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After Monday’s emergency debate in Parliament about the killings of six First Nations people by police over a two-week span, an NDP MP says the time for talking is over. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said she thought there were some productive ideas brought forward in the debate including better training in de-escalation for RCMP and more cultural competency,…
A New Democrat MP urged the House of Commons to put politics aside and find immediate policy solutions on Monday night, as legislators held an emergency debate following six incidents in just two weeks where First Nations people were killed by police. The first day of the fall parliamentary session saw MPs sit until midnight in Ottawa,…
The documentary Russians at War will play at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Lightbox on Tuesday, after the festival suspended showings earlier this week due to security concerns. The first-person documentary by Russian Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova spurred protests from Ukrainian officials and community groups who say the film amounts to propaganda. In a…
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over dwindling old-growth forests on an island off British Columbia’s South Coast — and a new report backs up their concerns. B.C.’s Forest Practices Board says without improvements to how forests on Quadra Island are managed, the remaining old growth there may not survive. The board’s investigation started after the…
Despite facing heavy pressure to ramp up military spending, the Department of National Defence (DND) has slow-rolled one of the least complex of its vehicle replacement programs. The light utility vehicle program has been on the books for several years. Its purpose is to update the military’s fleet of two-decade-old Afghan war-era Mercedes G-Wagons and civilian-grade utility…
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says that the city needs 300 photo radars to calm traffic, particularly in school zones, but she is disappointed with the Quebec government’s plan to purchase only 250 for the entire province. At a Wednesday news conference, Plante urged Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault to allocate more photo radars to Montreal. These devices can…
