An end of year survey by Dalhousie University of Halifax shows some 87 per cent of Canadians feel food costs are rising faster than incomes. The Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University together with the polling firm Angus Reid Institute,… »
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Canadian headlines
Gun manufacturer in 2018 Danforth shooting faces huge lawsuit
On July 22, 2018, a lone man walked through the summer night in the Greektown area of Canada’s largest city and randomly began shooting pedestrians and firing into crowded restaurants. Before he was done, two people were dead and 13… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Federal Court of Appeal hearing challenge to pipeline project
The highly contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) project is back in court yet again. Six challenges to the pipeline were granted access in September to the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver to challenge the government’s environmental consultations and… »
84-year-old Canadian becomes oldest Antarctic marathoner
Canadian octogenarian runner Roy Jorgen Svenningsen entered record books on Friday by becoming the oldest person to complete a full marathon in Antarctica. The 84-year-old veteran marathoner from Edmonton, Alberta, completed the 2019 Antarctic Ice Marathon, which bills itself as… »
Former SNC-Lavalin executive found guilty of Libya corruption charges
A former senior executive of Canadian engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin was found guilty Sunday of corruption and fraud charges related to the company’s dealings with the family of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After three days of deliberations,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Ban the butts, girl launches anti-cigarette butt campaign
Perhaps inspired in part by Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg’s campaign against global warming, but certainly in the same environmental spirit, a young British Columbia girl has launched her own campaign. It’s to stop people from casually flicking non-biodegradable cigarette butts… »
And now for something completely different with Sunday brunch
The good news for all concerned was the whole thing took place early on a Sunday afternoon–not late on a Saturday night. Think about it. You’re enjoying your coffee in a semi-trendy section of Montreal, you stare out into the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Turn out the lights, lock the doors, Newfoundland outport town closes down
The tiny community of Little Bay Islands is closing up and moving away. It’s the latest in a long programme in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to move people out of the no longer viable coastal settlements into larger… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Ontario electric vehicle sales take a huge dive
To no one’s surprise, sales of electric cars are plummeting in Ontario. Citing figures from Electric Mobility Canada, the Canadian Press reports that sales in Canada’s largest province fell more than 55 per cent over the first six months of… »
Trudeau congratulates Boris Johnson on his victory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Friday on his electoral victory, as the Conservatives won a commanding majority in Parliament. The Conservative Party under Johnson’s leadership got 365 seats in the House of Commons, its best… »
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