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Ontario safety advocates say they have research that suggests large SUVs and pickup trucks cause more pedestrian and cycling deaths than other vehicles, and they’re calling on the province’s chief coroner to investigate the problem.  In 2015, Jessica Spieker was riding her bicycle on a Toronto street when she was struck by a …

WARNING: This article contains details of suicide and abuse. Advocates for victims of domestic abuse are calling for the termination of a B.C. radio host over his comments on the suicide of a New York woman who said she was abused by her husband before her death.  Mandeep Kaur died by suicide …

There are growing calls to outlaw non-disclosure agreements across the country as Hockey Canada and other sports organizations reel from sexual assault scandals, including some that led to multi-million dollar payouts to keep details about the incidents secret. Non-disclosure agreements can prohibit sexual assault complainants from speaking publicly about their allegations in …

In June 2021, the Calgary Herald published an opinion piece that criticized the provincial government for, in the views of the authors, failing to deliver on promised revisions to Alberta’s laws around vaping. “A cascade of inaction characterizes Alberta’s approach to preventing young people from vaping and becoming smokers — just …

A plan to hire non-accredited interpreters to address chronic short staffing among federal interpreters in Ottawa is raising concerns about the quality of bilingualism on Parliament Hill. Interpreters who orally translate from English to French and vice versa help both parliamentarians and members of the public follow and participate in …

A delay in getting a report to city council is the latest disappointment following years of slow progress on the legalization of rooming houses throughout Toronto, housing advocates say. According to an update going to the Planning and Housing committee on Tuesday, a report on how to best regulate multi-tenant housing …

Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz has yet to decide if she’ll attend any of the events planned during the visit by Pope Francis to Canada at the end of the month. “If I do go, I would like to have a word with the Pope,” said Korkmaz, who is Cree from …

It took Olha Kinash about a month to get used to planes flying overhead again. Kinash was in Kyiv when Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began bombarding the nation’s capital. She and her family fled as fast as they could, settling in Ottawa in late April. She’s now one of several people voicing concerns about …

Transgender advocates across Canada are calling out national airline WestJet for not allowing people to choose X as a gender, instead of male or female, when booking flights. They say WestJet is violating their human rights. “It is a legal gender marker in our laws, it’s a violation of the Charter [of Rights …

A hearing in Regina that could label an Indigenous man a dangerous offender and possibly imprison him indefinitely wraps up next week.  Ryan Saulteaux, 45, from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, has been on remand since 2013 and will be representing himself at the hearing.  Advocates say Saulteaux’s case illustrates a …