Sudden cuts to already small wages of Canadian prison inmates has caused work stoppages, petitions, and calls for corrections authorities to reconsider the impact of the cuts. Inmate wages were set in 1981. Since then they were raised 10 cents.… »
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Toronto mayor admits he smoked crack, won’t quit
Rob Ford, mayor of Canada’s largest city, Toronto just admitted he smoked crack cocaine. The mayor has been embroiled in controversy over a mysterious video purported to show him smoking crack. He once said the video did not exist. Now… »
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Man fleeing police jumps into freezing river
This is something you should not do in Canada in November: a young man being chased by police north of Montreal early this morning jumped into the Rivière Des Prairies. “We lost his trace and we were afraid for his… »
Attractive project leaves hospital short of nurses
Four nurses are leaving their hospital in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the eastern region of Labrador to take high-paying jobs in the Muskrat Falls hydro project some 25 kilometers away. Labrador-Grenfell Health hospital is struggling to recruit nurses lost to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Environment Commissioner: Wide gap between government commitments and results
Canada’s interim Environment Commissioner Neil Maxwell says there’s a “wide gap between the government’s commitments and the results achieved” and “despite significant efforts over the years and progress in some areas, there is still much to be done to meet… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian tailors create nano-tech bullet-proof classic business suit
A luxury Toronto Ontario tailoring firm, Garrison Bespoke,says they’ve created fashionable business suits that are bullet-proof. The suits are made with carbon nanotubes in material originally designed for US Special Forces. The company says a number of high-profile clients travelling… »
Canada’s Governor General launches ‘My Giving Moment’ campaign
Canada’s Governor General David Johnston, launched “My Giving Moment”, a national multimedia campaign to encourage Canadians to discover and seize their “giving moments” and then act on them. The Governor General made the announcement on Monday (November 4). “We are a… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Canadian province announces moratorium on fracking near UNESCO heritage site
Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday (November 4) announced a moratorium on fracking near the Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The possibility of a fracking project near the park has raised concerns… »
Veterans Week in Canada: Vimy Education Centre
At the start of a chilly, wet April in 1917, during the First World War, Canadian troops did what other Allies had tried and failed to do on several occasions. The Canadians, fighting as a unified all-Canadian force for the… »
Police chiefs warn abuse of fentanyl can be fatal
“This is a very, very dangerous drug and it ought not to be used for recreational purposes,” warns Chief Mark Mander, chair of the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs’ drug abuse committee. “It’s specifically designed to control…severe pain and it’s… »
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