Working as a reporter at The Canadian Press parliamentary bureau in Ottawa, I cover wide range of topic focusing mostly on issues related to Canada’s Indigenous people, Black people and other minorities and immigrant communities.
This is a list of stories I’ve written for The Canadian Press in 2020.
Stories published in December:
Liberals say testing rules for air travellers land Jan.7, urge people to prepare
Poll suggests pandemic made some Canadians more grateful for what they have
More cases of U.K. COVID-19 variant found in Canada
Survivor calls on Trudeau to release St. Anne’s residential school abuse documents
Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP
Feds detail $100 million pledged to fight food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic
PM says he kept hoping more money, or pressure, would help meet water-advisory goal
Food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic linked to poor mental health: StatCan
Reconciliation delayed and anti-Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
Syrian refugees overcoming war memories brought back by COVID-19
Canada must improve lives of Indigenous people as it emerges from COVID-19 pandemic, Perry Bellegarde says
Perry Bellegarde won’t seek re-election as head of Assembly of First Nations
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
Liberals table bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds
Canadians not worried other countries will get COVID-19 vaccine first: poll
Stories published in November:
People to thank for Ottawa’s success with curbing COVID-19: health officer
Nearly a third of Canadians say they’ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic: poll
Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities, Miller says
RCMP needs structural changes to address racism: MMIWG commissioner
Goodall backs senator’s proposed law to protect captive animals, ban elephant ivory
Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments
Harris inspiring young Black Canadians toward politics: MPs
Canada must regulate AI to protect privacy and human rights: watchdog
Feds commit $61 million to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight COVID-19
Trudeau ‘deeply disappointed’ by Liberal MP’s employing her sister in riding office
Eastern Ontario reeve seeks to change road name derogatory to Indigenous women
‘They profited off this pandemic’: NDP to push for wealth tax to go on Commons agenda, Singh says
More funding needed to address inequalities harming COVID-19 response, AFN chief says
Liberals continue filibuster over WE affair at Commons ethics committee
House of Commons Ethics Committee Makes Third Try at Launching WE-Related Probe
Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
Stories published in October:
Feds add $204M for anti-pandemic measures in Indigenous communities and institutions
Federal election during COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, PHAC official says
National Chief Perry Bellegarde says he’s waiting for action on racism in RCMP
Corrections watchdog urges moratorium on allowing medical assistance in dying inside Canadian prisons
Most Canadians don’t want federal election until at least 2022, new poll suggests
Bellegarde wants Brenda Lucki out as head of RCMP
Evolving science reason for inconsistent messaging on COVID-19: Tam
Elections watchdog announces charges against former leader of defunct Bridge Party of Canada
Additional RCMP officers deployed in N.S.: Public Safety Minister Bill Blair
Provinces need to address racism in the health-care system: Trudeau
Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
Canadians spend more money and time online during pandemic, and fall for more phishing scams
Better data needed to help address inequalities exposed by COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Njoo says
New law needed to allow safe byelections in COVID-19 pandemic: Greens’ Annamie Paul
Miller to discuss racism in health care with Indigenous leaders as COVID cases rise
Feds double COVID-19 fund for abused women to $100 million
Liberals survive Throne Speech confidence vote, with support of NDP
Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic
Tory says Liberals will back her for international post only if their man bows out
Teachers concerned about their health, quality of education as they deal with challenges of COVID-19 pandemic
Stories published in September:
COVID-19 cases rising at an alarming rate in Indigenous communities
Union demands permanent hires to solve backlog in veterans’ benefit applications
Veterans Affairs could clear application backlog in a year if it hired hundreds: PBO
First Nations police services look to throne speech pledge for higher, stable funding
Five highlights from the speech from the throne
COVID-19 limits possibilities for former prime minister John Turner’s state funeral
Admitted to Canada under pilot program, refugee nurses ready for work
Post-secondary students paying for inaccessible services as they study online
Activists urge Trudeau government to act on disappearances in Sri Lanka
Office furniture shortages loom as Canadians stay home this fall
Maan Alhmidi 