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LISTEN | The legacy of Agent Orange: The Sunday Magazine23:3060 years on, veterans are still fighting for recognition over Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown Gary Goode remembers digging foxholes and crawling through thick brush nearly 60 years ago at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. The landscape in his mind remains …
Read More »U.S. orange juice shipments plummet as Canadians find Florida OJ hard to swallow
Feeling a little squeezed in the orange juice aisle? Between the climbing cost for a carton of fresh-squeezed juice, steep counter-tariffs on U.S. juices like Tropicana, and now plummeting U.S. shipments, you might worry this breakfast staple is in danger of becoming a luxury good. But industry and business experts say …
Read More »This orange lobster might not look that rare — but it’s 1 in 30 million
Until last week, fishmonger Yvon Jalbert had never seen an orange lobster in his 40-year career. “It’s pretty rare. We’ve had yellow, we’ve had blue, but never orange,” said Jalbert, director of the fish market at Les Pêcheries Gaspésiennes de Rivière-au-Renard in Gaspé, Que. To the untrained eye, the crustacean caught in …
Read More »Memorials, ceremonies and activities planned across Manitoba to mark Orange Shirt Day
Manitoba first established Sept. 30 as a provincial statutory holiday last year, and a number of events are taking place in recognition of Orange Shirt Day 2024. News Source link
Read More »Bills to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and Louis Riel passes final vote in Manitoba – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A bill to make Orange Shirt Day a statutory holiday in Manitoba has passed its final vote in the legislature. The bill will ensure that workers under provincial jurisdiction get every Sept. 30 off, or holiday pay if they work. The day, …
Read More »Manitoba NDP says it would make Orange Shirt Day a statutory holiday if elected – Winnipeg
Manitoba New Democrats are promising to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province next year if they win Tuesday’s election. Leader Wab Kinew says Manitobans should be able to participate, if they choose, in honouring and commemorating residential school survivors and the children …
Read More »Old bridge to Alberni Indian Residential School repainted orange in memory of school’s painful past
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A portion of an old bridge that crosses the Somass River on Central Vancouver Island has been returned to its original orange colour in time for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday in honour of residential school survivors and those who did …
Read More »Where you buy your orange shirt matters — here’s why
On Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, many people wear an orange shirt as an act of solidarity. It’s an acknowledgement of the ongoing harms of residential schools to Indigenous peoples as they continue to heal. But some say knowing where you’re buying the shirts from is as …
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