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Opinion: Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

Opinion: Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death in Canada, but it’s older people who are dying. That we accept this and carry on as if the pandemic is over reveals our ageism: We don’t value older people.
Opinion: In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas

Opinion: In Canada’s two-tiered mental health system, access to care is especially challenging in rural areas

Rural Canadians face challenges accessing mental health services, and an exodus of psychologists from the public system may make matters worse.
One MP on federal ethics committee disagrees with reduced cooling-off periods for lobbyists

One MP on federal ethics committee disagrees with reduced cooling-off periods for lobbyists

This change “raised the biggest flag” for Green, who sits on the House ethics committee.
Long-awaited bill to address environmental racism heads to the senate

Long-awaited bill to address environmental racism heads to the senate

Advocates, including environmental law charity Ecojustice, are celebrating the bill’s passage.
Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates

Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates

OTTAWA — Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother who cannot come with them because federal officials have not completed her security assessment, advocates for the family say.
25 years ago in the Peak

25 years ago in the Peak

Powell River Regals win BC/Alberta championship
All Sunday sailings cancelled on Mill Bay-Brentwood Bay route

All Sunday sailings cancelled on Mill Bay-Brentwood Bay route

Not enough crew to staff the vessel Klitsa, B.C. Ferries says.
For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says

For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says

"Canada should use the global carbon market framework to build a stronger Canadian natural gas sector and a cleaner world."
B.C. nurses reach tentative labour agreement with provincial government

B.C. nurses reach tentative labour agreement with provincial government

Nurses Bargaining Association says agreement includes "record-setting compensation" and a "groundbreaking commitment" to support mandatory nurse-patient ratios.