Finance Minister Katrine Conroy says that British Columbia is the first province in Canada to cover birth control pills with a prescription According to the provincial budget that was released on Tuesday, B.C. will be the first place in Canada to make all prescription contraception free for all residents starting on April 1. With $119…
Canada joins the U.S. and EU in saying that government-owned devices can’t have apps One of the hottest things on TikTok at the moment seems to be Western governments are banning the very popular app from their employees’ phones and looking into how it gathers information. This week, Canada joined the U.S. and the European…
Algonquins of Ontario and Taggart Group say that after the derecho, trees need to be cleaned up The people who want to make Tewin a suburb of Ottawa say they have been clearing brush and trees downed by last year’s wind storm from a piece of land just outside the city limits, but aerial photos…
The ethics board has already found that officers did not conduct a thorough investigation and abused their power Two police officers from the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau have been suspended for arresting Radio-Canada journalist Antoine Trépanier in 2018 while he was looking into a source for a story. Benoit McMahon, an…
Since the Overbrook apartment building burned down, Chantal Wade is offering a reward for the return of two cats A person who lived in an apartment building that burned down last week in Ottawa’s Overbrook neighborhood is desperate to find two cats that have been missing since the fire. Before the fire on February 21,…
39% of people polled by Angus Reid are against the idea A new Angus Reid poll shows that 39% of people still strongly disagree with paying for health care, while the rest either support privatization or are cautiously interested in the idea. Early in February, a non-profit organization polled just over 2,000 Canadians and found…
In 1923, the famous magician was hanged with a straitjacket around his neck outside the Vancouver Sun Harry Houdini, a famous magician from all over the world, came to Vancouver 100 years ago to do a daring trick: he freed himself from a straitjacket while hanging upside down in front of thousands of people. On…
The GTAA says that it will put “hard limits” on the number of flights that come through the airport Before March Break and the summer travel season, Toronto’s Pearson Airport will put a “hard limit” on the number of flights arriving or departing during peak times. The airport is run by the Greater Toronto Airports…
Up to 22 people can stay at Maison Akhwà:tsire 22 Indigenous people who have been living on the streets in downtown Montreal will now have access to subsidized permanent housing. Monday afternoon, the Maison Akhwà:tsire, which means “family” in Kanien’kéha, officially opened its doors. The house has been being built by Projets Autochtones du Québec…
No council member’s motion to talk about asking for change got a second The Prescott, Ontario, town council didn’t even discuss a motion to ask the Ontario government to stop making elected officials take an oath of allegiance to King Charles III. They didn’t even vote on it. The motion, which was brought up by…