Canada

Record-breaking heat waves have arrived decades earlier than predicted

Jul 30, 2021 14:01

The heat waves of 2021, which have pummeled western regions of the United States and Canada, have killed, at a minimum, hundreds of people.
US intervenes in ousted Saudi spymaster’s case in Canada to protect national interests

Jul 29, 2021 02:14

The United States is intervening in a court case related to an ousted Saudi spymaster, citing protection of its national interests.
Western US and Canada brace for another heatwave as wildfires spread

Jul 17, 2021 03:13

The raging wildfires are stoked by a wave of exceptional temperatures across the US' western region combined with a prolonged drought that has desiccated vegetation. The US' west has grown warmer and drier in recent decades as a result of the climate crisis, accelerating the fires and making the job of controlling them more difficult.
Another shocking discovery: 160+ more unmarked graves unearthed in Canada

Jul 13, 2021 11:47

Indigenous people in Canada have discovered 160 more "undocumented and unmarked" graves in British Columbia's Southern Gulf Islands.
Islamophobia: Why is Canada unfairly targeting Muslim charities?

Jul 09, 2021 14:51

Recent studies suggest that the Canada Revenue Agency has been singling out Muslim charities for review.
Native children didn’t ‘lose’ their lives at residential schools. Their lives were stolen

Jul 08, 2021 10:46

Published in 2015, the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) estimated that 4,100 named and unnamed students died in Canada’s residential schools.
Canadian inferno: Northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models

Jul 05, 2021 14:06

Johan Rockström, the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said the recent extreme weather anomalies in British Columbia were not represented in global computer models that are used to project how the world might change with more emissions.
'Horrifying': Record-breaking Northwest Heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths

Jul 05, 2021 13:49

The record-shattering heatwave currently scorching the Pacific Northwest has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the region with British Columbia alone reporting at least 486 "sudden and unexpected" fatalities.
Canada's indigenous genocide is ongoing

Jul 05, 2021 13:38

The founding of these two North American neighboring countries, Canada and the US has everything to do with genocide and erasure of Indigenous presence — as well as erasure of the horrors committed by white supremacist authorities in government, police, religious institutions and educational systems.
Queen statues toppled amid outrage over unmarked graves of Indigenous children

Jul 04, 2021 15:41

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.