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Could better criminal records mean better job outcomes?

A criminal record tells the worst part of someone’s story. Could including positive details give former inmates a better shot at employment?

‘We learned that it is possible for the government to watch these asylum seekers freeze outside,’ said Pastor Eddie Jjumba

The state of interfaith relations in Canada has never been worse, experts say, with two traumas playing out: ‘events there and events here’

A Molotov cocktail was thrown through the building’s front door on Monday, coming on the heels of several shootings and firebombings

‘The clown is like an everyman figure that exists in all cultures,’ said Quebec clown Melissa Holland. The clown ‘connects us all’

The rally followed an online petition presented to lawmakers on Friday with 287,000 signatures — said to be the most of any parliamentary e-petition

Airdrie, Alberta had plans to become the first Blue Zone city in Canada. And then ‘everything went by the wayside’

Eight years after the Supreme Court ruled against prayer at city council meetings, seven BC communities – including Vancouver – continue to have them

Statistic Canada’s 2023 review of homelessness draws on 2014 data. Experts say there’s a better way to count the homeless

Among seniors whose children and grandchildren left the city, nearly 70 per cent showed a tendency toward depression