Many, many years ago, I broke into the newspaper business under a city editor named Brodie Snyder, whose lessons remain with me today. One of them: complete the story from start to finish, no matter how long it takes. Which… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Public appeal to save Toronto’s oldest tree
In one of Canada’s fastest growing and ever changing cities, one thing has been constant for about 300 years. It’s a red oak tree. In fact it’s been recognised as a heritage tree by Forest Ontario’s Heritage Tree Programme. The… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Avalanche Canada issues rare ‘extreme warning’ in B.C.
Avalanche Canada has issued a rare “extreme warning” for many slopes in the Sea-to-Sky region of British Columbia, just north of Vancouver. The organization’s website says large avalanches are “almost certain” on alpine and treeline levels of slopes in the… »
Crews clean up as investigators seek cause of Via passenger train derailment
Via Rail says it is working with investigators from the Transportation Safety Board to find out why a passenger train derailed early Tuesday morning west of Winnipeg. Twelve people–seven passengers and five crew–were on the train, which was on a… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Federal documents downplay ‘doomsday’ loss-of-jobs scenario
Canadian Press reports that newly released documents show that federal officials found the likelihood of a “doomsday” scenario where automation eliminates half of Canadian jobs to be “overstated.” The documents, obtained by CP through the Access to Information Act, contrasts… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Plans are underway to tie local labour needs with immigration
A new immigration program that will allow cities and towns to pick newcomers based on local labour needs is being greeted positively by labor experts and economists. CBC News’ Kathleen Harris writes that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructed new Immigration… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Two snowboarders die in B.C. avalanche
The first avalanche fatalities of the winter in Canada have been reported, in British Columbia. Two 21-year-old men from Alaska were snowboarding when the avalanche hit Monday afternoon in northwestern B.C.’s Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, near Haines Summit. A third man survived.… »
Bad weather and construction adversely affect some New Year’s celebrations
It was something of a rough New Year’s Eve for a lot of people across the country as both crummy weather–and this being Canada these days–construction put a crimp in things in a lot of places. Events were cancelled from… »
Economy, International, Society
Montreal airport workers ordered to keep talking to avert strike
Negotiations to avert a strike by workers at Montreal’s Trudeau and Mirabel airports will continue. The 108 employees in charge of refuelling planes walked off the job Tuesday morning. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered them back to the negotiating… »
And now for something completely different–sports in 2019
Looking back on 2019–a year lacking Olympics, another year missing a Canadian-based Stanley Cup champion, a year with a less than stellar performance by the Canadians at the Women’s World Cup of Soccer. What are we left with? How about… »
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