Newly-declassified records show the federal cabinet months before 9/11 was told Canadian charities were being used for terrorist financing. “Most of the world’s terrorist organizations had supporters in Canada,” read minutes of one confidential meeting: "One Minister commented on the need to closely examine the use of charities." READ MORE
Federal forecasters propose to change the way they talk about the weather, says a report. The Meteorological Service of Canada said it will simplify its current list of dozens of hazards, warnings and alerts: "Canada currently issues alerts for around 28 types of hazards." READ MORE
A news website Press Progress in business since 2013 faces a “dire financial situation” over a defamation lawsuit, says a staffer. Press Progress is a key defendant in a $7.65 million libel claim that has seen numerous co-defendants settle for six figures: "The consequence is more accurately due to budget pressures." READ MORE
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty’s department in a briefing note says it respects Indigenous “rights and title” to ancestral lands but remains in court over First Nation claims to Parliament Hill. Eastern Ontario Algonquin seek $5 billion in damages: "The intention of the litigation is not to dislodge private landowners." READ MORE
Security expenses for the FIFA Men’s World Cup cost taxpayers a quarter billion, records show. “We made history,” Liberal MP Adam van Koeverden (Burlington North-Milton West, Ont.), Secretary of State for Sport, earlier told reporters. READ MORE
Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s department billed taxpayers millions to give away free motorbikes in Ghana but failed to provide funding for parts or fuel. There were “several areas of relative weakness” in the $135 million program, said a consultants’ report released yesterday through Access To Information: 'Funding was unavailable to fuel our motorbikes.' READ MORE
Canadians are eating less meat and skipping meals altogether due to rising food prices, says in-house research by the Department of Agriculture. Data follow figures showing the typical household is no longer able to meet the Canada Food Guide: "During the last six months, have you skipped meals?" READ MORE
My mother and my grandmother made most of our clothes when we were growing up. It was a normal day to get up and go out and get your water and cut your wood and go hunting or fishing. People might consider it to be a hard life, but for us it was not a hard life, it was a normal life. And the contentment to be able to go out and get what you need from the land, there’s a certain tranquility about that. As soon as I started going to school, I realized there were a lot of changes happening in our community.
