Category Archives: Canada

The misogynist incel movement is spreading. Should it be classified as a terror threat?

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Violence linked to the ideology has killed as many as 50 people in the US and Canada and sparked debate among counterterrorism experts and police

As attacks linked to the misogynist “incel” movement mounted in recent years, authorities around the world have begun to treat the ideology as a more serious terrorism threat.

Since 2014, men who call themselves “involuntary celibates” and blame women for their own lack of sexual and social status have carried out mass killings in California, Florida, and Toronto.

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Canada’s top newspaper group gambles on casino app to help fund journalism

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Torstar, which owns more than 70 papers, to launch gaming app to ‘support the growth and expansion of quality journalism’

As advertising revenues dry up and the outlook for print newspapers looks increasingly bleak, publishers around the world are constantly hunting for new and innovative ways to fund costly journalism.

Related: Why Toronto is taking action against a carpenter amid its homelessness crisis

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Why Toronto is taking action against a carpenter amid its homelessness crisis

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After a tragedy where a man was killed by a fire in a tiny home, the city has blamed the man who built the structures

For the thousands of homeless people who live in Toronto, winter represents the most challenging and dangerous season. Heavy snowfall crushes tents and cold rains leak through them, damaging belongings and soaking sleeping pads.

When Khaleel Seivwright surveyed the city’s housing crisis last autumn, he hoped that his background in carpentry could be of some help. Within weeks, his tiny wooden houses began appearing in city parks.

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Happy ‘farmily’: portraits of people and their animals – in pictures

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Photographer Tasha Hall creates what she calls ‘farmily’ portraits – featuring families and their animals. Hall, from British Columbia in Canada, says she got the idea after wanting to include all her furry friends in a family portrait. She now travels the world capturing other families with their livestock and pets

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Canada pension fund CEO resigns after flying to Dubai for Covid vaccine

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Mark Machin steps down from position after traveling for first dose of vaccine while most Canadians wait to receive their first jab

The head of Canada’s largest pension fund has resigned after disregarding public health advice and travelling to Dubai for a dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced on Friday that its CEO, Mark Machin, had stepped down from his position, after the Wall Street Journal first reported Machin’s trip late on Thursday.

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Canada spy agency unwittingly seeks double agent in Le Carré ad gaffe

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CSIS included quote from A Perfect Spy in tweet about job postings, bewildering Twitter users

For an intelligence agency seeking new recruits, the promises of adventure and intrigue found within the pages of famous spy novels might seem like a useful recruiting tool.

But promoting a double agent who lies to his family, betrays his country and ultimately takes his own life, is possibly not a strategy that will produce the best candidates.

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Canada’s Covid plan under fire as air passengers evade hotel quarantine

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Some arriving passengers are dodging mandatory three-night hotel stay while claims of sexual assault tarnish health plan

Less than a week after the introduction of new rules obliging international air travellers to quarantine at a hotel on arrival in Canada, the plan is facing criticism after allegations of sexual assault and reports that some passengers are ignoring the rules.

Amid growing concern that international travellers could pose a risk of spreading variants of the coronavirus, Canada began requiring anyone arriving from abroad to isolate at a hotel for up to three nights, beginning Monday.

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‘My butter seems harder’: spread sparks furore over Canada’s dairy industry

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Canadians voice suspicions over palm oil, raising questions over transparency in a powerful industry

It began with an innocent question on Twitter: was butter in Canada becoming more difficult to spread?

“My butter just seemed harder. It was during a very hot period and I noticed it wasn’t behaving right,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University who posted the tweet. “But I thought I was the only one experiencing this.”

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Justin Trudeau says US leadership has been ‘sorely missed’ during first meeting with Biden

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Canadian PM congratulates US president on rejoining Paris accord, saying ‘it’s nice when the Americans are not pulling out all the references to climate change’


Justin Trudeau has praised Joe Biden for rejoining the Paris climate accord during their first bilateral meeting, saying: “US leadership has been sorely missed over the past years.”

The Canadian prime minister added: “And I have to say as we were preparing the joint rollout of the communique on this, it’s nice when the Americans are not pulling out all the references to climate change and instead adding them in.”

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Joe Biden to meet Justin Trudeau of Canada after Keystone pipeline order

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  • Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era
  • Oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture

Joe Biden will hold his first bilateral meeting with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, on Tuesday, the White House said on Saturday.

Related: Alberta leader says Biden's move to cancel Keystone pipeline a 'gut punch’

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Majority of Canadians think royal family ‘no longer relevant’

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Tumultuous exit of Canada’s governor general prompts questioning of role and monarchy

The tumultuous exit of Canada’s governor general has left Canadians questioning the need for a constitutional monarchy, according to new polling which shows that 55% of respondents believe the royal family is no longer relevant.

In Canada, the governor general is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. The role has long been seen as largely ceremonial, but moved to the political centre stage last month when Julie Payette stepped down from her position amid allegations of bullying and harassment of staff.

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China lashes out at Canada for signing declaration against arbitrary detention

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Statement made no mention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor but Canada has tried to build global support to secure their release

China has lashed out against Canada for signing a declaration denouncing the arbitrary detention of foreign citizens, describing the move as a “despicable and hypocritical act” as relations between the two countries remain tense.

Earlier this week, Canada and 57 other nations, including the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden, jointly signed a declaration condemning the use of arbitrary detention for political purposes.

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Canada military trumpets diversity … with picture of eight white men

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The new chief of defence staff has apologised after his message of ‘diversity, inclusion and culture change’ missed the mark

Institutions around the world are keenly aware that it is important not only to increase diversity and inclusion – but to do so in a transparent and public way.

Related: Canada designates Proud Boys as terrorist organization beside Isis and al-Qaida

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Huawei to seek UK court order to access HSBC records in bid to clear CFO

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Chinese company turns to UK high court in attempt to stop extradition of Meng Wanzhou from Canada to the US

Huawei’s battle to prevent the extradition of its chief financial officer from Canada to the US will open a new front at the British high court on Friday when the Chinese telecoms giant seeks an application to access records from inside HSBC in a bid to prove that she did not mislead the bank.

The future of Meng Wanzhou has become a major three-way point of diplomatic and legal tension between China, Canada and the US since she was arrested at Vancouver airport in December 2018.

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Police killed baby when shooting at father’s truck, Canada watchdog finds

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Ontario’s special investigations unit concludes gunfire was cause of one-year-old’s death in Kawartha Lakes

Nearly three months after an armed confrontation in rural Canada, a police watchdog has concluded that a police bullet killed a one-year-old baby when officers opened fire on his father’s truck.

In its first public finding on Thursday, Ontario’s special investigations unit said that a review of evidence indicated police gunfire was the cause of the child’s death on 26 November.

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‘This land feeds our souls’: the battle to save the Rockies from big coal

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Growing opposition to the lifting of mining protections in Alberta has forced the Canadian province to backtrack

To the east of the Bluebird Valley ranch, the grasslands of the Canadian prairies extend beyond the horizon. To the west, the fields rise, and then sharply erupt into the Rocky Mountains.

Cattle graze the 3,600 hectares (9,000 acres) of the Bluebird, an hour south-west of Calgary, and on hot summer days rancher Jolayne Gardner’s children jump into the chilly waters of a creek that threads the rolling hills.

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‘We’re double-dipping’: Trudeau pressured to speed vaccine distribution amid Covax backlash

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Government faces accusations it is taking Covid-fighting supplies intended for developing countries

Justin Trudeau is facing growing pressure to speed up Canada’s sluggish distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, as the country fends off accusations that it is taking supplies of the drug meant for developing countries.

The federal government drew sharp criticism last week when it announced that it would draw on Covax, a mechanism created to fairly distribute Covid-19 around the world, for its supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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Canadian museum’s ancient carving is one I made earlier, says local artist

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A stone figure found on a beach was probably by a Lekwungen people artefact, the Royal British Columbia Museum said, but Ray Boudreau begged to differ

Early one morning last summer, walkers on a beach in western Canada spotted an oblong stone figure resting on the sand.

Weighing nearly 100kg, it bore a face with exaggerated features – a bulging eye, contorted nose and lips – and was covered in a thin layer of seaweed and algae.

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Gout drug could reduce Covid hospital stays, new research finds

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Colchicine also found to reduce need for extra oxygen and has potential to be used in outpatient settings

A cheap drug normally used to treat gout has been found to have the potential to significantly reduce hospital stays among Covid-19 patients and the need for extra oxygen.

The results of new research into colchicine conducted in Brazil come after an international trial published on Wednesday found that it reduced hospitalisations and deaths among Covid-19 patients by more than 20%.

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Canada takes Covid vaccines from Covax scheme despite side deals

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Country has already set up direct deals but is entitled to receive jabs from programme for poorer countries

Canada is set to receive a significant haul of vaccines over the next months through a platform designed to maximise supply to poor countries, according to a new forecast, despite reserving the most doses-per-person in the world through direct deals with pharmaceutical companies.

Chile and New Zealand, which have also made controversial side deals to secure their own vaccine supplies, will also receive above-average numbers of doses, according to the interim allocation schedule released by Covax on Wednesday.

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