voted to approve General Motors Canada’s plan to invest $1 billion in an electric vehicle plant in southern Ontario.The union says about 91 per cent of worker votes were in favour of the deal, and that work will begin immediately to ready the plant to begin electric van production in November. ((Dave…
Canadians who lost loved ones when Iran shot down Flight PS752 earlier this year have been reporting an increasing number of threats warning them against criticizing Iran’s response to the disaster.Hamed Esmaeilion, his wife Parisa Eghbalian and daughter Reera Esmaeilion in happier times. Esmaeilion said he has received death threats after speaking out against Iran’s role in…
Ontario Provincial Police cruisers watched from a distance Friday morning as a backhoe dug up a road in Caledonia, Ont., by the entrance to a First Nations land reclamation camp that has put a halt to a planned housing development.McKenzie Road, which leads to the planned McKenzie Meadows housing development in Caledonia that has since…
Members of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their party’s annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately funded and privately managed health-care system that would operate parallel to the public one.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government have previously proposed privately delivered care for minor procedures,…