Well not quite, but not only is Canadian technology is playing a vital role in a new space mission, but the unique effort is to send a probe into space and then have it come back. The mission and spacecraft… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Suicidal thoughts, depression stalk youth
Canada may be a wealthy country, but there appear to be alarming rates of depression and suicidal thoughts among its youth. Two new surveys have emerged. One by Kids Help Phone found that one in five teenagers 13-18 years old seriously… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
The belugas of St Lawrence: serious decline
This week the federal government officially recognized the continuing decline in numbers of the white whales of the St Lawrence estuary by changing their status. Previously labelled as “threatened” the beluga are now listed in the more worrisome category of… »
‘Make it Awkward’ anti-racism campaign goes national
‘Make it Awkward‘ is the social media campaign that began with an ugly racist incident in Edmonton, and it is going national now. The mayor of Alberta’s capital city, Don Iveson, shared the story during an interview on CBC TV last… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
TIFF opening tonight
TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival’s 41st edition opens this evening with a line-up of almost 400 films for audiences over the next 10 days. “People from 83 countries are coming to this festival: filmmakers, film artists, buyers, sellers, some… »
More Canadians living paycheque to paycheque
A new survey suggests about half of Canadians spend all or more of their net pay and one quarter would be hard pressed to come up with $2,000 in the event of an emergency. In Canada, 93 per cent of… »
Ontario schoolchildren: literacy improving, math declining.
A new survey in Canada’s most populous province shows literacy skills, reading, writing, and comprehension, among children in Canadian schools are improving. However, elementary school results show almost half of students in Grade 6 (aged 11-12) failed to achieve the… »
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Small town gets symbolic thanks for 9/11 help
People in the eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador are known as great neighbours with a willingness to help, and that became apparent to the world after the terrorist attacks on the U.S. of September 11, 2001. As airports closed across… »
Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Canadian aircraft still fighting Daesh
Under Canada’s previous Conservative government, six CF-18 fighter jets had joined the US-led coalition bombing mission in 2014 against the terrorists in Iraq and Syria. In February of this year, a few months after being elected, the federal Liberal government… »
Mayor takes old subway during scorcher of a summer
Toronto was under severe weather warnings yesterday as the temperature soared to 40 Celsius, again! It’s a summer that may go down as one of the hottest on record in Canada’s largest city. Already the month of August is now… »
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