A string of shooting deaths have sparked a passionate debate about gun control across Canada. People are worried the country’s changing into one more like the US.
If it's summer where you are right now, odds are you've become intimately familiar with your air conditioner as the US, Europe and other parts of the world hit near-record temperatures.
Molson Coors has teamed up with a marijuana producer to create non-alcoholic cannabis-infused beverages, which could be for sale in Canada as early as September 2019.
Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline during a months-long standoff with authorities in North Dakota more than a year ago are carrying on their fight in federal court.
At a publicly subsidized day care for the children of single mothers in Montréal, the objective is to take care not only of the children but also of the women.
When Justin Trudeau was elected as the prime minister of Canada in 2015 he did so on a platform that pledged to reform the country's environmental laws. Recent news of the Canadian government agreeing to fund a sands oil pipeline extension has many who voted for him questioning his motives.
US President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend.
Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
Ontario requires a prayer space in schools, but a backlash against Muslim student prayer outside Toronto resulted in the tearing of a Quran and threats against the community.
Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.
If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.
Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.
Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.
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Health
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
Updated
Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
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Education
Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools
GlobalPost
May 24, 2017
Ontario requires a prayer space in schools, but a backlash against Muslim student prayer outside Toronto resulted in the tearing of a Quran and threats against the community.
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Conflict
'They look at our children as monsters, and they're not,' argues mom of ISIS fighter
PRI's The World
December 30, 2015
Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.
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Culture
Purists don't like this mix of Acadian French and English, but it may be helping the French language in Canada
The World in Words
April 05, 2016
If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.
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Media
How a Canadian radio host's firing started a global conversation about sexual assault
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.
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Conflict & Justice
An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars
PRI's The World
June 02, 2014
Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.
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Culture
Why I’m actually moving to Canada
PRI's The World
November 16, 2016
The United States, which gave refuge to my Kosovar wife, is no place for our future children.
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Conflict
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
PRI's The World
February 23, 2017
"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."
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Belief
The ayatollah and the rabbi who teamed up to help Syrian refugees
PRI's The World
April 06, 2016
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
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Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.
PRI's The World
January 13, 2015
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.