Tara Beagan has won the $75,000 Siminovitch Prize which is the largest theatre award in Canada. The prize is given to a professional director, playwright or designer who is “an acknowledged leader in the theatre whose work is transformative and… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Vancouver votes to decriminalize all drugs, a first for Canada
On Wednesday Vancouver city council voted unanimously to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs within city limits. The move comes as a result of years of suggesting that criminal charges only keep the problem, and addictions in the… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Snapchat launches Spotlight, a TikTok-like short video function
Snapchat used to be the favorite of young social media users, but under the dual competitive pressure of Instagram and TikTok, it has lost its momentum. After a quiet year of lacking innovation, Snapchat finally began to fight back. On… »
Pandemic obliges principal to work from hospital
The COVID-19 pandemic has made things more complicated for Canadians being fitted with prosthetic devices. Sarah Calvert is a high school principal who recently had a second leg amputated due to complications from Type 2 diabetes . In February 2018,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Environmental effects of online shopping can be reduced: analyst
Two-thirds of Canadians have increased their online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by KPMG. Canada’s postal service reports that parcel deliveries increased by more than 24 per cent in the first eight months of 2020.… »
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A man wears a protective face covering at a cafe in Victoria, B.C.
A man wears a protective face covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he works on his laptop at a cafe in Victoria, B.C. Thursday, November 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward »
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Protesters gather outside of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s house in Toronto
Protesters gather outside of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s house following the arrest of Adam Skelly in Toronto, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Skelly owns a BBQ restaurant which opened in defiance of COVID restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young »
Arts & Entertainment, International
‘Scandalous’ painting coming to Montreal in 2021
It was a painting that remained in various private hands for over 100 years, but when it was finally made public in 1995 it was still deemed shocking. Housed since that time at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, the work… »
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An Israeli border police officer fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators
An Israeli border police officer fire tear gas to disperse Palestinian demonstrators during clashes as they protest against Israeli Jewish settlements, in the village of Beit Dajan near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) »
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A man wearing a mask against the spread of the coronavirus in Belgrade, Serbia
A man wearing a mask against the spread of the coronavirus passes a billboard with image of a cat in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic warned on Thursday the country was nearing a “catastrophic scenario” as officials reported a major surge in coronavirus cases. Epidemiologists warned that the government was late in adopting a series of restrictive measures to curb the virus. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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