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In 2024, top officials at the University of Alberta were deliberating about how to deal with a student encampment, one of dozens popping up around the country in response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

In November, the B.C. Supreme Court found the pair guilty of three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking—one count for each of the substances they sold to members of the compassion club. In response, Nyx and Kalicum launched the constitutional challenge, in which they are arguing that the law violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Kalicum and Nyx’s convictions are suspended until the outcome of the Charter challenge, which will conclude in Vancouver on Friday, July 24. The judgement will be announced in the following month.

Ontario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilities

Black prisoners in Ontario’s jails are being assigned to harsher living conditions than other prisoners, through the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that claims to predict their behaviour. A class action lawsuit says the province was aware its use of the software could disproportionately target Black prisoners, but went ahead with it anyway.

The scale of what’s coming is hard to overstate. A recent paper from York University—the first comprehensive mapping of Canada’s data centre landscape—puts numbers to the behemoths Canadians have started to see proposed in their backyards.

On Friday evening a cab drops me, my sister, and my mother off at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. We are here for the opening of the exhibit Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present. This opening is the culmination of what Rana Abdullah, a local Palestinian human rights advocate whose family story is included in the exhibit, describes to me as “nearly two decades of persistence, dialogue, determination, pushback, disappointments, and obstacles.”

The labour movement is sounding the alarm on the Liberal government’s plans to strip federally-regulated workers of their most important power—the right to strike.

Canada’s police are becoming deadlier and less unaccountable, but are still getting more and more money.

The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran has caused the greatest disruption in world oil supply in history. But not everyone’s unhappy: Canada’s oil and gas industry stands to make record-shattering profits.

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons.

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons.

Five years ago, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was already gaming out how to dismantle public medicare, discussing how to get the federal government “out of the business of health care.”

Five years ago, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was already gaming out how to dismantle public medicare, discussing how to get the federal government “out of the business of health care.”

Over a month ago, Avi Lewis became the leader of the federal NDP.

A year after the NDP suffered its worst electoral defeat in party history, new leader Avi Lewis stood on stage at the party’s convention and promised its renewal.

To ensure wines were falsely labelled “product of Israel,” the Israeli Ministry of Justice secretly hired a local firm to help its lobbying of the Canadian government

In the spring of 2024, as pro-Palestine encampments were still popping up at universities across the country, a student organizer named Kathy got a text she’d long feared: a notorious police unit was now operating on her campus at the University of British Columbia.

In the spring of 2024, as pro-Palestine encampments were still popping up at universities across the country, a student organizer named Kathy got a text she’d long feared: a notorious police unit was now operating on her campus at the University of British Columbia.

Carl and Olliver Henry nearly lost their home over a single cent. Their story highlights how racism is shaping Toronto’s financialized housing crisis

When the United Nations released a scathing report on Canada’s treatment of disabled people last spring—calling out inadequate financial supports and urging Ottawa to halt the expansion of medical assistance in dying—the federal government was silent.

When the United Nations released a scathing report on Canada’s treatment of disabled people last spring—calling out inadequate financial supports and urging Ottawa to halt the expansion of medical assistance in dying—the federal government was silent.

Under questioning from reporters, Osborne seemed to contradict herself. She acknowledged that “the rate of possession offenses, the seizures of drugs, did go down especially in that initial first part of the decriminalization pilot.”

Under questioning from reporters, Osborne seemed to contradict herself. She acknowledged that “the rate of possession offenses, the seizures of drugs, did go down especially in that initial first part of the decriminalization pilot.”

In June, the government announced an increase of $9 billion for the Canadian Armed Forces, including higher recruitment targets for the primary reserve. Two days later The Globe and Mail published an article praising Carney’s military funding. Just this week, The National Post celebrated the “rebuilding” of Canada’s military through Carney’s $9-billion funding package.

In June, the government announced an increase of $9 billion for the Canadian Armed Forces, including higher recruitment targets for the primary reserve. Two days later The Globe and Mail published an article praising Carney’s military funding. Just this week, The National Post celebrated the “rebuilding” of Canada’s military through Carney’s $9-billion funding package.

The Liberal government’s new immigration legislation, which was passed in the House of Commons yesterday (December 11) and is on the verge of being made into law, is rooted in rhetoric that casts migrants as “dangerous” and “unwanted”—rhetoric that the very Liberal ministers overseeing it once blasted the Conservatives for engaging in.

As organizers gear up for what’s likely to come in 2026, it’s important to recognize that, despite everything, social movements still scored notable victories in 2025.

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is very car-brained and really, really hates bike lanes. His base is in the suburbs of Toronto and anything that impedes cars gets him wound up. He wants to rip out recently created bike lanes in Toronto. He also banned speed cameras as they were working as intended. 🤷

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is very car-brained and really, really hates bike lanes. His base is in the suburbs of Toronto and anything that impedes cars gets him wound up. He wants to rip out recently created bike lanes in Toronto. He also banned speed cameras as they were working as intended. 🤷

Under John Tory, Toronto’s police ducked austerity and blocked housing. A Mark Saunders mayoralty would’ve emboldened the force even more (by Jay Cockburn/Breach Media)