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Despite the benefits migrant grandparents provide, sponsored grandparents are consistently suspected of taking advantage of Canada’s health care and social welfare systems.
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International conventions dictate that families have a right to be together. But Canada’s current parent and grandparent reunification program makes that difficult.
A verified photo showing smoke from the Dryden Creek fire just north of Squamish, B.C., in June 2025.
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The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s mandate is to make sure that drug prices are not excessive. However, new guidelines that change criteria for assessing prices may lead to higher prices.
Protesters stand off against California National Guard soldiers at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles during a “No Kings” protest on June 14, 2025.
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There are few guardrails in place to prevent a rogue president from misusing the military in domestic civilian affairs as Donald Trump seemingly manufactures false emergencies
Abortion rights activists and Women’s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court on June 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
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Online misogyny isn’t just fringe — it’s baked into the architecture of the internet itself and, increasingly, serves as a powerful political tool.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford dons a toque following a press conference with Chief Sonny Gagnon of Aroland First Nation at Queens Park, the provincial legislature, in Toronto on Jan. 28, 2025.
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Israel says it enforced a lawful blockade in the international waters where it seized a flotilla carrying aid and activists bound for Gaza. But the seizure likely violates international laws.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks to media following the first ministers meeting in Saskatoon on June 2, 2025.
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Energy and natural resources development projects carry risks and costs that could stretch far into the future. That’s why it’s so risky to streamline or fast-track approval processes.
Condo buildings tower above older two and three-storey walk-up apartment buildings in Burnaby, B.C., in December 2024.
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Canadian landlords are able negotiate from a position of structural dominance as tenants confront systemic harms — rent hikes, unsafe conditions and evictions — all on their own.
Students march as part of the Fridays for Future climate movement protest in Vienna, Austria in September 2021.
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A recent survey finds that many kids understand that individual action alone is not enough, and most recognize that systemic accountability is necessary to tackle the climate crisis.
Generative AI draws from limited datasets, often reproducing errors and bias.
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Informal research methodologies informed by a distinctly Jewish approach can provoke new and more inclusive ways of engaging with generative AI.
Des personnes déplacées par les combats entre le M23 et les soldats gouvernementaux se préparent à quitter leur campement suite à une instruction donnée par le groupe armé à Goma, en République démocratique du Congo, le 11 février 2025.
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Alors que les violences continuent de provoquer des déplacements de population dans l’est de la RDC, les femmes sont exposées à un risque accru de violences sexuelles et sexistes.
Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally, April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass.
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Visa revocations are becoming an increasingly weaponized part of the U.S. immigration system, and in education, international students are already vulnerable to uncertain futures.
Abusive leaders can avoid scrutiny and remain unchallenged in the workplace for years.
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The failure to perceive a leader as a possible abuser is what allows abuse to persist over extended periods.
People displaced by the fighting between M23 and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by the armed group in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo on Feb. 11, 2025.
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As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025, in Washington.
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In the coming months, Canada’s political leaders and their parties face difficult circumstances — most importantly, how Mark Carney manages the relationship with Donald Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward the Oval Office after signing an executive order at an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington.
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U.S. tariffs present not only a risk of Canadian job losses — and loss of access to employer-sponsored drug plans — but also the risk of higher prescription drug prices.
Vancouver police look over a black SUV involved in the attack at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025, that killed at least 11 people.
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At least 11 people died in a Vancouver SUV attack deemed to have a ‘low threat level’ by police. What goes into making that calculation, and is a public event ever truly low-risk?