B.C. housing plan could see 293,000 new units over next decade, says report (www.nationalobserver.com)
Human smuggling from Canada to U.S. a 'lucrative market' attracting organized crime: RCMP (www.cbc.ca)
A lucrative and growing cross-border human smuggling market is attracting domestic and criminal organizations looking to cash in on moving “vulnerable” people from Canada into the U.S., according to the senior RCMP officer who oversees border policing.
I got permabanned from /r/canada on Reddit for promiting Lemmy and the fediverse.
I posted this yesterday:...
A residential drinking well in northern B.C. has run dry, prompting concerns amid unprecedented drought (www.cbc.ca)
Once They Were Pets. Now Giant Goldfish Are Menacing the Great Lakes. (www.nytimes.com)
CIBC fined $1.3M for failing to comply with money laundering and terrorist financing rules (www.cbc.ca)
To those genuinely interested in moderating (kbin.social)
@Ernest has pushed an update which allows users to request ownership/moderation of abandoned magazines. Ghost/abandoned magazines were fairly prevalent after the initial wave of hype due to users either squatting magazine names or becoming inactive for other reasons. Now is your chance to get involved, if you were waiting to do...
It's not just COVID anymore, or a triple-demic. Welcome to the 'new norm' of seasonal illnesses (www.cbc.ca)
Group representing Canadian Muslim donors pulls back from Liberal Party over stance on Gaza (www.cbc.ca)
The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015....
US chocolate mogul charged over deaths of Canadian animator and partner in Dominica (www.theguardian.com)
Where can I find documentation on how federation works? (kbin.social)
I can't find anything on the specifics of how federation actually works. The op thread gets copied to any federated server? What happens if the thread is deleted on the op server? Does it still exist on all other federated servers? How do comments and votes work? That kind of thing.
Canada vows to triple nuclear power production by 2050 | CTV (london.ctvnews.ca)
Some turbulence on the instance (kbin.social)
Today, there may be transient issues with voting, counters, etc. I'm working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Also, there might be 2-3 brief interruptions in the website's operation. Thank you for your patience!
Time’s up for some short-term rentals in B.C., as new housing rules transform scene (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
Turkey says Canada, US linking drone-camera exports to Sweden NATO membership (www.reuters.com)
What if Quebec Had Voted For Independence? (piped.video)
I know this isn’t a very popular topic across Canada, but its still an interesting video.
B.C. farmers growing 'outlawed' potatoes are looking for new partners (www.cbc.ca)
Montreal Dollarama warehouses face worse conditions than their Amazon colleagues (rabble.ca)
In ‘covert op,’ Israeli consulate backed poll inflating support for Gaza war (breachmedia.ca)
It's not just COVID anymore, or a triple-demic. Welcome to the 'new norm' of seasonal illnesses (www.cbc.ca)
As health-care teams remain dangerously overstretched, they’re also grappling with the pressure of what some physicians are calling a “new norm” for seasonal illnesses — a range of viral and bacterial infections all back in circulation, with COVID-19 still chief among them.
Advocates sound the alarm on increased deportations in Canada, urge feds to fulfill regularization promise (www.ctvnews.ca)
Advocates are sounding the alarm on the rise in deportations in Canada and are calling on the federal government to follow through on its 2021 promise to expand a regularization program for undocumented people living in the country.
'Pseudoscience': Alberta's health minister under fire for naturopathic medicine meeting (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
Alberta's health minister is facing pushback after taking a meeting focused on naturopathic medicine's role in the province's primary care.
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection: StatCan (www.ctvnews.ca)
Statistics Canada says about one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection.
