Despite the rupture in Arctic cooperation with Russia’s since its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Canada’s relationship with the other circumpolar nations is stronger than ever, Heidi Kutz, Ottawa’s top Arctic official, told a Toronto conference this week. Kenneth Hoegh,Greenland’s head of representation to Canada and US, agreed, saying the agreement, and the August Nunavut-Greenland MoU were important building blocks to a stronger North American Arctic. The MoU was signed in Nuuk and pledged closer cooperation and examining greater mobility for people between the two regions. “We want a much stronger partnership with North America,” Hoegh said. “I see a focus on North American pan-Arctic cooperation that hopefully will develop much stronger in years to come especially with more tade.

Assisted suicide law should be expanded to include children, a Canadian parliamentary committee has said. Reckless ideaWe don’t just need to delay this dangerous expansion of assisted suicide. MP Mark Strahl criticised the “reckless idea” to expand assisted suicide rather than protecting vulnerable people by offering the support they need. He said: “We don’t just need to delay this dangerous expansion of assisted suicide. He said: “Given the current state of Canada, where vulnerable people continue to be pressured [into] euthanasia on a frequent basis, it is inappropriate for the government to consider these radical expansions to the euthanasia law.”

Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. Conditions in the area remain dangerous, and the search had to be suspended for several hours because of a second landslide at the gigantic facility in Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League. Cranes and other pieces of heavy equipment could be seen, along with covered trucks. Police are investigating the cause of the collapse and some people have been detained, Chang said. The official Xinhua News Agency said about 900 rescuers with heavy equipment were on the scene and they had resumed the search by Thursday morning.

CBC News published this video item, entitled “Rescue dogs from same litter reunited after years apart” – below is their description. Six dogs from the same litter were separated at adoption and spread across Alberta. But some dogged determination from their owners brought the littermates back together again. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below.

Caution - Russia Ukraine Conflict This item is about Russia or Ukraine, countries which are involved in an unfolding armed conflict. Be aware that propaganda may be involved in this video news item. Browse news from other sources about Russia (here) and Ukraine (here) to gain a wider perspective. CBC News published this video item, entitled “Inside a Kyiv children’s hospital after 1 year of war” – below is their description. Anastasia Magerramova, press secretary at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, reflects on what the last year has been like for the war’s most vulnerable victims.

A year in hell: Ukraine remembers the day the Russians came into forceA thoughtful silence usually ensues when you ask people in Ukraine where they were and what they were doing the day Russia dropped the pretense and launched an all-out invasion. CBC News has covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the start. But there is a difference between how the West remembers 9/11 and how Ukrainians remember the beginning of the Russian war. Hughes, 20, now a volunteer in Ukraine with Canadian charity HUGS, was working construction in Calgary at the time. “I actually want to live in Ukraine after the war and see how it flourishes and how it is rebuilt.

We’re still a long way from adequate funding for the single-payer universal health care system envisaged by Tommy Douglas. Let us not forget that the crisis in health care is not in infrastructure (there are enough operating rooms). Repealing it and paying health care heroes what they are worth will save money compared to what temp agencies are charging. To help us afford the health care Canadians deserve, increase the low rate at which corporations are taxed. The other problem is that the provinces have, for decades, spent less on health care than the feds have given them.

Here’s the latest on guests at Doug Ford’s daughter’s wedding, children’s health during the pandemic and violence on the TTC. DON’T MISS:Insiders and government appointees also attended Doug Ford’s daughter’s weddingIt wasn’t just developers who are now benefiting from recent government decisions that attended Ford’s daughter’s wedding — other insiders and political appointees were also on the guest list. Noor Javed, Rachel Mendleson and Charlie Pinkerton report on the guests — and the crossover between the personal and political in Ford’s Ontario. Context: Under fire after the Star revealed developers attended his daughter’s wedding, Ford has said he has been cleared by Ontario’s integrity commissioner, based on information his office provided in January. Aisling Murphy and Alyshah Hasham report on the high-profile incidents of violence that have led many TTC users to feel unsafe on public transit.

Denise Crouse, the transportation coordinator for the South Shore Regional Centre for Education, starts her day at about 3:30 a.m. to determine if the roads are safe for school buses. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press - image credit)When a storm is on its way or already here, Denise Crouse is on the roads. The transportation coordinator for the South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) starts her day before 4 a.m. so she can assess whether roads are safe enough for schools to open. She tests out driving conditions on main roads and back roads, follows the weather forecast and talks with public works staff and police. There are times when a storm just misses the area, but schools have already closed and kids are home for the rest of the day.

Best Radio Stations in Montreal: Best of MTLAs voted by our readers in the Best of MTL readers poll, these are the best radio stations in Montreal. For more results from the Best of MTL, please click here. Best Radio Stations in MontrealThese are the best radio stations in Montreal. To read the 2022 Best of MTL issue, please click here. For more Montreal music coverage, please visit the Music section.

OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 23, 2023 /CNW/ - The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation is pleased to announce this year's recipients of Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation Logo (CNW Group/Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation)The laureates of the 2023 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, which recognize artists who have made an indelible contribution to cultural life in Canada and around the world, are:Michel Marc Bouchard, O.C. The Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts, which recognizes outstanding contribution by an individual or group in voluntary service to the performing arts in Canada:John Kim Bell, O.C. Tickets for the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala go on sale to the publicon Thursday, February 23 through Ticketmaster, 1–888–991–2787 ornac-cna.ca/ggawards. SOURCE Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards FoundationCisionView original content to download multimedia: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2023/23/c3449.html

United States President Joe Biden has commended the peace accord signed by 18 political parties on Wednesday. “I commend yesterday’s peace accord in Nigeria, signed by the political parties and candidates running in Nigeria’s presidential election on February 25,” he said in a Thursday press statement from the White House. He said by signing the accord, the parties and candidates have committed to accept the results of the election, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, and to support a peaceful transition of power. “I encourage voters to remain peaceful and patient as their ballots are tallied, and urge the political parties and candidates to live up to their pledge,” he admonished. Nigeria’s presidential election will be held this Saturday, 25 February, with 18 candidates jostling for Nigeria’s presidency at the poll.

What the Russians left behind when they fled KhersonDuration: 08:55The Russians lost control over Kherson in November, leaving behind a decimated airport, an empty museum and remnants of torture chambers. CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault saw first-hand what and who remains.

TORONTO — The creative team behind the CBC and BET Plus series “The Porter” says there’s not going to be a Season 2 of the acclaimed historical drama. TORONTO — The creative team behind the CBC and BET Plus series “The Porter” says there’s not going to be a Season 2 of the acclaimed historical drama. Executive producer Jennifer Kawaja commented on the state of “The Porter” shortly after the series scored a leading 19 nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards on Wednesday. Kawaja says that CBC greenlit and supported a second season "until the bitter end" but the U.S. network BET Plus decided to pass on backing additional episodes. Among its CSA nominations are nods for best drama series, best production design and costume design, boasting a level of detail fit for a period piece.

YouTube’s Head of Podcasting Kai Chuk is to speak today at the Hot Pod Summit in Brooklyn NY. We are expecting an announcement about YouTube’s plans for podcasting. The Black Listener Report was published by Edison Research with SXM Media and Mindshare. The data suggests that Black Americans are more likely to listen to podcasts monthly (43%) than the total US population (38%) (though less likely to listen weekly). Few people listen to podcasts in Japan.