Canada

Queen statues toppled amid outrage over unmarked graves of Indigenous children

Jul 04, 2021 20:11

A group of demonstrators gathered at the Manitoba legislature on July 1st as the country marked Canada Day, and pulled down a statue of Queen Victoria.
Village in Canada destroyed in wildfires caused by record heat

Jul 02, 2021 15:03

A series of wildfires that have been ravaging the Canadian province of British Columbia for several days now due to abnormally high temperatures have mostly destroyed the village of Lytton, local authorities say.
Canada Day muted as country reckons with treatment of indigenous, other minorities

Jul 02, 2021 07:51

Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations on Thursday after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.
Canada: Two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserves destroyed by fire

Jul 01, 2021 19:32

Two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserves in western Canada have been destroyed by fires that investigators are once again treating as suspicious.
480 plus sudden deaths reported as heat wave hits Canada

Jul 01, 2021 13:43

At least 486 sudden deaths have been reported in Canada’s British Columbia since Friday, in what seems to be related to a record-breaking heat wave sweeping the province.
Nearly 200 bodies found near another former residential school in Canada

Jul 01, 2021 11:15

A Canadian indigenous group has discovered nearly 200 unmarked graves on the grounds of another former residential school in Canada’s Saskatchewan, shortly after the discovery of a mass grave of First Nation children shook the country and reignited the debate over the horrific abuses against indigenous people.
Islamophobia: Four years after Finsbury Park attack, Canada deaths show threat undiminished

Jun 30, 2021 16:58

Muslims around the world will never be safe until the issue of Islamophobia is taken seriously and tackled head-on.
Scores dead as record-breaking heat wave grips Canada, US

Jun 30, 2021 13:49

Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific Northwest.
Heatwave in western US, Canada sends temperatures soaring to record highs

Jun 28, 2021 14:36

A "heat dome" over western Canada and the US Pacific northwest sent temperatures soaring to new highs, triggering heat warnings from Oregon to Canada's Arctic territories on Sunday.
Over 130 groups urge Canada to halt 'prejudiced targeting' of Muslim charities

Jun 26, 2021 15:41

More than 130 Canadian civil society groups, charities and Muslim institutions have called for a probe into what they describe as “Islamophobic” tax audits that unfairly target Muslim charities.