Day: June 12, 2025

In 1976, Dave Burnett attended the University of Guelph at the behest of his mother but quickly dropped out to work with his hands. Little did he know at the time that this was the start of a long, winding road that lead all the way back to his Bachelor of Science 49 years later.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing, the province’s information and privacy commissioner has found.
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On Thursday, English River First Nation in northern Saskatchewan announced that a ground-penetrating radar search at the site that began in 2021 has identified dozens more anomalies at the site of the former Beauval residential school.
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Montreal tour guide Thom Seivewright shares the story of the raid on the Truxx bar in Montreal in 1977, which prompted a protest movement for 2SLGBTQ+ rights and led to the passage of anti-discrimination legislation. The raid, and subsequent protests have been honoured with a new stamp released by Canada Post to celebrate Pride Month.
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ICYMI: Poll showing unfavourable views of country’s closest trading partner mirror skepticism in other G7 countries

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Opinion of US has worsened in countries around world in last year, survey shows

A majority of Canadians hold unfavourable views towards the United States, their closest ally, as frustration over trade policy and threats to Canada’s sovereignty persist.

Canada’s growing dislike of its closest trading partner mirrors a shared skepticism in other G7 countries, according to a new poll that finds that Americans like their allies far more than those nations approve of the US. Continue reading…
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