The premier of the eastern province of New Brunswick is promising to freeze electricity rates for four years if his government is re-elected on September 24, 2018. Premier Brian Gallant says electricity bills are going up faster than are the… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
A ban on handguns for Canada?
(public commenting open- scroll to bottom to submit. Comments will be posted after moderating) The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is set to examine a national ban on handguns and “assault rifle” lookalikes. In a letter to the recently created… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics
Saudi medical students allowed to stay in Canada
Saudi Arabia’s medical students, interns, residents and fellows, currently enrolled in Canadian universities and teaching hospitals have been given a much valued reprieve, and can now remain in Canada to continue their programs. Approximately 1,000 Saudi Arabian medical students were affected… »
Health, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Potential election issue: “birth tourism”
(public commenting open on all RCI stories- scroll to bottom to submit: Comments will be posted after moderating) It’s called “birth tourism” or having “passport babies”. It’s when pregnant foreigners travel to Canada for the sole purpose of having the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Return to school begins in Quebec
Returning to school, that annual rite of passage from one grade to the next, is underway in the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec. Elementary school yards were filled with children this morning making the transition from the two-month summer break,… »
Alcohol withdrawal could be better treated: study
A new study suggests that there needs to be better diagnosis of those suffering from alcohol withdrawal so that only the severe cases are admitted to hospital. The study from the B.C. Centre on Substance Use suggests that other patients… »
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Seafood fraud rampant in Canada, says advocacy group
‘Alarming rates of…fraud’ flagged Oceana Canada has found 44 per cent of the seafood it tested was something other than what the label said it was. The ocean advocacy group collected 382 samples from grocery stores and restaurants in five… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Tomorrow’s threat to Earth: Asteroid NF23-
Near Earth Object- NEO Asteroids are given rather mundane names like 2015 FP118, or 2017 SL16. But what is exciting, or rather, extremely worrisome is when they come close to Earth. Asteroids striking the Earth in the past wiped out… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, thrill at awards show
Shawn Mendes was one of the big winners yesterday in Toronto, at the iheartradioMMVA’s. “This is home,” he said while holding the first of four MMVA’s he won, this one for artist of the year. Mendes opened the show and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Heat warnings issued for eastern Canada
Heat warnings have been issued again for much of eastern Canada, from the central province of Ontario to the east coast provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. For Toronto, Canada’s largest and most populated city, there have been… »
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