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The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combatting systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach.The federal government first offered $6.64-million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the money was aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system by promoting the use of race and cultural assessments before sentencing.
September 2, 2025 - 07:19 | Miriam Lafontaine | The Globe and Mail
“You can’t be experimenting on dogs. They’re part of our families. Or cats. Go with mice, go with rats, no problem,” Doug Ford said recently as he announced his intention to ban most research on dogs and cats in the province. The Ontario Premier was reacting to a report by the Investigative Journalism Bureau that beagles were being used in a medical research study at the Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ont.
September 2, 2025 - 07:00 | André Picard | The Globe and Mail
Greater Toronto commuters are likely bracing for traffic and transit congestion to worsen over the coming months as a number of major employers get ready to increase in-office days.Even before return-to-office mandates take effect, experts say vehicle traffic in the city is at a tipping point, while delays, construction and public safety concerns plague the public transit system.
September 2, 2025 - 06:48 | Daniel Johnson | The Globe and Mail
The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach.
September 2, 2025 - 06:45 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating a home invasion at a local inn in Renfrew.
September 2, 2025 - 06:39 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
At around 4 a.m. on June 9, Osama Jamal Shalah stepped outside his shelter in Al-Mawasi, a narrow strip of what was once quiet farmland on the edge of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, now blanketed with tents. Covering just 3 percent of the occupied territory, it has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians.
Along with dozens of other men, Shalah walked in silence and dread. His destination was an aid distribution point in Rafah, in the far south of Gaza, run by the Israeli-approved, US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). He has made this trek more than...
September 2, 2025 - 06:30 | Ghada Abdulfattah | Walrus
