‘No joke’: Ottawa to give Ukraine $4 million to fund gender-inclusive demining …The phrase ‘gender-transformative mine action’ proved the biggest stumbling block online, with some on X wondering if landmines themselves had a gender…. Oh yes, this is now a thing and our Federal Government has taken $4 million out of your pockets and my … Read more
Tiny homes project benefiting students and Indigenous communities For Grade 12 Hammarskjold High School student Hunter Ritch, the program that he’s been involved with for the last couple of years hits close to home. Ritch – who is from Eabametoong First Nation – is part of KZ Lodge, which is an Indigenous skilled trades training program … Read more
“We have work to do”: Fiddler Officials from the federal government and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) gathered in Ottawa on Jan. 24 to discuss the ongoing suicide crisis that has gripped youth in First Nations across the province and the country. Chiefs from NAN-represented First Nations were all in attendance. Four federal ministers were also … Read more
Lakehead University Student Union slams cap on student visas The president of the student union at Lakehead University is speaking out against the federal government’s decision to cap the number of international student visas it issues. The move, announced Monday, means Ontario will have to cut its intake of foreign students in half for at … Read more
Trudeau’s Orwellian Attack On Canadian Truckers Declared Unconstitutional Canada’s Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act in 2022 to punish protesting truckers was both unreasonable and unconstitutional. “I have concluded that the decision to issue the Proclamation does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility … Read more
In order to solve the affordable housing crisis in Canada, the government needs to get the speculators and investors out of the housing market. Its impossible for first time home buyers to compete against investor groups looking to make a better financial return than they can get from banks or stocks. Speculators drive up … Read more
Canada lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035 The end of the road is coming for gas−powered vehicles in Canada. New regulations being published this week by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will effectively end the sale of new passenger vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel in 2035. Guilbeault … Read more
Police chief says officers did a good job in search for Mackenzie Moonias Police Chief Darcy Fleury says the tragic death of a 14-year-old youth from Neskantaga First Nation will be investigated “to its fullest.” The body of Mackenzie (Nathan) Moonias was found Monday in the water at Marina Park. The missing student from Matawa Education … Read more
Can Canada mine enough minerals to feed the EV revolution? Canada has much catching up to do on the mining front to meet the federal government’s electric vehicle (EV) targets. There needs to be “massive and rapid expansion” of mining and metal refining in short order to meet Ottawa’s mandated demand that all new passenger … Read more
Hmmmmm….interesting Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? The Fifth Estate does a very deep dive into the question of Buffy Sainte- Marie’s Canadian Indigenous heritage. Turns out that her birth record said Beverly Jean Santamaria, who started going by the name Buffy Sainte-Marie early in her music career, was born in 1941 in Stoneham, … Read more