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A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges Toronto violated refugee claimants’ Charter rights by denying them access to shelter beds for nearly a year.
June 4, 2025 - 16:23 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges Toronto violated refugee claimants’ Charter rights by denying them access to shelter beds for nearly a year.
June 4, 2025 - 16:23 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
The Ottawa Police Service has issued photographs of two individuals it alleges were involved in a distraction theft in mid-May. Read More
June 4, 2025 - 16:20 | Gord Holder, Postmedia | Ottawa Citizen
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government has passed its contentious legislation known as Bill 5, which gives the province sweeping powers to speed up mining or other development projects but has faced widespread backlash from First Nations and environmentalists.The bill, which would create “special economic zones” that give the government power to suspend any provincial or municipal bylaw for chosen projects, has been sharply criticized by Indigenous groups who accuse the government of trampling on their treaty rights and failing to consult them.
June 4, 2025 - 16:19 | Laura Stone, Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
Judith Copithorne’s career in experimental literary arts began with her contributing to underground magazines and slinging prints at bohemian arts markets in Vancouver. A curious young man once purchased one of Ms. Copithorne’s “far out” visual poems, only for him to return with his disapproving mother to demand his money back. What so offended this young man’s mother? Likely Ms. Copithorne’s psychedelic aesthetic that resonated with the spirited idealism and anti-establishment politics of the Sixties counterculture. Judith Alexandra Copithorne, who died on May 15 at the age of 85, was a...
June 4, 2025 - 16:17 | Eric Schmaltz | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he’s surprised by criticism of plans for a large memorial event this month to honour victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack, which a Filipino advocacy group says was arranged without proper consultation.Filipino BC says it wasn’t told in advance about a vote approving the event by the city council on Tuesday, and the city should be prioritizing emergency recovery funding for those affected by the April 26 tragedy in which 11 people were killed and dozens hurt.
June 4, 2025 - 16:09 | Nono Shen | The Globe and Mail
