Culture

Thousands of hockey fans braved bone-chilling temperatures in Ottawa as the National Hockey League celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first ever game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 17, 1917.

An award-winning documentary from Atlantic Canada investigates the mystery of Prince Edward Island's starving and abundant bluefin tuna.

SPOILERS: Aronofsky's mockery of Christian theology is where the film becomes a pretentious mess and loses any hope of meaningful connection with an audience, writes Katie Kalmusky.

Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta always thought it was wrong that there was no code of conduct for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body that oversees the Oscars, especially when it came to sexual misconduct.

While U. S. President Donald Trump used a deplorable racial slur while addressing Native American veterans of the Second World War at a recent White House ceremony, a similar, albeit not maliciously intended, incident was unfolding right here at home.

Once frightened, lonely children who lost their culture and innocence rose in a standing ovation on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, as the prime minister at last said it for all Canadians: It was wrong, and we are sorry.

​“Instead of the isolation and neglect of the past, a free and equal chance with children in urban centres.” This is the voice of a male narrator in a March 1955 CBC television piece about Canada’s residential schools. Since that piece aired more than six decades ago, the way Canadians look at residential schools has changed.

On Wednesday, National Observer launched a new membership campaign to power its reporting on racism, Islamophobia and threats to human rights.

In the wake of a court challenge against a controversial Quebec law banning people from wearing face coverings while giving or receiving public services, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is actively studying ways in which it might also weigh in.

While working as a sexual health educator in Calgary several years ago, artist and activist Mikiki would often gently correct clients who said they had never met a gay person. Actually, you probably have but just didn't know it, Mikiki would explain. Today, living and working in Toronto, Mikiki says similar conversations happen frequently about HIV.

Climate change is good for at least one animal...ticks spreading lyme disease to humans, warns Samantha Bee.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again waded into the debate on Quebec's Bill 62 on Friday, saying governments should not be telling women what to wear and what not to wear.

The UBC is on mission to train future doctors, dentists and other health-care providers to treat Indigenous patients by learning about the pain inflicted by past Canadian policies.

In the final months of his life, the Tragically Hip frontman became an outspoken advocate on Indigenous issues, notably as part of his "Secret Path" project.

The unmistakable voice of Gord Downie echoed through the streets of his hometown of Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday as locals celebrated the Tragically Hip frontman’s life and legacy.