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Tuesday September 30, 2020 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends As October unfolds, so does a local campaign in Langford to help promote businesses in the bustling, business-oriented west shore municipality. The official October 1 launch date of the business directory portal at www.tasteoflangford.com has arrived. The City of Langford has u…
For weeks now Ottawa has promised a replacement for its much-maligned rent subsidy program but as the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (CECRA) comes to an end Sept. 30, nothing has been announced. “We’re aware of that — I can tell you we’re not going to let them down,” said MP Pablo Rodriguez in Ottawa. In an email to Global News, a govern…
The United States has held off on joining Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Belarus in hopes the European Union can overcome an internal dispute, paving the way to coordinated U.S. and EU sanctions, four sources said on Wednesday. The EU vowed in August to impose sanctions on Belarus for alleged fraud in its Aug. 9 election and for human rights abu…
A study on shelters helping survivors of domestic violence become independent says a lack of funding is getting in the way of providing programs and retaining quality staff. The study’s authors say many organizations, known as second-stage shelters, often have to fundraise to cover the cost of their operations and pay employee salaries. Wages in the sector a…
The B.C. founder of a national day to remember the dark legacy of Canada’s residential schools wants people to know that while the institutions are gone, they’re still recent history. “Here in Williams Lake, the St. Joseph Indian Residential School closed in 1981,” said Phyllis Webstad, founder and executive director of the Orange Shirt Society. Between 1836…
A Calgary mom is demanding answers after her daughter, who is confined to a wheelchair and is non-verbal, was denied entry into a local store because she wasn’t wearing a face mask. Cindy Feist told Global News she and her two daughters went to Hot Topic at Southcentre Mall last Friday to return some items. But she said one of her daughters was turned away a…
The City of Regina is adding two more civilian seats to its police board, but councillors stopped short of requiring those members to be Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC). “I don’t think we need to be that descriptive,” said Mayor Michael Fougere, who rejected the proposal to require two BIPOC on the Regina Board of Police Commissioners. On Wedn…
After being rushed through the House of Commons in a single day, a bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a speed bump in the Senate. Sen. Marc Gold, the government’s representative in the Senate, was denied leave Wednesday to have the upper house deal with Bill C-4 on Thursday, after having an opportunity to ques…
The courts have a definite role in helping to determine if Canada has breached the constitutional rights of 15 youths who are suing the government for its alleged failures on climate change policies, a lawyer for the group says. Joseph Arvay disagreed Wednesday with a federal government lawyer who argued for the case to be dismissed because a court should no…
A traditional ceremony was held Wednesday on the Blood Tribe reserve to mark Orange Shirt Day, in honour of Blood Tribe children impacted by the residential school system. The ceremony took place at the St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church, which served as a residential school for more than half a century. Government-sanctioned residential schools tore th…
Witnesses of a fatal motorcycle crash on Barlow Trail in Calgary say street lights are needed at the dangerous intersection near the site of the collision. Caleb Bryce, 23, was killed Tuesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle. Ali Chehade, Ghost Ride organizer and fellow rider, said he was heartbroken and devastated to…
A 47 year-old man was arrested by Montreal Police (SPVM) for mischief during an anti-mask protest in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, according to police spokesperson Véronique Comtois. Hundreds of people who oppose the wearing of masks gathered at Lafontaine Park to protest the government’s public health measures. Organizers called the protest shortly…
As Alberta nears the colder months, the difference between COVID-19 symptoms and having a common cold or flu may not be far apart. To aid in the distinction, the province is stepping up its communication efforts to help parents confused about symptoms and sending their kids to school. Alberta Health said since in-person classes resumed, there has been some c…
Affordable housing and police wellness checks were among the items at a caucus meeting involving the province’s urban mayors on Wednesday. Victoria mayor Lisa Helps laid out the pillars of the urban mayors’ agenda. “The four key priorities are mental health, substance use and treatment, affordable housing, public transit and a new fiscal relationship between…
It can be described as one of the most progressive TDSB schools yet it dates back to 1914. Orde Street Public School, in the heart of downtown Toronto, was built as an open-air school for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in children — the first of its kind. The third-floor blueprints show several open-air classrooms and an accessible rooftop clas…
More Black Nova Scotians have come forward to voice their dissatisfaction with how the province apologized for systemic racism in the justice system. Members of the Indigenous and Black communities in Nova Scotia have faced racism for centuries, with various reports — from the Marshall Report in 1989 to the Wortley Report in 2019 — confirming what minorities…
Limousine and taxi service operators are asking Edmonton city council to cut them a break on fees as their industry faces challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several operators addressed city councillors on Wednesday to reiterate concerns they have been raising for months: that the fees on top of an already challenging situation could force some o…
Policy
With many British Columbians impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic, one political party believes the solution is to cut the provincial sales tax. The BC Liberal campaign is pledging to get rid of the 7-per cent PST on most items for a year. Read more: B.C. election: NDP vows to end shared rooms in long-term care, bring in for-profit home rules The pa…
Even without the large in-person group gatherings that marked Orange Shirt Day in the past, local advocates are ensuring its significance reverberates throughout Regina. “The orange shirt represents that recognition toward reconciliation,” said Brad Belgarde of the City of Regina’s inclusion team, noting municipal events honouring the experiences of Indigeno…