Canadians
Kamloops residential school: Canadians demand action from officials as country mourns discovery of a mass grave of children’s remains
Leaders from the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community in the southern interior of British Columbia, where the school was located, said that there are far more questions than answers so far regarding the discovery. “The federal government has to play a role in making sure that these families know what happened, these families know the truth, …
Coronavirus: Canadian zoos struggle to survive amid lockdown measures
Last week, Paul Goulet’s 10-year-old daughter quietly went to his wife with worry about her father. “It’s like he’s here, but he’s not really here,” she said. That nearly broke Goulet, the owner of Little Ray’s Nature Centre, a zoo and animal rescue organization with locations in Hamilton and Ottawa. Usually an eternal optimist, Goulet …
‘Creeped out:’ Schools turn to technology in pandemic to catch online cheaters
CALGARY — Crowded exam halls echoing with pencil scratches, rustling papers and supervisors’ footsteps have been replaced with solo tests in bedrooms or at kitchen tables — sometimes under a webcam’s glare. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced post-secondary instructors to overhaul how they assess students’ knowledge. Some have turned to remote programs that can detect …
Two Americans charged with breaking Canada’s quarantine rules
TORONTO — Two Americans have been fined for breaking Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine rules after being spotted multiple times in an Ontario town, police say. Ontario Provincial Police officers in the Rainy River District, which runs along the Canada-U.S. border west of Thunder Bay, Ont., say the 66-year-old man and 65-year-old woman entered Canada on June …
Two Canadians held in China have officially been charged with spying
The People’s Procuratorate of Beijing Municipality filed a prosecution against Kovrig on Friday for “for spying on state secrets and intelligence.” The People’s Procuratorate of Dandong also filed a public prosecution against Spavor for “spying on and illegally providing state secrets.” Both men were detained in the weeks following the arrest in Vancouver of Meng …
Canadians with health issues face difficulty finding affordable life insurance – Coast Mountain News
Like millions of Canadians, Tim Potter is living with a serious medical condition that has made it difficult, if not impossible, to secure meaningful life insurance. The Halifax father of seven was diagnosed 26 years ago with Type 1 diabetes. While his wife quickly obtained insurance coverage a decade ago, the stay-at-home dad was denied …
Canada murders: Two missing Canadians are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people
Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are considered dangerous, and members of the public should not approach them, authorities said. They were last seen in northern Saskatchewan — about a day’s drive east of where the bodies were found — driving a gray 2011 Toyota RAV4, authorities said. McLeod is 6 feet, 4 inches …
