Word is just coming that Prince Harry and his family will be splitting time between Canada and England as they seek to step back from royal duties. Although exactly where in Canada is not known a poll recently found that… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
PS752: How could Iran have made such a terrible tragic mistake?
After initially denying they were at fault, Iran quickly backtracked saying the shot down the passenger jet by mistake? But with modern sophisticated systems how could a large, slow moving, and climbing jetliner be mistaken for a “hostile” fighter jet… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Neil Peart, Rush’s iconic drummer and lyricist, dies at 67
Canada’s artistic community has lost one of its own–the guy who provided the backbeat. Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for the iconic progressive rock trio Rush, died a week ago after having been diagnosed with brain cancer three-and-a half… »
Andreescu withdraws from Australian Open
There will be no back-to-back grand slam titles for Bianca Andreescu, at least this time around. Andreescu, who caught the fancy of both Canada and the tennis world last summer when she won the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the… »
Men’s volleyball team will be at Tokyo Olympics
In weekend qualifying tournaments for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, Canada’s volleyball teams had far different results. First the good news: The men, ranked seventh in the world, defeated 24th-ranked Puerto Rico 25-21, 25-15, 25-15 at the NORCECA qualifying tournament at… »
Need a job? Here’s what’s hot in Canada for 2020
The common wisdom is that to be successful the in-demand jobs require a university degree. The latest information for jobs in Canada shows that to not necessarily be the case. Randstad Canada, a leading human resources company, has just released… »
Trump, the Arctic Council & Arctic policy in Canada: 2020 stories to watch for
As 2020 gets underway, Eye on the Arctic is checking in with northern experts for their take on what to watch for in the year ahead. Up today, we speak with Heather Exner-Pirot, a research associate at the Observatoire de… »
Iran approves 2 visas as Canada seeks more access to air crash investigation
Iranian authorities have approved two visas for Canadian diplomats and air crash investigators standing by in Ankara, as they wait for Iran’s permission to travel to Tehran following Wednesday’s deadly Ukraine International Airlines crash that killed 63 Canadians, Foreign Affairs… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The Arctic will change even if emissions capped
A recent international study says the Arctic environment will change. This is even if the world was able to cap emissions and limit global warming to the target of a 2-degree Celsius increase. The study involving American, Danish, Finnish, British,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
2 Canadian astronauts graduate from NASA school, ready for missions to moon
Canadian astronauts Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk celebrated Friday the end of their basic training, along with their NASA classmates, during a graduation ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Sidey-Gibbons, who is from Calgary, and Kutryk, who is from Fort Saskatchewan,… »
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