Antonio Park, a popular Montreal chef, is going to Rio next month to work wonders with leftovers. Park is the man behind Westmount’s eponymous, Park, and Lavanderia restaurants. “So I’m a Korean Montrealer who grew up in Asunción, Buenos Aires,… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Yukon River swim by Denis Morin, a first!
Denis Morin celebrated his retirement with an amazing adventure. An avid riverboarder and swimmer, the 54 year-old Quebecer decided to tackle the Yukon River, all the way through Alaska to the Bering Sea. And he is the first person to… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
PM’s China visit amid growing concern over canola and South China Sea
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes to China on August 30th for an official visit until September 6, when he will take part in the G20 leaders’ summit in Hangzhou, China on September 4th and 5th, 2016. With the announcement, Trudeau said, “On this trip, I will… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
A world’s first? Challenging the North Atlantic-autonomously
It has been years of work for a variety of engineering and computer science students at the University of British Columbia. They are now just a day away from the final phase of all that work and perhaps accomplishing something… »
Police chiefs want access to digital passwords
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has passed a resolution asking for a law that would oblige people to hand over the passwords to their electronic devices if there was approval from a judge. Currently, police can obtain warrants… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Politics
International group of mayors unite against Great Lakes decision
Earlier this year a decision was made in the U.S, to allow a community to withdraw its municipal water from Lake Michigan, even though it was outside the Great Lakes water basin. A coalition of some 100 mayors and local… »
Website for adulterers lacked privacy protection: officials
Privacy officials in Canada and Australia have found that Ashley Madison had inadequate security safeguards and policies in spite of its claims of offering secure services. The Canadian-based website catered to married people seeking affairs and was hacked last year,… »
Individual taxes up, corporate taxes down
“The average Canadian family spends more on taxes than on housing, food and clothing combined,” says the Fraser Institute, described as a conservative and libertarian think-tank. It says that 42.4 per cent of the average family’s income went to taxes… »
Economy, Highlights, International, Society
Vancouver housing shortage now affecting students
Many news stories have covered the skyrocketing prices of housing in and around the western port city of Vancouver. With the fall school season just around the corner, some 6,000 students at Vancouver’s University of British Columbia are still waiting… »
Rail safety renewed issue after collision in mid-Toronto
Two Canadian Pacific Railway trains collided in the middle of Toronto early yesterday, in a neighbourhood with backyards on both sides of the tracks. The trains, going in opposite directions, made contact just as one train was changing tracks. No… »
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