Great Lakes Cultural Camps organization offers the program For high school students like Julia Parenteau, learning during a global pandemic was a challenge. “I am so used to learning, being in a classroom, but as a high school student, I find it very stressful. It’s not that fun. I wake up in the morning and I don’t want to go to school,” said Parenteau, who will start Grade 10 in the fall at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School in Sudbury, Ont. But this month, Parenteau has participated in an IndigenousRead more

‘We are going to be leaders in this safe sport,’ says Earl Cochrane Canada Soccer’s secretary general Earl Cochrane didn’t mince his words while reacting to a 125-page report completed by McLaren Global Sport Solutions, highlighting systemic issues relating to the culture and governance within the national sport organization 14 years ago. The report was commissioned by Canada Soccer. Cochrane says he understands fully what’s at stake moving forward when there are gaps in the organization’s framework. “Everything we’re talking about involves real people and real lives. All of the decisions and mistakesRead more

Despite flat growth, central bank expected to keep raising rates to get inflation under control Canada’s economy didn’t expand at all in May, the second month of the year that its failed to eke out any gains, Statistics Canada said Friday. The data agency said that a slight uptick in the service sector wasn’t enough to offset a decline in goods-producing industries, so the total value of all economic output during the month was essentially unchanged from what it was a month earlier. The flat showing was actually better thanRead more

Pope’s statement were ‘just words,’ meant ‘absolutely nothing’ to some While survivors are at the forefront of the papal visit to Canada, intergenerational survivors and Indigenous youth have their thoughts on the apology he offered earlier this week, too. Many survivors spoke about the intergenerational impact of residential schools during the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit earlier this year. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s findings also showed the schools left effects even among those who never crossed their thresholds. Destiny Thomas, 29, from Pelican Lake First Nation in north-central Saskatchewan, saysRead more

‘I guess if it really came to it, I’d likely rent out my house,’ says city’s acting CAO A widespread doctor shortage on P.E.I. coupled with the Island’s housing crisis left one city appealing on social media for the public’s help to find accommodations for a locum doctor. “It seems as though we’re more reliant on locums now than we’ve ever been,” said Dr. Tyler McDonell, medical director at the Prince County Hospital in Summerside, the province’s second largest city. “But I don’t think that’s unique to PCH. I thinkRead more

Great Lakes Cultural Camps organization offers the program For high school students like Julia Parenteau, learning during a global pandemic was a challenge. “I am so used to learning, being in a classroom, but as a high school student, I find it very stressful. It’s not that fun. I wake up in the morning and I don’t want to go to school,” said Parenteau, who will start Grade 10 in the fall at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School in Sudbury, Ont. But this month, Parenteau has participated in an IndigenousRead more

‘We are going to be leaders in this safe sport,’ says Earl Cochrane Warning: This story contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers Canada Soccer’s secretary general Earl Cochrane didn’t mince his words while reacting to a 125-page report completed by McLaren Global Sport Solutions, highlighting systemic issues relating to the culture and governance within the national sport organization 14 years ago. The report was commissioned by Canada Soccer. Cochrane says he understands fully what’s at stake moving forward when there are gaps in the organization’s framework. “Everything we’re talkingRead more

Court fights over cats and dogs can cost tens of thousands of dollars and end in heartbreak for one side When Kate Peterson and her girlfriend broke up in 2019, she assumed their cat, Penny, would leave with her. After all, she was the only one who had signed the adoption papers two years earlier. “My ex had a lot of cats growing up and was like, ‘This is your cat. You get to pick her out. You get to make the final decision. You get to name her,’ ” Peterson said.Read more

All fatal crashes this year happened on dry days between noon and 4 p.m. Police have a strong message for motorcyclists heading out for a joyride this long weekend: Make safety a priority. The directive comes as the Ontario Provincial Police West Region says there has been a “dramatic increase” in deaths this year compared to 2021. “We have a problem with deadly consequences,” said OPP Insp. Shawn Johnson of the West Region’s traffic and marine unit. “The last thing I want this weekend, being a holiday weekend, is to haveRead more

In practice, populism often seems more bent on finding scapegoats than offering solutions Stephen Harper has said the Conservative government he led from 2006 to 2015 practiced what he calls “populist conservatism.” A Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre — endorsed by Harper this week — will fully embrace that description. One can only speculate about why the former prime minister decided to take the unusual step of endorsing a candidate in the current leadership race — and why he chose to do so now. Maybe the Poilievre campaign has some reason toRead more