The Western Forest Products company is contributing five parcels of land that will help extend hiking trails on Vancouver Island on Canada’s Pacific coast. The almost three acres of land is made up of five contiguous parcels, says the company,… »
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Quebec Solidaire calls for plan to address the decline of French in Montreal
Quebec Solidaire, an oppostion political party in Quebec, is calling on the Quebec government to create a plan that addresses the French language situation in Montreal. On Monday, Ruba Ghazal, a member of the National Assembly in Quebec for Quebec… »
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Walmart lays out vast refurbishing plans for locations across the country
Walmart Canada says it will spend $500 million this year to refurbish and upgrade stores across the country–a project that the company says will create 2,000 construction jobs and affect 60 per cent of its locations. The chain, which operates… »
New emblems for Supreme Court carry many symbols
New heraldic emblems for the Supreme Court of Canada were unveiled on March 15, 2021 along with an explanation of the many symbols used and their meaning. The background of the main badge is white, symbolizing the ideals of transparency… »
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Governments invest in electric vehicle battery plant
The governments of Canada and the province of Quebec will make an equal investment totalling almost $100 million for the creation of a highly-automated battery-pack assembly plant in St-Jerome, an hour north of Montreal. The project which will require an… »
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Air Canada sets goal to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Air Canada announced Monday that it has set climate targets to reach a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions throughout its global operations by 2050. According to a press release, Air Canada also set mid-term goals and by 2030 it… »
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Former Bank of Canada governor touts pandemic lessons for climate battle
The former governor of the Bank of Canada who later held the same post at the Bank of England is drawing a glass half-full lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic. Mark Carney says the way scientists and governments around the world… »
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Ontario launches online booking system for COVID-19 vaccines
The Ontario government launched the provincial online booking system and customer service desk Monday morning, meaning that individuals who will be turning 80 and older can now book vaccine appointments at mass immunization clinics. In a press release on Sunday,… »
Demonstrators–once again–take to Montreal’s streets to protest COVID measures
Thousands of people protesting provincial anti-COVID-19 measures rallied in the streets of Montreal on Saturday throwing much of the downtown area–already pockmarked with detours, their ubiquitous orange signs and gaping construction holes–into a state of low-key chaos on a sunny… »
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WHO grants emergency use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The World Health Organization has decided to grant emergency listing for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19. This means that the vaccine could be used as part of the international COVAX effort to provide vaccines to poor countries which… »
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