One of two Canadian Greenpeace activists detained in Russia since September was expected back in Canada on Friday. The mother of Alexandre Paul says Alexandre Paul has been cleared to leave Russia and is scheduled to fly into Trudeau airport… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Greenpeace activists expected home soon
Two Canadians among a group of Greenpeace activists held in Russia should be back in the country in the next day or two. Alexandre Paul of Montreal and Paul Ruzycki of Port Colborne, Ontario have been granted amnesty. They were… »
Boxing Day – make that Boxing Week – bonanza
What do Canadians do after they’ve finished their Christmas shopping? They shop some more. True to form, hordes of deal seekers lined up outside major stores across the country today — and in some cases, before Christmas day was even… »
Record bounty for Holiday Train
It’s a beautiful sight if you can catch it. And it also serves a good cause. For the past 15 years, the Canadian Pacific Railway has been stringing lights along two freight trains for the holidays. And the trains run… »
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Time for a touch of the Hot Stove League
Sometimes when winter delivers its ugly side as it certainly did this week, one seeks solace where one must–sending the mind as far away from the snow and the ice, the downed power lines and electrical blackout as one get… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Lac-Megantic disaster named top 2013 story
Last summer’s deadly train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec has been chosen Canada’s 2013 News story of the year. The derailment and horrendous aftermath in which much of the town centre was incinerated and 47 people were killed received more than… »
The homeless not forgotten at Christmas
The holidays are a time to celebrate, but not everyone has the means to do so. Charitable organizations across the country try every year to give a Christmas to the less fortunate. That includes the Old Brewery Mission, in Montreal,… »
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A Christmas guide to discussing contentious issue
One issue was particularly contentious in the province of Quebec, in 2013: a ban on overt religious symbols. The ruling Parti Québécois (PQ) doesn’t want public and parapublic sector employees to wear the hijab, the kippah, the turban or large… »
Animation great passes away at 89
Two-time Oscar-winning illustrator, animator and filmmaker Frédéric Back has died. The German-born artist grew up in Strasbourg, France, and studied lithographic illustration in Paris. He also studied fine arts in Rennes before moving to the Canadian province of Quebec, in… »
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Christmas in Canada: family, friends and snow
It’s Christmas Day in Canada and that means family, friends and snow. And this year, it also means thousands of people in Eastern Canada without electricity, (Please see sidebar.) As we told you yesterday, a new Angus Reid Global poll… »
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