Announced last December, new tighter visa requirements have begun to be applied for certain nationalities as of this week. As of Wednesday, applicants for visitor, student, work permit visas from Jamaica, Haiti, and Colombia will have to provide fingerprints and… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Theatre for everyone
Like fringe festivals around the world, the Vancouver Fringe Festival gives people a chance to see all kinds of theatre. This year’s edition features 600 performances by 89 artists over 11 days from September 5th to 15th, 2013. Started in 1985,… »
Bank of Canada maintains interest rate at 1%
As expected, the Bank of Canada made no change in its key policy interest rate Wednesday (September 4), leaving it at the one per cent level it has been at for the past three years. In a statement released Wednesday… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
International aid hackathon mixed two worlds, tech and aid, for one goal
Hacking and international aid are two concepts not normally associated together. But this past weekend 45 people did just that. They mixed technical capabilities with a need to easily access Canadian and international development aid information around the world. Working… »
International, Politics, Society
Accept more Syrian refugees, urges analyst
While Sweden says it will grant permanent residency to Syrians fleeing the civil war, the United Nations is asking western nations to help ease the burden on nearby countries experiencing a massive influx of refugees. More than two million Syrians… »
Why young people can’t find work.
A new reports suggests there’s been a huge shift in job prospects in Canada.This is especially affecting young people who are looking for part-time work after school to help pay for current or future studies. The investment report prepared by… »
Racial incidents spark human rights complaint
An effigy of a black man hung by the neck in a store window is just one of several racial incidents reported by the employee of a furniture store in the eastern Canadian city of Dartmouth. Elsworth Bottomley complained to… »
Teenage schoolboys overdoing “body spray” perfumes
It seems adverts for men’s “body spray” perfumes are working extremely well on adolescent boys. Scene from an advert where a man is dousing himself in a body spray product which suddenly attracts swarms of young women. Young males seem… »
Frosh video sparks outrage
A short video posted on-line has gone viral showing Canadian university students chanting about underage sex with girls without consent. The video shows orientation students leading a cheer about the sexual preferences of men at Saint Mary’s University in the… »
The Cold War: no clear end, but clear beginning, in Canada
Over decades, the Cold War created an arms race, occupied millions of military personnel and has cost countries around the world untold billions of dollars. It began in Canada on September 5, 1945. That evening a cypher clerk at the… »
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