Yet another hockey player lay unconscious and bleeding on the ice after a violent hit from an opposing player The incident occurred Thursday night during game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup quarterfinals between the Montreal Canadiens, and the… »
Highlights / Month: May 2013
Eye on the Arctic – Concerns over Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship
Canada will take centre stage on northern issues when it assumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council from Sweden on May 15th. But already, some observers are voicing concerns about Canada’s two-year stewardship of the organization. Canada has stated that promoting… »
Government seeks to control wages at Crown corporations
The Canadian government has introduced a law empowering it to intervene in collective bargaining at Crown corporations. If passed, it would also give the government power over executive salaries. Canada Post, the national train operator Via Rail, and the public… »
Economy, International, Politics
Winnipeg forum on challenges facing Canadian aviation, cheap U.S. tickets, regulations
According to the Winnipeg Press newspaper the city of Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport lost about 100,000 potential passengers to the Grand Forks airport in the United States, representing about 2.7 percent of the passengers who went through the airport. The Winnipeg… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Remembering the Battle of the Atlantic
Across Canada this coming Sunday veterans, remaining members of the Merchant Marine, military personel, families and dignitaries will gather at cenotaphs to remember a critical aspect of the Second World War. Flower class Corvette HMCS Brantford construction began Feb 1941… »
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Pizza prices could drop
In a bit of welcome Friday morning news, Canadians learned their favourite snack could soon go down in price with the lifting of restrictions on mozzarella cheese. The cheese used to make pizza is regulated by supply-management pricing making it… »
Bridal shop refuses transgender shopper
A transgender shopper says a bridal shop in the western city of Saskatoon refused to let her try on dresses. Rohit Singh was shopping for a wedding dress at Jenny’s Bridal Boutique and asked to try one on. The owner… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights
Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers touring Canada
They’re back and they’re playing 20 dates across Canada. Not all the original players are here, but Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers have been selling-out most of the venues booked. The Bay City Rollers were the Scottish pop band that… »
New Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz
Stephen Poloz, the head of Export Development Canada, was named today as the next governor of the Bank of Canada. Stephen Poloz had worked previously at the Bank of Canada. He joined the central bank in 1981 and worked there… »
Museums: where from, and with budget cuts and in the digital age, whither bound?
It seems the idea of museums, had it’s origins a few centuries ago with the personal collections of the wealthy. They weren’t really museums, rather more like a gathering of curiousities than an organized assembly of artifacts. Gathering marvels and… »
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