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COVID-19: Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February

COVID-19: Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February

Canada banned cruise ships with overnight accommodation for at least 500 passengers in mid-March
BEYOND LOCAL: The secret ingredient in school lunch programs? Care

BEYOND LOCAL: The secret ingredient in school lunch programs? Care

School food programs can also serve children’s critical social and emotional needs
BEYOND LOCAL: Poll suggests Canadians support professor's use of offensive language, in context

BEYOND LOCAL: Poll suggests Canadians support professor's use of offensive language, in context

The survey found 75 per cent of respondents agreed that freedom of expression at universities must be protected to allow for the exchange of ideas, including the use of certain culturally insensitive words if meant to stimulate discussion
CANADA: Conversion therapy ban gets approval in principle, exposes Conservative divisions

CANADA: Conversion therapy ban gets approval in principle, exposes Conservative divisions

The bill, which passed 308-7, would criminalize the act of forcing people to undergo therapy to alter their sexual orientation, gender identity
COVID-19: Death rates higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities, StatCan says

COVID-19: Death rates higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities, StatCan says

Visible minorities more likely to live and work in places that put them at more risk, study shows
CANADA: Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units, minister says

CANADA: Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units, minister says

Units were implemented in response to criticisms of solitary confinement, allowing inmates who require isolation better access to programming and mental-health care
CANADA: Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report

CANADA: Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report

Navdeep Bains says Canada's superclusters, which fuse public and private money to promote innovation, are succeeding in commercializing ideas and creating middle-class jobs
CANADA: Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses

CANADA: Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses

The Migrant Rights Network said a growing number of the workers who come from abroad to care for children, the sick and the elderly in employers' homes have reported issues like underpayment of wages, longer work hours and even evictions
ONTARIO: Ford says COVID-19 numbers 'moving in right direction'

ONTARIO: Ford says COVID-19 numbers 'moving in right direction'

Ford's comments come days after the province reported its highest single-day increase in new infections since the start of the pandemic
CANADA: COVID-19 has exposed the need for better supports for families, parents

CANADA: COVID-19 has exposed the need for better supports for families, parents

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents need support now more than ever — including via universal parental support programs