A Canadian volunteer who has spent the past six months fighting ISIS alongside Kurdish forces has been arrested in northern Iraq, Canadian officials confirmed Monday. Michael Kennedy, 32, a former Canadian soldier, was on his way back to Canada, trying… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Job quality declines for youth
Unemployment rates for young Canadians have remained about the same over the last 40 years but the quality of the jobs they hold has declined. Government statistics show that fewer now work in full-time jobs than did in 1976, mostly… »
Friends, colleagues shocked at doctor’s murder
Mike Sullivan told CBC News that the last time he saw his friends, doctors Elana Fric-Shamji and Mohammed Shamji, they laughed and finished each other’s sentences. Elana Fric-Shamji’s body was found in a suitcase December 1, 2016 near an underpass… »
Labour dispute shuts down Nova Scotia schools
Thousands of parents in Nova Scotia are scrambling to find alternative arrangements for their school-aged children today as a labour dispute between the provincial government and the provincial teachers’ union has shut down all public schools in the Maritime province.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International
Less ice means killer whales moving into new northern areas
It has usually been a very rare occasion to spot killer whales in the Arctic. With their high dorsal fins, they traditionally kept away from the northern regions. With climate change and sea ice in the Arctic and Hudson bay… »
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The LINK Online Sun. Dec. 4, 2016
Your hosts this week Lynn, Levon, and Marc A woman enters Maple High School in Vaughan, Ont., to cast her vote in the Canadian federal election on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. © PC/Peter Power Canada’s voting system is called “first past… »
Meet Illustrator / artist Karon Argue
She’s extremely good, and when you realize the challenges she’s overcome, it becomes even more amazing. Karon Argue lives in High River, in the western prairie province of Alberta. From her book, *The Smooch* © Karon Argue She says she’s been… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Thumbs up for plan to set a clean fuel standard
The Pembina Institute applauds the government of Canada’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by setting a clean fuel standard. This would apply to fuels used in transportation, in homes and buildings, and in industry. A standard would be set to decrease… »
Looking back at one year of Liberal Arctic policy
The development of a clear Arctic policy direction by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in its first year in power was hobbled by the loss of a key cabinet member, says one of the most prominent Canadian… »
2 Canadians reportedly killed in Tennessee wildfire
Two Canadians are reported among the 13 people killed when wildfires tore through the town of Gatlinburg in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Tennessee this week, local officials said. Reports in the local media identified… »
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