North Atlantic Poor weather prevents attempt to free entangled North Atlantic rightnationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is …
Manitoba The bug: 29 former MPs among declared candidates for fall electionnationalobserver.com - By Christian Paas-Lang Among those vying for seats in the federal election this fall are dozens of candidates who have already held the job. There are 29 former MPs among …
Atlantic Canada Off Canada's East Coast, a hunt to detect 'beautiful' great whitenationalobserver.com - By Michael Tutton The great white sharks move torpedo-like through East Coast waters, cruelly efficient hunters with multiple rows of serrated teeth devouring seals …
Green Party May says Greens will work with any party that has a serious plan fornationalobserver.com - By Mia Rabson With three months until Canadians vote in the next federal election, Green party leader Elizabeth May says her big hope for the final result is a …
Climate Change Canadian high school science courses behind on climate change, saysnationalobserver.com - By Brenna Owen High school students in Canada may not be getting the full story about climate change, according to a new study by researchers from the University of …
Nishnawbe Aski Nation O'Regan to visit Attawapiskat at request of chief: minister's officenationalobserver.com - By Kristy Kirkup The office of Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan said Sunday he will be visiting Attawapiskat First Nation at the request of the community's …
SNC-Lavalin Trudeau's former right-hand adviser playing role in Liberal electionnationalobserver.com - By Kristy Kirkup With three months to go now until the election, the Liberals are intensifying campaign efforts with Prime Minister Trudeau hitting party events to …
Justin Trudeau PM's official residence becoming a costly 'debacle,' say Conservativesnationalobserver.com - By Terry Pedwell Nearly four years after Justin Trudeau opted not to move into the prime minister's official residence over concerns about its crumbling state, the …
Island of Montreal Relief in sight for southeastern Canada following weekend heat wavenationalobserver.com - By Morgan Lowrie Relief is in sight for sweltering Canadians after a weekend of high humidity and thunderstorms that affected sporting events, caused localized …
Racism Japanese Canadians call on B.C. to go beyond mere apology fornationalobserver.com - By Camille Bains Japanese Canadians across the country are meeting to discuss how an apology by the British Columbia government could be backed by meaningful action …
Veep (TV Series) How Do You Make Sure a Climate Debate Would Slay? A Former “Buffy”nationalobserver.com - By Rebecca Leber This story was originally published by Mother Jones and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For as long as I’ve reported on …
Spinal Cords 'I'm choosing not to be a victim,' Danforth shooting survivor saysnationalobserver.com - By Liam Casey Danielle Kane struggled with depression in her 20s and even contemplated suicide. But then she fell in love, enrolled in nursing school and felt she …
Québec City Quebec ombudsperson criticizes social health worker's handling ofnationalobserver.com - By Giuseppe Valiante Quebec's ombudsperson has criticized the way a social worker handled the case of the Quebec mosque shooter after he allegedly told her in confidence …
Alberta Alberta judge denies B.C.'s bid to block 'Turn Off the Taps' billnationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia's attempt to block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil shipments to the …
The White House Are progressives working on a climate plan for 2021? You bet.nationalobserver.com - By Zoya Teirstein This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. We’ve heard the 2020 Democratic candidates …
New Hampshire Politics Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission linenationalobserver.com - By Associated Press The New Hampshire Supreme Court dealt a possibly fatal blow Friday to plans for a hydropower transmission line that has raised concerns among …
National Energy Board NEB restores orders and decisions issued to Trans Mountain prior tonationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press The National Energy Board says its decisions and orders regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion issued prior to last summer when a court …
Immigration Stop CBSA policy requiring bulletproof vests in immigrant detention:nationalobserver.com - By Teresa Wright A group of doctors, lawyers, legal scholars and human-rights organizations is calling on the federal government to halt the rollout of a new policy …
'Disaster is what brings us together.' Greektown community unitednationalobserver.com - By Michelle McQuigge The doors at St. Barnabas on the Danforth are always open, but the people seeking solace inside the Anglican church the day after a deadly shooting …
Ontario Ontario attorney general invokes PM in spat over refugee legal aidnationalobserver.com - By Teresa Wright Ontario's attorney general is taking his fight for more federal money for refugee legal aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Doug Downey, who took …
Costa Rica In Costa Rica, a startup builds a model ship for a cleaner futurenationalobserver.com - By Rohan Lobo This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a remote stretch of Costa Rica, where …
Fraser River B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River stocks afternationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press The federal and British Columbia governments have made a joint commitment to do everything possible to make sure chinook, steelhead, coho and sockeye …
Canada Canada joins global pact to stop illegal fishing trade, plans morenationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press Foreign vessels arriving in Canadian ports can expect more monitoring by officials hunting for contraband fish now that Canada is part of an …
Liberal Party of Canada Feds redo child-benefit forms amid concerns 'at-risk' familiesnationalobserver.com - By Jordan Press The federal government will roll out a simplified application form for the Canada Child Benefit this month — just as it gets a bump in value — after …
Australia Australian man, U.S. woman killed in double homicide in northeasternnationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press Police are appealing for the public's help identifying a van connected with the double homicide of a couple found on the side of a highway in …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhales Two more right whales found dead off east coast, bringing total tonationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press Two more dead North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the east coast, bringing to eight the number of the endangered whales to die this …
University of Alberta No, Canada isn’t in danger of splitting upnationalobserver.com - By Emma McIntosh A sinister drumbeat plays in the background as a globe spins across the screen, with Canada in clear focus. A map of the country then cracks into …
Wealth Tax How a wealth tax could help Canadiansnationalobserver.com - By Erika Beauchesne Canada’s NDP has proposed a one per cent tax on wealth over $20 million as part of its election platform. The party doesn’t include much detail yet …
Jagmeet Singh NDP's Singh says Canada needs a national cycling strategynationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a well-known cycling enthusiast whose folding bike seems to travel almost everywhere he does. Singh now wants to bring his …
