Day: June 15, 2021

Although the government says fully vaccinated Canadians may soon be allowed to skip the expensive initial hotel stay and 14-day entry quarantine when entering the country, that change appears to exclude Canadians living abroad who have been immunized with vaccines not approved by Health Canada.

In 2019, residents of Kiselyovsk, Russia, a city surrounded by coal mines, made a video asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allow them to come to Canada as environmental refugees. Two years later, CBC News visits the community to see the conditions and find out how residents are doing now.

Five employees of Ontario Public Service who are Black say they’ve been excluded from dozens of opportunities to move up, denied overtime and sick days and suffered demeaning comments because of the organization’s systemic racism.

An analysis of COVID-19 vaccination rates in Alberta suggests one socio-economic factor in particular is correlated to vaccine uptake: Education.

A painting by British musician David Bowie that was discovered in a northern Ontario landfill is expected to sell at auction for up to $12,000, and maybe much more.