A vigil in Ottawa on Parliament Hill for an Indigenous Inuk woman Loretta Saunders found dead February 28 was the latest demonstration calling for a national inquiry into the hundreds of Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or… »
Highlights / Month: March 2014
School to change insensitive team name
A school board in the western Canadian city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has voted to retire the name of “Redmen” for a local high school’s sports teams. Bedford Road Collegiate, one of Saskatoon’s oldest schools, adopted the logo and name Redmen… »
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Police shoot two lynx in Timmins, Ontario, as long winter continues
Police in Timmins in northwestern Ontario, have shot and killed two lynx in separate incidents this month. Last week, police received reports of a lynx having killed a dog near a popular hiking trail at the north end of the… »
Health, International, Society
Doctor warns against foreign weight-loss surgery
A Canadian who went to Mexico for stomach surgery nearly died and a leading surgeon is warning that many others are risking the same procedure. With growing rates of obesity in Canada, there has been a dramatic increase in the… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Chinese millionaires angry over cancelled Canadian immigrant program
A group of Chinese millionaires upset by a Canadian government decision to stop an immigrant investor program, have called on Canada to reverse its decision in a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday (March 4). “The applicants have submitted their… »
School bus driver fired after rescuing kids
After her school bus wouldn’t start due to freezing cold temperatures, driver Kendra Lindon picked up some stranded students in her own vehicle, and then was fired for her trouble. Lindon said she didn’t realize she was breaking the bus… »
Website launched to help prevent domestic murders
The majority of domestic homicides can be prevented say researchers at two Canadian universities, and they have launched a website to share information on how to do just that. The new Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative website features the latest… »
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts announced
Canada’s Governor General David Johnston and the Canada Council for the Arts announced the latest winners of the annual Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts on Tuesday (March 4) in Toronto. Among the eight is a painter, a curator,… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian study: The world is actually getting safer
It may not seem like it, but the world is becoming a safer place. That’s the finding in a new report by the Human Security Report Project (HSRP) at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia on Canada’s west coast. Andrew… »
Winter refuses to release grip on most of Canada
It’s been a long cold winter in most of Canada, and one that just won’t quit. Arctic-like cold has gripped much of Canada this year with many instances of temperatures in the -30 range and with windchill in some cases… »
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