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… »
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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… »
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,… »
Canadian economy added 35,000 jobs in December
Economists breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as the latest Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada showed that the country’s economy added 35,000 new jobs in December, bringing the total for the year 2019 as a whole to 320,000.… »
Marilyn Gladu enters the Tory leadership race
Ontario Member of Parliament Marilyn Gladu has entered the Conservative Party leadership race. She joins Ottawa businessman Bryan Brulotte as one of only two candidates who have officially declared themselves in the race to succeed Andrew Scheer when the party… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Canadian animal rescue team set to head to Australia
A Canadian animal rescue team is heading to Australia next week to try to help creatures trapped and fleeing the wildfires in that country, joining other Canadians–mainly firefighters–who have been helping out since early December. Estimates differ on how many… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
It’s back! The pants are off! No pants subway returns
If you’re in any one of dozens of major cities around the world, you might be a bit surprised to see handfuls of riders on the public transit system in their underwear this Sunday afternoon. This is part of a… »
Celebrating VE Day in coin
An important commemorative date is approaching, the 75th anniversary of VE-Day, or Victory in Europe, which ended the horrors of the Second World War. The Royal Canadian Mint has just released a series of commemorative coins to mark the occasion.… »
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