A new public survey appears to confirm what most Canadians had surmized ancedotally–something they saw very much reflected in last fall’s federal election: people on the Prairies are not happy campers. The Angus Reid poll shows that more than 60… »
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International, Politics, Society
Hassan Diab files multi-million suit against federal government
Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab, his wife, Rania Tfaily, and their two young children, are suing the federal government for $90 million in damages, as a result of Diab’s extradition in 2014 to France, where he spent three years in… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Young Canadian women ‘sugar babies’-growing in popularity
Sugar daddy (sugar baby, sugar mommy) It’s become a common term that may have its origins as far back as 1908 when the heir to a sugar fortune (Adolph Spreckels) married an apparently good looking and much younger woman 24… »
International, Politics, Society
Ottawa looking into repatriation disputes claims
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will lead a meeting of an international support group at London’s Canada House on Thursday for families of victims of the Ukrainian International Airlines jet crash in Tehran. The International Coordination and Response Group for… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Canada-Australia: Joint wildfire equipment sharing?
Canada and Australia share many things; both are young countries, huge territories, sparsely populated rural areas, vast forested regions, and enormous wildfires. The current and deadly monster wildfires in Australia have prompted the revival of an idea first proposed four… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Society
Canada History: Jan 14, 1976: The end of the Eaton’s “wish book”
For almost 100 years, the major general merchandise retailer in Canada was the T.Eaton company. Timothy Eaton founded his first department store in 1869 in Toronto. With many of his innovations, the single Toronto store grew to become the largest… »
Brulotte ends his (very) short run for the Tory leadership
It seemed like a good idea in December. That’s when Andrew Scheer announced he would not be running to succeed himself when the Conservative Party picks a new leader in June. Ottawa businessman Bryan Brulotte, a longtime political volunteer and… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
False alert from nuclear plant scares Ontario residents
It was early on a sleepy Sunday morning when mobile phones, radios, and TV began sending an urgent alarm at 07;30 The alarming province-wide message said something had gone wrong at the Pickering Nuclear power plant located on the shore… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Politics, Society
Prince Harry coming to Canada. What if he became Canada’s Governor-General?
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… »
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… »
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