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October 22, 2020

Climate crisis reducing food supply for Canada's First Nations

Climate change is taking a growing toll on First Nations in Canada, depleting food sources and affecting health, says Human Rights Watch.
October 3, 2019

Canada ignoring First Nation water crisis, says Human Rights Watch

There are serious and prolonged drinking water and sanitation problems for thousands of First Nations people living on reserves, says Human Rights Watch.
October 12, 2018

Canada to open shops selling cannabis

Canada becomes the first Commonwealth country to open shops selling cannabis for recreational use.
June 9, 2018

Drug policy reformers welcome Canada's cannabis law

The Canadian Senate has voted in favour of legally regulating cannabis for adult non-medical use.
November 20, 2017

New NAFTA talks 'threaten family farms, health and environment'

The fifth round of secret negotiations on a new North American Free Trade Agreement has begun in Mexico. Farm policy will be a central topic of discussion among negotiators from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
October 12, 2017

Christian Aid welcomes UK and Canada-led global alliance on transition from coal

Christian Aid has responded to a joint announcement from the United Kingdom and Canada that they will work to build a global alliance on the transition from unabated coal-fired electricity to cleaner energy.
August 31, 2016

Canada trade deal threat to UK food safety say campaigners

EU-Canada trade deal CETA is a major threat to UK food safety, a new report published by War on Want and allies in Europe and Canada has warned.
January 22, 2016

New report finds tribal children paid in glue and alcohol

Tribal children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work, a new report from Survival International report has revealed.
November 5, 2013

WCC Assembly listens to indigenous voices

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald has spoken about the "living relationship" that indigenous people have with the land.
July 15, 2013

Anglicans and Lutherans join hands in Ottawa

The World Council of Churches General Secretary has welcomed the first-ever joint assembly of the Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Canada.