Canada’s giant producer of potash is slashing it workforce by about 18 per cent because of a weak demand for potash and phosphates, used to make fertilizer. 440 jobs will disappear in the corporation’s home province of Saskatchewan in western… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Lesbians get apology from bar owner
The owner of a bar in a Montreal suburb has apologized to a lesbian couple after they were kicked out of one of his establishments last Friday. Jess Goldberg and Carolyn Shaughnessy, both in their early 20s shared a kiss… »
Canadian broadcaster releases Snowden NSA document on G8, G20 summit surveillance
Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC released a document Monday (December 2) which was the basis of last week’s report that Canada allowed widespread surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits in Canada. CBC… »
Canada’s Senate Speaker convenes unprecedented press conference
In what many call an unprecedented move, Noel Kinsella, the Speaker of Canada’s upper chamber the Senate, called a press conference in the Senate chamber, and after a short speech, opened the floor to questions from assembled journalists. Even seasoned… »
Most politicians’ websites fail to engage:charity
Most Canadian members of Parliament fail to use their websites to get citizens to engage with politics or share their views, says the charitable think tank Samara. The group is dedicated to improving political participation in Canada. Declining interest in… »
Economy, Health, International, Society
Mathematics, networks and the spread of HIV in Africa
An economics professor in Ottawa has studied the spread of Aids in Africa from a new perspective. Roland Pongou saw first hand the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in his native Cameroon. He is now with the Faculty of Social Sciences at… »
Property sale scam hurts buyers but also sellers.
Potential house buyers and house sellers are being faced with a new kind of scam. A woman in the nation’s capital, Ottawa,is selling her condo and listed it on two online sales lists. She was later shocked to find an… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics
Canada’s PM Stephen Harper: 14 unofficial portraits
For three days in Ottawa, Canadians had a chance to see several different views of their Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the Arts Court Studio presented 14 unofficial portraits of the PM. In an article titled “Artists try to fill in… »
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Bombardier may test new jets in U.S.
If winter weather gets too bad in the province of Quebec, Bombardier may test its new CSeries commercial aircraft in the United States. The general-manager of the program, Rob Dewar told an aerospace forum that the aircraft manufacturer has the… »
Canadian mapping seeks to expand Arctic territory
Canada has until Friday to apply for exclusive rights to an expected additional 1.7 million square kilometres of Arctic sea floor. The application comes under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea and is a result of… »
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