Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Canadian military personnel were at one of the Iraqi military bases targeted by Iran Tuesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. He did not… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Indigenous rites: Teaching or imposition? Legal decision in school case
In 2015 and 2016, children in a British Columbia elementary school took part in a First Nations smudging ceremony and prayer. A mother objected saying the school obliged her children to take part in a religious ceremony and a later… »
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Canada offers more aid to Australia to fight wildfires
Canada is offering more help to Australia to aid in the fight against the wildfires ravaging parts of that country. Since September, the fires have killed at least 25 people and millions of animals, destroying 15.6 million acres and almost… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Toronto’s wildlife getting a little too wild
When one thinks of coyotes, perhaps the image that comes to mind is the northern forest or the western plains and mountains. One might not imagine that Canada’s biggest and most developed urban centre, Toronto, has a growing coyote population… »
138 passengers on Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran were headed for Canada
Most of the passengers on a doomed Ukrainian flight from Tehran to Kyiv that crashed on the outskirts of the Iranian capital shortly after takeoff early Wednesday morning, killing all 176 people on board, were heading to Canada, says Prime… »
Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ from royal roles
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan say they plan “to step back” as senior members of the Royal Family, build financial independence and divide their time between Britain and North America as they “carve out a progressive new role.” Today’s… »
Ottawa to seek answers in Iran plane crash that killed 63 Canadians
Canada will work with its international partners to ensure that a Ukrainian passenger plane crash in Iran that claimed the lives of 176 people, including 63 Canadians, is “thoroughly investigated, and that Canadians’ questions are answered,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International
Forest therapy: a relaxing break from urban stress
We’ve heard of therapy dogs and other pets, horse therapy, and other methods to help people cope with stress, but now a perhaps ancient therapy is coming into its own. It’s called ‘forest therapy’. Carolynne Crawley, is a trainer and forest… »
Will there be a recession or not? Canadians unsure
It seems Canadians generally feel a recession is likely this year, but some economists are not of the same opinion. A poll for the Bloomberg news agency by the Nanos Research group in late November and early December found 56… »
Officials say 63 Canadians among those killed in Tehran plane crash
Ukraine’s foreign minister says 63 Canadians were among the 176 people killed when a Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane crashed just minutes after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday. Flight PS752 was en route to Kyiv… »
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