It has been three years since the discovery that Volkswagen rigged its vehicles’ emissions controls and Canada has laid no charges, notes the advocacy group Environmental Defence. By contrast, the U.S. has fined the car company $12 billion and arrested… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
Immigration & Refugees, International
Are migrants crossing ‘illegally’ into Canada, or ‘irregularly’?
As over 30,000 migrants have crossed into Canada along undefended border points, a semantics debate continues to rage among politicians as to whether they are crossing “illegally” or “irregularly”. The bitter political fight is between the opposition Conservative Party, and… »
History Canada: October 4,1994: An international cult tragedy begins
Sex, money, strange rituals and mysticism, charismatic leaders, weapons, doomsday belief. All these elements above typically associated to varying degrees with cults, came to a head on this day in international death and murder starting in a quiet town in… »
Thousands of children in desperate need following Indonesia earthquake and tsunami
International efforts to help survivors of Indonesia’s devastating earthquake and tsunami gathered pace on Thursday as aid agencies sounded the alarm over the fate of tens of thousands of children who are in desperate need of care, food, water and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Manitoba cancels its carbon tax program
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government is pulling the plug on its own carbon tax plan, defying the federal government’s carbon pricing strategy and joining a growing list of provinces opposed to Ottawa’s demands. Pallister says Ottawa has not respected… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
That “selfie” that may kill you
A new study from the India Institute of Medical Science has found that there have been at least 259 people who have died while taking selfies from October 2011 to November 2017. The study was published in the Journal of… »
Zebra mussels rapidly colonized World Heritage Site
Invasive zebra mussels have rapidly colonized the Rideau River including the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the nation’s capital, Ottawa. A study published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology is said to be the longest-know monitoring… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic sea ice retreat 2018
Not a record low, but nearly. The Arctic ice is reported to have reached its annual minimum for the summer season. In a preliminary report, NASA and the US-National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that on September 28, Arctic… »
Early snow wallops western province
On paper, it is still autumn in Canada, but Calgary and other parts of the western province of Alberta got up to 40 centimetres of heavy wet snow, making yesterday one of the snowiest October days in over 100 years.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Canada to sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Central Arctic Ocean
Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers are meeting in Greenland Wednesday to sign a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from unregulated fishing. The… »
The world in pictures
Canada in pictures
