A year after she was detained in Vancouver on a U.S extradition request, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is in a British Columbia court today. The U.S Justice Department alleges that she fraudulently misled banks into processing financial transactions with Iran… »
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Canadian headlines
Minister says no assessement yet on Harry and Meghan’s security funding
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says no assessment has yet been conducted on whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will need government-funded security should they decide to live in Canada. “No assessment has yet been done as to what actually… »
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Poll suggests many Canadians would stay away if genocide taking place
As global leaders prepare to gather next week to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, the infamous Second World War death camp, a new public opinion survey suggests that nearly three in 10 Canadians (29 per cent)… »
Newfoundland blizzard clean-up after record breaking storm
Today St John’s Newfoundland is digging out from a record breaking blizzard that saw 76 cm of snow whipped over the city by winds sometimes exceeding 100 km an hour. During the storm, city workers and snowploughs were ordered off… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Bison return to prairie cultural park
Just days after a story about a small herd of plains bison being given to a First Nations reserve in Saskatchewan comes another similar story. The bison ( or buffalo as they are often called) once roamed the prairies in… »
Learning from their Cree elders-one word at a time
A new app will help younger members of Cree First Nations bands in northern Alberta maintain their language. They will be able to listen to more than 150 tribal elders from across five First Nations in the region. The app,… »
Alleged neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews behind bars in the U.S.
The investigations into his alleged neo-Nazi ties with a group called The Base began shortly before the RCMP raided his home near Winnipeg last summer. The problem for Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews was that he also had ties to the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Safer eco-friendly and more efficient fire suppressant foam?
As wildfires cause massive destruction in Australia, a couple of Canadians think their product could be of great assistance in quelling those fires. Not only helpful, but safe for the environment afterward Quincy Emmons and Zackery Hodgen, former firefighters themselves… »
U.S. indicts two Canadian residents in alleged Pakistani weapons network
Two men from Mississauga, Ontario have been indicted in the United States for allegedly being part of a network exporting aircraft parts and satellite communications equipment to support Pakistan’s nuclear program. Father and son Muhammad Ahsan Wali, 48, and Haji… »
Canada in winter: bundle up- or bring an umbrella
Winter weather across this country can be, well bizarre. Last week in the southern areas of Ontario and Quebec, any backyard ice rinks melted in above zero temperatures as has happened at least a couple of times so far this… »
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