Nunatsiavut to Nunavik: 25 Years of Learning, Connection, and Youth Empowerment GATINEAU, QC, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Students on Ice (SOI) Foundation sets sail on its latest educational expedition on July 12, bringing together 22 youth from around the world for a transformative journey from Nain, […]

Ready, set, snap! The environmental not-for-profit organization Greenpeace Canada is  seeking entries to its 2025 photo contest.  The theme this year is “patterns of the wild” — those mesmerizing textures and natural details that make the Earth so unique. Think the rough bark of a cedar, the delicate fuzz of moss, or the swirling grooves […]

While many Canadians continue to struggle to pay for groceries and find a place to live, the federal parliament has been paralyzed for months with filibusters and scandals.  Then, just as the new year began, work in Ottawa came to an official grinding halt as Justin Trudeau prorogued parliament until late March. Many constituents have […]

A call to start the quit journey — and resources to help. This week, Canadians from coast to coast will unite to celebrate National Non-Smoking Week, an annual initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the benefits of living smoke-free. The Lung Health Foundation (LHF) is proud to support this important week by spotlighting its comprehensive quit-smoking […]

As the Government of Canada assumes the presidency of the G7 in 2025, a coalition of leading humanitarian, development, and advocacy agencies is urging Canada’s next Prime Minister to build on the momentum of past summits and secure renewed commitments to global education in order to combat rising inequality and extremism. At the upcoming G7 […]

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton gives $350,000 to organization supporting safe water in Indigenous communities Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a recent co-recipient of the prestigious Nobel Prize for Physics, has announced a donation of $350,000 to Water First Education & Training Inc. – the sum of half of his prize winnings. Dr. Hinton, a computer scientist and professor […]

The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) is proud to lead the annual Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) from Oct. 6 to 12, 2024. This national campaign aims to raise awareness about the ongoing challenges many Canadians face in accessing timely mental health and substance use health care. The theme for MIAW 2024, “Access for All: […]

By the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada   Today, the federal government launched a new Co‑operative Housing Development Program to support a new generation of co-op housing in Canada and help make housing more affordable.  For decades, co-ops have provided Canadians with secure, affordable, and community-oriented homes. The new $1.5 billion program – co-designed with […]

A nation-wide alliance of various police departments across Canada is in place to help coordinate and advance a series of threat/extortion investigations underway. The RCMP National Coordination and Support Team (NCST) has been established and is working with police departments in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and outside of Canada to address a number of similar […]

A Federal Court Justice has ruled in favour of conservation groups that challenged the federal Environment Minister for failing to take action to protect the critical habitats of at-risk migratory birds across the country. This includes the threatened Marbled Murrelet, a seabird that relies on coastal old-growth forests in B.C. for nesting. Ecojustice lawyers, on […]