Social Studies Grade 9: Canada in the Contemporary World
Please review each article prior to use: grade-level applicability and curricular alignment might not be obvious from the headline alone.
‘Special to the world’: Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur
4 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 22, 2025Senate reform and ongoing modernization of its operations will not be a prominent issue in the current election. However, the outcome of the election will have significant consequences for the role of the Senate in the national policy process and for the dynamics of its internal decision-making.
Runway show focuses on treasures, not trash
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025Global extremism, as close as your keyboard
4 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 31, 2025Conservative MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025Muslim student association serving thousands of meals during Ramadan at U of M
3 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 10, 2025Winnipeg Muslims focus on giving as Ramadan begins
3 minute read Friday, Feb. 28, 2025Winnipeg Muslims may have begun fasting for Ramadan but their minds are on others who may be hungry.
Three city groups are among 45 Islamic organizations across Canada participating in the #FastFeed Ramadan Food Bank Campaign to Combat Hunger.
The campaign, launched by the Canadian Council of Imams, is being supported by the Islamic Social Services Association, the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute and the Manitoba Islamic Association.
The campaign, which also uses the name Give 30, will take place during Ramadan from Friday to March 29.
Le logo d’un francophile de cœur
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025Study shows importance of local news
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025Noir et fier met les mots sur les maux
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025Quand les émotions se dégagent des formes et des couleurs
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025Sweeping tariffs could be 3% hit to Canadian economy, even with carve-outs: report
5 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025‘A divine feeling’: Mosque becomes a reality for Morden’s Muslim families
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025Let’s live peacefully and meaningfully together in this land
5 minute read Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025Among the many benefits of being a faith reporter and columnist at the Free Press is a chance to learn more, and write about, the experience of Indigenous people in this country, including their interactions with Christianity.
This has helped make up for my lack of education I received in school about this important history while growing up in the 1960s and 70s.
Like many others of my boomer generation, I learned Canadian history from a colonial point of view. In that telling, Canada was an empty and unsettled land until the Europeans arrived, bringing civilization, progress — and religion — to what they considered to be a backward people.
So while I learned about famous European explorers and the settling of this land, I heard nothing about Kondiaronk, a Wendat chief who lived from 1649-1701. Among other things, Kondiaronk challenged the assertion that Europe and its religion was superior to the beliefs and way of life of Indigenous people.
How changing demographics and tastes are shaping Canada’s grocery stores
6 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025Serving — and feeding — the community
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024Pervasive poverty demonstrates an unjust society
5 minute read Monday, Dec. 16, 2024Althea waits in line at a local food bank in Winnipeg. Her youngest son, less than six months old, is bundled up asleep in a stroller and she holds her two-year-old in her arms. Nearby, her oldest son, now four, plays with a toy car.
Canadian judokas Gauthier-Drapeau, Reyes win bronze at Tokyo Grand Slam
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025Poll highlights belief in rising corruption
4 minute read Friday, Nov. 29, 2024Manitobans’ trust in businesses — and government’s ability to address corruption — is on a downhill slope, a new Angus Reid Institute poll found.
“I feel like things are getting more and more shifty, especially after COVID,” said Will Houston, as he shopped in a Winnipeg supermarket this week.
Prices across the board have skyrocketed over the past few years, he noted.
“I fully acknowledge that there are supply chains and there’s people who need to be paid all the way back to the producer,” Houston said. “But I think that there are people who are taking a higher cut than they used to.”