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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Three First Nations men from Saskatchewan who served in the Canadian Armed Forces say National Indigenous Veterans Day on Nov. 8 is a time to reflect. Mahekan …
Read More »‘We’re losing our children’: Nunavummiut reflect on triple tragedy in Pond Inlet
WARNING: This story discusses suicide. Verna Strickland was preparing for a wedding just a week before she lost a young relative to suicide. “[He] and his friend were up the ladder, putting up balloons and having fun as if nothing was happening in their mind,” Strickland said. The 13-year-old boy …
Read More »Manitoba cabinet ministers reflect on 10-year anniversary of Tina Fontaine murder
Saturday will mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of a girl from the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, and two provincial cabinet ministers say her legacy shines through in the efforts across the country to take on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Tina …
Read More »Does an olive oil shortage reflect bigger risks to Canada’s food supply chain? – National
For the last nine months, Emilio Pulla has been checking for weather updates in Italy. The reason Pulla, a Toronto-based wholesaler, is hoping for rain halfway across the world is that the lack of it — and the resulting hit to olive trees, and their buds — has been hurting …
Read More »The Bank of Canada’s rate decision will reflect inflation’s difficult ‘last mile’ – National
As the Bank of Canada prepares to make its first interest rate decision of the year on Wednesday, economists say headwinds in the “last mile” of the inflation fight will serve as a final hurdle before rate cuts can begin. Inflation has cooled significantly from highs of 8.1 per cent …
Read More »Canadian cities warn fiscal update ‘does not reflect’ scale of housing need
The plan from Ottawa on housing in its fall economic statement “does not reflect” the scale of need to address the housing crisis, Canadian cities say. Scott Pearce, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), said the federal government’s fiscal update takes “some steps to improve housing affordability,” but lacks …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Stars asking to leave doesn’t reflect on Winnipeg as an NHL city – Winnipeg
The city of Winnipeg seems to have taken a few body blows over the last week or so. While it’s nothing the city can’t handle, it is certainly a solid one-two combination that’s backed its hockey team up to the ropes. Over the last many decades, Winnipeg having to defend …
Read More »In Fiona’s wake, politicians reflect on Canadians’ kindness after natural disasters
Brad Vis has learned a lot about how to help after watching fire, flooding and landslides destroy parts of the communities he represents. The Conservative MP for the riding of Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon in British Columbia chokes up when he thinks about the struggle to support people who have lost everything. “There …
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