Trudeau says unvaccinated tourists can’t travel to Canada for “quite a while”

Canada’s prime minister says the next phase of border reopening will pertain to vaccinated travellers, but unvaccinated travellers will have to wait. In response to a...

Government of Canada launches Jobs and Growth Fund to create jobs and foster economic activity in Canada’s communities

Applications can now be submitted for new fund supporting clean, inclusive recovery and long-term economic growth As Canada works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

Reconciliation and Residential Schools: Canadians need new stories to face a future better than what we inherited

Indigenous leaders have advised Canadians to brace themselves for findings of more unmarked graves of children on the sites of former Indian Residential Schools. Speaking of...

Federal government launches Tourism Relief Fund to help tourism businesses and organizations recover and grow

In March 2020, tourism came to a screeching halt as public safety measures kept most Canadians home and international borders closed. Now that vaccination efforts are...

Honour those found at residential schools by respecting the human rights of First Nations children today

Meet Rumble, Canada’s new ‘free speech’ platform — and its impact on the fight against online misinformation

On June 23, the Canadian government tabled a bill that would expand existing hate speech policy to better address online hate speech. Over the coming weeks,...

Minister Ng meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts and stakeholders in Mexico City during CUSMA trip

The strong trilateral trade relationship between Canada, the United States and Mexico has contributed to economic growth and prosperity in all three countries and will continue...

Minister Bibeau re-opens the Local Food Infrastructure Fund with over double the funding this year for projects to improve food security in communities across Canada

Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced a top-up of $10 million for the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, which will re-open...

‘Return to normal’ travel and research may bring hazards to northern, Indigenous communities

Throughout the pandemic, many have longed for a “return to normal.” When the threat of COVID-19 subsides, we look forward to resuming our research and travel...

Environmental racism: New study investigates whether Nova Scotia dump boosted cancer rates in nearby Black community

In the 1940s, the town of Shelburne, N.S., became home to a new garbage dump. Residential, industrial and medical waste from throughout eastern Shelburne County was...