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Search ArticlesDeloitte used AI in $1.6M government report, but watchdog says it can’t investigate
This reporting is part of an ongoing collaboration between Ricochet and the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, funded through the Local Journalism Initiative. Today’s story builds on prior investigative reporting by The Independent, which you can read here. Last year, one of the world’s most trusted accounting firms produced a Health and Human Resources Plan for the government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
If Greenland falls, who’s next? Trump’s annexation threats should be a warning for the world
The people of Greenland are taking Donald Trump’s annexation threats very seriously. Some people have even started sleeping with a rifle, while others have detailed escape plans, just in case the Americans launch an invasion.
If Trump wants a trade war, make the rich pay for it
Prime Minister Mark Carney belatedly came around to the position of NDP’s Avi Lewis, Wab Kinew, and organized labour: that no trade deal was better than a bad deal. On Friday, Carney walked away from Donald Trump’s trade deal, leading to 50 per cent tariffs on almost $30 billion of Canadian goods coming into effect.
During the World Cup, tourists chose Airbnb over unionized hotels in Vancouver
During this summer’s World Cup in Vancouver, the city saw a surge of tourists, but many did not choose to stay in a hotel. Instead many opted for a short-term rental through websites like Airbnb. As a result, some hotels felt a financial squeeze. The World Cup was expected to be a boom for the hotel industry, many of which are unionized with staff earning a living wage, but turned out to be somewhat of a bust.
Will declaring an epidemic help end gender-based violence?
On a late summer morning inside Province House in Halifax, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston tells reporters there’s no point in declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic because his government is already working to address the problem. “I don’t think the legislation would change any actions of government,” he said.
Five years of the Taliban’s gender apartheid in Afghanistan
Last week marked five years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan — five years of horrific gender apartheid for women and girls, forced deportations of Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, and travel influencers who continue to downplay the human rights abuses of the Taliban regime. The Taliban’s draconian gendered policies have been consequential for women and girls who have been banned from attending secondary and post-secondary education.
Ferdouse Asefi
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‘God gave us oil, God gave us gas’: How Christian nationalism is shaping the push for Alberta's independence
On October 19 Albertans will vote on whether Canada should remain a unified nation, or if Alberta should break from the country and seek independence. With Donald Trump threatening to make Canada the 51st state, many say that the separatist movement is being weaponized by political actors with ties to the MAGA regime with funds flowing from Christian fundamentalists on both sides of the border. “What they want to build is a far-right, Christian nationalist-informed mecca for MAGA-type people.
Gabriel Ryan
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Repeated evacuations strain mental health in Northern Ontario
Nova Moonias is only two weeks old but she has already flown home to Neskantaga First Nation following an evacuation, and five days later, she was evacuated again. Nova’s mother Wanita was living in a Toronto hotel in July, after fleeing forest fires that threatened the northwestern Ontario fly-in community. The baby was expected on August 12, but medical professionals induced labour on July 28 so mother and child could fly back north with their family and neighbours.