One of the principles in an expenses scandal in Canada’s Senate has resigned. Mac Harb is retiring and dropping his legal action against the Senate. He has also repaid over $230,000 to the Senate because of inappropriate housing expense claims.… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
New study suggests Canadian university students might want to re-evaluate their courses
The study by CIBC World Markets, looked at university graduates and their earning level. Economist Emanuella Enenagor, co-auhor of the CIBC report © CIBC It showed that higher education was still likely to result in higher incomes in a job, but… »
Olympians voice gay rights support
Opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay legislation is growing among Canadian athletes ahead of the next year’s Sochi Olympics. The law, adopted earlier this summer, outlaws gay “propaganda,” and Mr. Putin has announced bans on demonstrations just before and… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
The Printer – Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq
The Cape Dorset art story has been told thousands of times over. But no matter who tells it and how, the printers who actually produce the physical lithographs and stone cuts, often get left out of the narrative. But many… »
What was she thinking? Ontario woman busted after phone call.
Once in a while you just have to scratch your head in wonderment. Police in Lindsay, Ontario, received a phone call last week from a women with an unusual request. She had marijuana plants in a grow-op in her house… »
Canada joins in talks on Syria
Canada’s prime minister and foreign minister held talks over the weekend with Western leaders and diplomats about the situation in Syria, where forces loyal Syrian President Bashar Assad allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb that… »
Vancouver women stage topless march for social equality and acceptance
You may or may not have noticed that Sunday was “International go Topless” day. Women is some 40 or more cities around the world, most in North America, marched or demonstrated with bared breasts to illustrate what they say is… »
New voice is added in wireless battle
Prices for cellphone services are a hot button issue for Canadians. Now, a conservative Canadian think-tank has waded into a fight between Canadian wireless companies and the federal government. In a new study, the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute says if the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup needs you
You’d be amazed at what washes up on Canadian shores, say organizers. © Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Litter ruins shorelines across Canada and in many parts of the world. Volunteers are about to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Great Canadian… »
Arts-Culture 60- preserving old ways, Saskatchewan Muzzle Loaders Club
Hello, and welcome to another spotlight on Canadian arts, culture, and lifestyle. While noisy, black powder muzzle loaders don’t have the very loud sharp crack of modern high velocity firearms. They do produce a lot more smoke (and fun and… »
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