If you need a little pick-me-up today, take a look at the CBC report on a Canadian who kept calling scammers until they begged him to stop. There have been many reports about scammers calling people, posing as tax officials… »
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Canadian headlines
The longest college strike in Ontario will continue
It’s been a rough few weeks for students and college professors in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. Some 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians at 24 community colleges have been on strike since October 16. Several colleges and contractors such… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Could climate change create Canada’s next island province?
Canada’s east coast province of Nova Scotia is connected to the continent by a large isthmus, but it’s low lying and easily flooded. The idea that Nova Scotia could be cut off by water is a serious concern that has… »
Canadian university degrees ranked highly by employers worldwide: survey
Degrees from Canadian universities are among the most highly valued by employers worldwide, according to a new survey of thousands of global businesses. Five Canadian universities are in the Top 100 list of this year’s Times Higher Education Global University… »
Record number of deaths in Canada in 2014
In 2014, Canada recorded the highest number of deaths since the government started collecting such statistics in 1921. This is partly because the overall population is growing and because a large proportion of the population is getting old, where mortality… »
Lawyers flag human rights violations against lawyers
Lawyers in the province of Ontario are expressing grave concern regarding human rights violations against lawyers around the world. The Law Society of Upper Canada is urging all governments to comply with international human rights, including those pertaining to United… »
Amid military coup in Zimbabwe, Canadians there urged to remain indoors
The federal government is advising Canadians in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare to stay indoors Wednesday amid political turmoil in the African nation and reports that the Zimbabwean military was holding President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest… »
Wood Buffalo listed among threatened World Heritage Sites
The conservation outlook for Wood Buffalo National Park has been downgraded to one of “significant concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The group representing about 10,000 world experts lists the risks facing this World Heritage… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Wild boars in western Canada: “ecological trainwreck”
It was another case of a theoretically good idea, which has turned out to be highly problematic in reality. Wild boars were imported to the western province of Saskatchewan in the late 1980’s to early 90’s as part of an… »
Canadian home sales edge up again in October
Resales of Canadian homes rose 0.9 per cent in October from September, but remained almost 11 per cent below the record set in March, according to the latest report by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Actual sales, not seasonally… »
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