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Sunday, 31 October 2021
Indigenous families disproportionately affected by 'birth alerts'; B.C. lawsuit seeks damages
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The National: Climate change promises, COVID-19 PTSD, Reporting from Afghanistan
The National for Oct. 31 — World leaders, activists and experts gather in Glasgow to try and tackle climate change. Plus, the lingering mental health impact of surviving COVID-19.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsOutrage brewing after U of S and CIHR support professor who falsely claimed to be Indigenous
The University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research continue to stand by Carrie Bourassa, despite a CBC investigation that shows her claims to Indigenous ancestry are spurious.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCross Country Checkup: Do you have the right to disconnect after work?
The legislation would force employers to develop policies allowing employees to disconnect from the office after hours. But one expert suggests reducing their workloads would be more effective.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsN.B. government locks out some school staff as students move to online learning Monday
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Toronto school staff member allegedly caught in blackface placed on home assignment
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COP26 formally opens in Glasgow as leaders look to address climate change
The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow formally opened on Sunday, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global warming.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsManitoba leadership race was supposed to be a cakewalk — but ended up a grind
Heather Stefanson was expected to easily win Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leadership race. But the party membership handed her a razor-thin victory that may yet be contested further by her rival, Shelly Glover.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHow the technology used to make COVID-19 vaccines could improve flu shots
People can safely receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in one arm and a flu shot in the other during the same clinic visit, health experts say. Meanwhile, scientists are working on a way to combine them in a single jab.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsOnly 484 marijuana pardons have been granted since program started in 2019
It's been more than two years since the federal government launched a program to offer Canadians with criminal records for simple marijuana possession a fast, free pardon — but only 484 people have been granted one so far.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFirst Nations leader recalls unsuccessful 2017 effort to bring Pope Francis to Saskatchewan
The effort to bring Pope Francis to Canada for a long-awaited apology over the Catholic Church's role in running residential schools can be traced back to a 2016 conversation between two seemingly homeless men on a downtown Saskatoon sidewalk.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHundreds of thousands of snowbirds expected to flock south after spending last winter hibernating
The Canadian Snowbird Association predicts most of Canada's one million snowbirds will head south this year now that they’re fully vaccinated and can drive across the border to the United States.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHow fights over what's fair have stalled progress on climate change
What's fair — a concept so fundamental that toddlers and chimpanzees have opinions about it — has been far from simple when it comes to global climate change negotiations. As COP26 begins in Glasgow on Sunday, the pressure is on to move past old stalling tactics.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsWave of Black studies programs at Canadian universities a long time coming, scholars say
Ryerson University announced last week that it would offer a Black studies minor to students as of Fall 2022, and similar programs are in the works at other universities. Scholars say that decades of work have led to this wave of curriculums focused on the Black experience.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCanada is underestimating carbon emissions from forestry sector, environmental groups allege
The forestry sector is a significant source of Canada's carbon emissions, but that's not always apparent because of the way we count those emissions, four environmental organizations argue in a new report.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsSaturday, 30 October 2021
Organizer of fully vaccinated Ontario hockey league where COVID-19 outbreak hit looks for answers
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'Listening to Manitobans:' A profile of Manitoba's next premier Heather Stefanson
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Baldwin speaks publicly for 1st time since fatally shooting cinematographer, calling her a friend
Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of Rust, calling her a friend and saying he is in "constant contact" with her grieving family.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsAfter a century of silence, historic bells will ring again at Halifax City Hall
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Number of Canadians reporting religious affiliations at all-time low: StatCan
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On Alberta's dryland farms, reflections on a devastating year and an eye to what's next
Snow fell on devastated dryland farms in southern Alberta on Friday. It was welcome moisture after a summer of extremely challenging weather conditions. But on Alberta's dryland farms, farmers say they're unsure if they could take another year like this one.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFully vaccinated Canadians won't need COVID-19 test to cross U.S. land border: congressman
U.S. Representative Brian Higgins said Saturday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection had confirmed to his office that fully vaccinated travellers entering the United States from Canada would not need to provide a negative COVID-19 test, as of Nov. 8.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsIncreasing conflict in Afghanistan related to ongoing climate change, experts say
Afghanistan has been wracked by decades of war and occupation. But former climate negotiator Samim Hoshmand says you cannot talk about the situation in Afghanistan without talking about the role climate change has played in making a bad situation worse.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsUniversity VP has extra security on campus after showing solidarity with Indigenous struggle
In July, linda manyguns, the associate vice-president of indigenization and decolonization at Mount Royal University, announced she would be using only lower-case letters for her name, in addition to not using capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition. Then the hate mail came.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCanada's new housing minister faces complex, cross-jurisdictional challenges
Ahmed Hussen, Canada's new housing minister, faces a series of complex challenges that cross jurisdictional lines as he attempts to tackle this country's housing crisis.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsYouth are 'wired' to push for change, researcher says about why they're climate choice influencers
Youth "are literally wired to challenge the status quo," which is why they tend to be at the forefront of movements like the fight against climate change, says a University of Waterloo researcher. Shakti Ramkumar is among young people driving change and will join other Canadians at the Glasgow climate change summit.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFriday, 29 October 2021
NHL won’t discipline Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff will not face any disciplinary action by the NHL for the Chicago team's mishandling of sexual assault allegations against a former assistant coach.
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