People in Manitoba have seen way more than their fair share of floods over the years, ruining way more springs than they care to remember. In fact, a 2014 Global News listing of Canada’s worst floods found that four of… »
Highlights / Year: 2019
Canada’s top bureaucrat resigns amid SNC-Lavalin controversy
In the latest chapter of the controversy surrounding the SNC-Lavalin engineering firm, Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council has sent a letter of resignation to the prime minister. The job of the clerk is to provide non-partisan advice… »
Canada’s biggest night in music: Juno awards
This weekend marked the culmination of the year 2018 in Canadian music. The Juno awards or “Junos” are the biggest musical awards event in the country celebrating the best in Canadian music each year. This year the event was held… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
The forgotten Olympic gold medallist, who in fact is Canadian
He’s someone whose history is somewhat stuck between two countries, the U.S. and Canada. He was a Canadian, but for many decades was claimed by the U.S. and thought to be American by most Canadians, if they thought of him… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Online hatred growing in Canada, warns rights advocate
The massacre at two mosques in New Zealand has renewed calls for more action against hatred in Canada. Police-reported hate crime rose 47 per cent in 2017 over the previous year to 2,073 crime. Most of the increase targeted Muslim,… »
Kenney wants to lower wages for young Alberta workers
There’s an election coming in Alberta and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney is taking something of an unorthodox tack to try to attract votes. Kenney says that if elected, he is prepared to roll back the province’s $15-an-hour minimum wage to… »
Hometown rink is named for Humboldt captain Logan Schatz
It’s almost a year now since the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck near Armley, Saskatchewan. Sixteen people died, 13 other were injured. The last of the injured players still in hospital, Morgan… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Facebook to control political ads in Canada
Facebook has announced plans to comply with a new Canadian law aimed at preventing foreign interference in elections. There will be a federal election in October 2019 and the social media giant says its “ads transparency tools” will be launched… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society, Sports
Canada History: March 18, 1892: The greatest trophy in hockey
In the late 1800’s ice hockey was gaining in popularity thoughout North America, especially in Canada, as well as in some northern U.S cities, where it had been introduced as much by Canadian students studying at U.S. universities as any… »
Teen has the Tennis World talking and Canadians dreaming
Bianca Andreescu is all the rage in women’s tennis right now. Rightly so. On Sunday, Andreescu won the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in California, a tournament she entered as a wildcard, defeating three-time Grand Slam winner and former world No.… »
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