Josephine Mandamin among 3 honourees in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series

Josephine Mandamin among 3 honourees in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series

Josephine Mandamin, an environmentalist from Wikwemikong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, is one of three inspirational individuals featured in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series.  The postal service unveiled the Mandamin stamp in Thunder Bay, Ont., this week, the latest in the three-stamp set to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. “She never did this … Read more

A new law aims to crack down on environmental racism in Canada

A new law aims to crack down on environmental racism in Canada

For years, researchers, activists, community leaders have shown how Indigenous, Black and other racialized groups have been disproportionately affected by polluting industries. Now, a new law will require the federal government to better track this injustice, and aim to correct it. Bill C-226, sponsored by Green Leader Elizabeth May, became law Thursday evening, nearly four … Read more

Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same ‘strange’ female polar bear

Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same ‘strange’ female polar bear

A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada’s western Arctic — which all started with a “pretty strange” female polar bear — is “quite rare,” according to a new study.  The research paper, published last week in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool to look at samples from … Read more

Why is gas more expensive in the summer? Competition, logistics — and the blend

Why is gas more expensive in the summer? Competition, logistics — and the blend

Cost of Living5:50Why is gas always more expensive in the summer? As summer approaches, Canadian drivers have likely already experienced the all-too-familiar rise in prices at gas station pumps. A boosted demand for gasoline by people on road trips affects prices, as did the latest increase in the federal carbon tax in most provinces and territories.  But there’s another key … Read more

Passenger dead, 30 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence, officials say

Passenger dead, 30 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence, officials say

One passenger died and 30 were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence en route on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and the airline said. “Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. We deeply apologize for the traumatic experience that our … Read more

Canadian Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheaper concert tickets

Canadian Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheaper concert tickets

Taking a trip to Europe to see Taylor Swift perform may not seem like an intuitive financial decision — but tickets to a concert in Canada are so expensive some fans are finding that’s a better deal. Bryan Kingston couldn’t believe it when he snagged floor seats to an upcoming show in London, U.K., for $500 … Read more

25 years as an illustrator, Quebecer and his comic honoured with Canada Post stamp

25 years as an illustrator, Quebecer and his comic honoured with Canada Post stamp

Over two decades ago, Michel Rabagliati first introduced his close friends and family to Paul — a teenage boy growing up in Montreal in the 1970s. Paul was Rabagliati’s creation: a comic that illustrated childhood, first loves, his first apartment and even divorce. The tender snapshots of daily life packed with cultural references and rich … Read more

Canadian Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheaper concert tickets

Canadian Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheaper concert tickets

Taking a trip to Europe to see Taylor Swift perform may not seem like an intuitive financial decision — but tickets to a concert in Canada are so expensive some fans are finding that’s a better deal. Bryan Kingston couldn’t believe it when he snagged floor seats to an upcoming show in London, U.K., for $500 … Read more