UN signs deal to help move 1 million barrels of oil off tanker stranded near Yemen

UN Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner

The United Nations announced Thursday it signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/ZQ0kLs1

Drag helped me find myself and talk about gender with my son

Buster Highman gets ready for a performance

As a drag king, Marisa Grant is challenging expectations around masculinity and sharing those lessons with their son.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/cGPXlWq

Mi'kmaw lawyer, academic calls on MUN to investigate president over statements on Indigenous heritage

Pam Palmater

An Indigenous lawyer, author and academic is calling for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador to suspend its president in the wake of a CBC investigation on Vianne Timmons's statements on Indigenous heritage.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/hovKmZV

Military seeks public input on how to cope with low recruitment and a world of threats

Canadian Military 20230309

The Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have announced they're launching public consultations on Canada's defence strategy and military as the armed forces grapples with a range of challenges from growing global threats to recruitment woes.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/b1kZr7p

Liberal government tables bill to allow aid groups to operate in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

Afghanistan

The federal Liberal government tabled a bill Thursday that would tweak Canada's terrorism financing laws to allow foreign aid organizations to provide support in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and other terrorism hotspots.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/droJuL8

Paws at work: Saskatoon SPCA seeks offices to foster cats

Colleen Silverthorn

"It reduces stress and anxiety within the workplace," said Madison Friesen, the volunteer and foster care co-ordinator with the SPCA.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/eFLmaxf

Tiger Woods' girlfriend seeks to nullify NDA following 6-year relationship

woods-herman-030823

Tiger Woods' girlfriend wants to nullify a nondisclosure agreement following a six-year relationship with the professional golfer.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/UeRkEBt

After nearly 70 years together, this couple fears they'll be forced to spend the rest of their lives apart

jim-woolfrey-marilyn-gould

There's a shortage of beds and health workers to provide care In Newfoundland and Labrador. It means facilities that provide higher levels of care can't also accept people, like Jim Wolfrey, who don't require as much help.  So, in their mid-80s, the Wolfreys are forced to live apart.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/Qw13JUE

RCMP told federal government it could offer advice to Winnipeg police on landfill search

Prairie Green landfill

A newly released document shows the head of the RCMP told the federal government the national police force could offer guidance to the Winnipeg Police Service on searching a landfill for the remains of two First Nations women.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/1z8aWPk

'The fight isn't over yet': What feminism looks like in 2023

Stolen Revolution: Iranian Women of 1979

The meaning of feminism has changed over the years — from fighting for rights to vote and own property, to equality and anti-discrimination, to now a push for more inclusivity beyond white, cisgender women.



from CBC | Top Stories News https://ift.tt/M90jpde