The Cai family are seen at dinner, as a TV broadcasts news on the coronavirus in the living room of their home in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 20, 2020. Picture taken February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health
Book: From ‘Dirt to Dinner’-Teaching children about where food comes from
Where does food come from? Do kids really know? It’s an interesting question and the fact is that as society becomes more urbanised, more children don’t realize that food, their hamburgers, bread, eggs, milk, breakfast cereal etc, originates on a… »
Canada hosts Lima Group meeting to ‘end crisis’ in Venezuela
Canada is hosting foreign ministers from more than a dozen Latin American and Caribbean countries opposed to Venezuela’s Socialist President Nicolas Maduro amid growing signs that the Western-backed push by the splintered Venezuelan opposition to remove the controversial leader is… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Massive highway pile up leaves 2 dead, dozens injured
In the early afternoon near Montreal, a massive pile-up occurred on a major highway just south of the city. Some 100 vehicles crashed with most smashed violently into a mess of mangled metal along a one kilometre stretch. Some 90… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Tim Hortons going green for Roll Up the Rim
The coffee chain, Tim Hortons, is making changes to its famous Roll Up the Rim contest, to allow for paper, digital and sustainable play according to a press release sent out by the company. This year the contest, which lasts… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Economic consequences of rail blockade worsen; RCMP make gesture
The already intense criticism and pressure on the federal government is growing as rail blockades continue across the country over the issue of a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia.. While Prime Minister Trudeau continues to say the problem… »
Canadian government announces affordable housing project in Ottawa
In order to make housing affordable for middle income families in Ottawa, the Canadian government is investing $115 million to help build a 27 storey residential building, that will have 321 unils, according to a press release from the Canada… »
Uncategorized
Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 13
Sam Langford Samuel Edgar Langford, known as the Boston Terror, is considered by many boxing historians to be one of the greatest fighters of all time. Duration: 2:27
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 12
William Hall Petty Officer William Hall was the first black Canadian man to win the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857. Duration: 2:40
Environment & Animal Life, Society
City of Montreal bans electronic scooters
After a pilot project, the ciy of Montreal has decided to ban shared e-scooters in 2020. According to CBC News the announcement was made at an executive meeting on Feb. 19, by Montreal city Councillor, Éric Alan Caldwell. He said… »
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