Juno Jump Start | Ontario schools are training students to design their own land acknowledgements
Kindergarten students in Ontario are now being tasked with designing their own land acknowledgements, Ottawa is being ordered to release Kamloops grave records after an access law breach, and more.
Ontario schools are training students to design their own land acknowledgements
Kindergarten and older students in Ontario are now being tasked with designing their own land acknowledgements, an exercise pushed by school boards as part of their “Indigenous Education” training, according to materials obtained by True North.
WATCH: Carney SQUEEZED as China demands tariff relief
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in China this week for high-stakes trade talks, with Beijing pressing Ottawa to lower or eliminate tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles. According to reporting in the Toronto Star, Canadian negotiators are discussing a potential trade-off: easing EV tariffs in exchange for relief from Chinese counter-tariffs on Canadian exports like canola and seafood.
Ottawa ordered to release Kamloops grave records after access law breach
The federal government has been forced to release documents related to the unproven claim of 215 graves at the former Kamloops residential school after the Information Commissioner ruled Ottawa broke access-to-information law.
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Legault to resign as Coalition Avenir Québec devastated in polls
Quebec Premier François Legault is stepping down, announcing his resignation today amid a dramatic collapse in polling for the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec party.
Building permits issued dropped by 13.1 per cent in November: StatsCan
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “Time to Build” promise is crumbling, as the total value of building permits issued across the country plummeted by nearly $2 billion in November.
Canada “stands ready” to join Trump’s international Gaza peace board
Despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s initial exclusion from U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza post-war oversight board, Canada “stands ready” to help with the transitional government replacing the territory’s current terrorist rulers.
Business optimism in Calgary sinks despite eased pressures
Calgary business confidence plummeted to a three-year low, a Calgary Chamber of Commerce report shows. The steep decline occurred despite improving labour and supply chain issues, pointing to deeper economic concerns among the city’s employers.
China posts world record $1.19T trade surplus as Carney begins Beijing visit
China reported the world’s largest trade surplus on record last year as its export growth accelerated into markets across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, flooding global supply chains with manufactured goods.
Maple Ridge restaurant says it was harassed after hosting Poilievre
A Maple Ridge, B.C., restaurant says it faced online harassment after hosting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a group of local party supporters last week.
$242M taxpayer dollars later, First Nation still faces water crisis
Despite hundreds of millions in federal taxpayer dollars poured into the community over nearly two decades, Kashechewan First Nation is once again in crisis, suffering a severe water shortage that has forced an evacuation.
OP-ED: The left decides which victims deserve mourning
Sue-Ann Levy writes, “The rush to excoriate the ICE agent and lionize Good has been so intense for the past few days that even I was accused of having no empathy on more than one FB feed for providing some common sense.”
Iranian Canadians rally for freedom, urge US action against regime
Rallies in solidarity with Iran’s national revolution continue in Canada, with Iranian expats calling for awareness and international action, particularly from the US.
I ACKNOWLEDGE that in 1600 the IROQUOIS of New York State invaded CANADA and slaughtered the HURONS who were native to the Toronto region and land North of Lake Ontario.
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Please share this acknowledgement with members of the Toronto and Kitchner-Waterloo District School Boards.
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I acknowledge that in the early 1500's the white man introduced horses into North America which enabled the North American Indians to hunt the buffalo more effectively and led to some tribes becoming adept horseman and slaughtering other tribes almost to extinction