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CANADA: Poll says Canadians reluctant to remove statues of historical figures now seen as racist

CANADA: Poll says Canadians reluctant to remove statues of historical figures now seen as racist

The online poll by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies follows the controversial tearing down and vandalism of a Macdonald statue in Montreal last month by activists angry over his anti-Indigenous views and policies
CANADA: WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving

CANADA: WE Charity closing Canadian operations, Kielburger brothers leaving

OTTAWA — WE Charity says it is closing its Canadian operations, blaming COVID-19 and the political fallout from the Liberal government's plan to have it run a multimillion-dollar student-volunteer program for leaving it in financial ruin.
ONTARIO: Report finds immigrants, refugees comprise nearly half of province's COVID-19 cases

ONTARIO: Report finds immigrants, refugees comprise nearly half of province's COVID-19 cases

Immigrants and refugees who worked in health-care, especially women, accounted for a disproportionate number of cases
CANADA: Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs

CANADA: Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs

The $221-million program jointly funded by the federal government and eight financial institutions, is the first of its kind to help Black businesses on a national scale
CANADA: O'Toole set to helm first Conservative caucus meeting since winning leadership

CANADA: O'Toole set to helm first Conservative caucus meeting since winning leadership

O'Toole to lay out mission statement, promise 'Canada First' economic strategy
LIVE: Ford, education minister to make announcement at 1 p.m.

LIVE: Ford, education minister to make announcement at 1 p.m.

Village Media will carry the livestream
CANADA: Puppy scams on the rise as fraudsters play on isolation amid pandemic

CANADA: Puppy scams on the rise as fraudsters play on isolation amid pandemic

Canadians have lost about $300,000 so far this year after falling prey to fake breeders
CANADA: Scheer finds place in Conservatives' new shadow cabinet

CANADA: Scheer finds place in Conservatives' new shadow cabinet

Scheer will be the party's infrastructure critic
CANADA: Changes needed to help prosecute war criminals, Amnesty International says

CANADA: Changes needed to help prosecute war criminals, Amnesty International says

In a newly released report, Amnesty International Canada depicts the federal Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program as underfunded and underused
CANADA: 'It is urgent,' Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police

CANADA: 'It is urgent,' Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police

Inquiry's final report in June 2019 included 231 calls for justice