Canadian News & Journalism
- Vidéotron asks Competition Bureau to investigate Bell's alleged margin squeeze of internet competitorsmobilesyrup.com Vidéotron asks Competition Bureau to investigate Bell's alleged margin squeeze of internet competitors
Vidéotron has filed two complaints against Bell with the Competition Bureau, MobileSyrup has learned.
- Shroom boom, As interest in medicinal psilocybin grows, CBC News looks at how it is produced.
"Across the country, demand for psilocybin-assisted therapy is growing, with more people seeking out the compound as a potential treatment for a variety of mental health conditions like depression and addiction. But while demand has grown, access is limited. And advocates say many Canadians are stuck wading through bureaucratic red tape as they seek permission from Health Canada to use the drug medicinally."
- Billions of litres of water are used yearly by Quebec's mining and metal industry, data reveals
Quebec has lifted the veil of secrecy around the province's biggest water users, revealing that billions of litres of water are withdrawn yearly by the mining and metal industry, along with pulp and paper manufacturing.
The data dump, which includes records going back a decade, also lists golf clubs, ski hills, water bottling plants and food processors among the companies that are withdrawing tens of millions — sometimes hundreds of millions — of litres in a year. ... Rio Tinto's water use in 2022 would fill 29,000 Olympic pools
Overall, in terms of total withdrawals reported in Quebec, the City of Montreal was the biggest water user in 2022, the most recent year available in the dataset. The city of more than two million people reported withdrawing a whopping 559.2 billion litres of water for various services, including its aqueduct network, botanical gardens and recreational operations.
- Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recoverytheconversation.com Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada's post-pandemic economic recovery
As Canada embarks on its post-pandemic economic recovery, policymakers must ensure economic resilience and inclusiveness while preventing existing monopoly issues from worsening.
- Pesticide regulation 'obsolete,' protects industry: scientific adviser's resignationwww.thecanadianpressnews.ca Pesticide regulation 'obsolete,' protects industry: scientific adviser's resignation
OTTAWA - The co-chair of Canada's scientific advisory committee has resigned his post over concerns about a lack of transparency and scientific oversight in pesticide management.
- Air Canada delays hundreds of flights over weekendwww.winnipegfreepress.com Air Canada delays hundreds of flights over weekend
MONTREAL – Air Canada delayed or cancelled nearly 2,000 flights over the Canada Day long weekend in a potential taste of more trouble ahead for passengers. Roughly half of all trips by the count...
Additional Articles:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-nearly-2000-air-canada-flights-delayed-cancelled-over-long-weekend-2/
- Toronto ‘heat event’ begins Tuesday and is expected to last several dayswww.thestar.com Toronto to keep seven outdoor pools open late during ‘heat event’ that’s expected to last several days
Environment Canada issued a heat warning saying GTA temperatures could feel like the high 30s to low 40s with humidity.
Additional Articles:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-environment-canada-issues-multi-day-heat-wave-alert-for-much-of/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/heat-warning-ottawa-humid-weather-1.6896286
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/environment-canada-heat-warning-city-toronto-pools-1.6895800
- Police still searching for suspects after quadruple shooting in Mississauga, Ont.nationalpost.com Police still searching for suspects after quadruple shooting in Mississauga, Ont.
A fourth victim made his own way to a local hospital with gunshot wounds
Additional Articles:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-shooting-1.6894825
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-four-injured-one-in-life-threatening-condition-after-shooting-in/
- What happens after the Donnie Creek wildfire, now larger than P.E.I., stops burning?
Additional Articles:
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/b-c-must-urgently-change-forest-strategies-or-face-more-wildfire-disasters-report
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bcs-donnie-creek-wildfire-is-now-the-largest-in-the-provinces-history/
- [British Columbia] Port union warns Ottawa to 'stay out of our business,' as strike talks fail to reach deal
Additional Articles:
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-port-strike-union-government
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/we-re-here-til-the-end-longshore-union-president-speaks-out-1.6465235
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bc-port-workers-strike-sparks-concern-over-supply-chain-inflation/
- Waterloo international student charged with hate-motivated stabbing in gender studies classnationalpost.com Waterloo international student charged with hate-motivated stabbing in gender studies class
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman was charged. Investigators consider it a hate-motivated attack related to gender expression, said Waterloo police
Additional Articles:
https://tnc.news/2023/06/29/uwaterloo-stabbing/
- Pierre Poilievre says Canadians will pay way more for gas. The Trudeau government says not so fastwww.thestar.com Pierre Poilievre says Canadians will pay way more for gas. The Trudeau government says not so fast
The incoming Clean Fuel Regulations, set to begin on Canada Day, are just the latest example of the policy fight over climate action and affordability.
Additional Articles:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-atlantic-canada-fuel-costs-carbon-tax-standards/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-clean-fuel-cfs-cfr-1.6891833
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/climate-policies-and-fossil-fuel-clean-fuel-regulations-and-carbon-pricing-explained
https://tnc.news/2023/06/29/ab-sk-atl-clean-fuel-regulations/
- Canada, allies head to international court over Iran's downing of Flight PS752 that killed 55 Canadianswww.cp24.com Canada, allies head to international court over Iran's downing of Flight PS752
Canada is among four countries turning to international law to ensure Iran is held accountable for shooting down Flight PS752 more than three years ago.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-taking-iran-to-icj-flight-752-1.6892390
https://www.wltribune.com/national-news/canada-allies-head-to-international-court-over-irans-downing-of-flight-ps752/
- Titan submersible investigation: TSB to review Canadian involvement in incidentwww.ctvnews.ca Titan submersible investigation: TSB to review Canadian involvement in incident
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it’s reviewing all the relevant documents and interviews it has gathered as part of its safety investigation into the Titan submersible and its Canadian-tagged support vessel Polar Prince.
Some Other Articles:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titan-search-update-canadian-ships-returning-1.6886264
https://globalnews.ca/news/9789611/canada-titan-implosion-polar-prince-investigation/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/23/transportation-safety-board-canada-investigation/
- Suncor Energy hit by cyber attack; Petro-Canada gas stations impactedcalgaryherald.com Suncor Energy hit by cyber attack; Petro-Canada gas stations impacted
Suncor, which also operates Petro-Canada gas stations, says it is not aware of any customer, supplier or employee data being compromised.
Some Other Articles:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9796915/suncor-energy-cyberattack-cost/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/26/suncor-cyberattack/
https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/energy-producer-suncor-admits-cyber-security-incident/541721
https://www.thestar.com/business/2023/06/26/calgary-based-suncor-energy-says-it-suffered-a-cyber-security-incident.html
- Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police say, man chargedwww.thestar.com Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police say, man charged
The university says the stabbing occurred in Philosophy 202, which, according to the school website, focuses on “gender issues,” and the injured included two students and a professor.
Some other articles:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/emergency-alert-university-waterloo-stabbing-watsafe-1.6892506
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/three-people-taken-to-hospital-one-in-custody-after-university-of-waterloo-stabbing
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/triple-stabbing-at-university-of-waterloo-was-hate-motivated-police-say-man-charged-1.6461495
- New law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news draws praise, criticism | CBC News
Some other articles:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-says-it-wont-show-canadian-news-links-over-bill-c-18-as/
https://mobilesyrup.com/2023/06/28/meta-not-negotiating-bill-c-18/
