Another milestone has been passed as Canada continues to inch toward reconciliation to repair a fractured relationship with First Nations peoples. People living in the tiny Maritime province of Prince Edward Island can now swear oaths with an eagle feather,… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
New Canadian banknote: but who will be featured?
Canada is beginning to change its banknotes once again. The first major change came with the $10 note in 2018 when the image on the face was that of Viola Desmond, a black Nova Scotian businesswoman who fought for her… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Pandemic boosts Canadians’ faith in science: survey
Canadian skepticism in science has dropped from 29 per cent before the pandemic to 21 per cent, according to research conducted 3M. Before the pandemic only 25 per cent of respondents said they would stand up for science in discussions… »
Arts & Entertainment, Immigration & Refugees
Immigrant stories win one of Canada’s top literary awards
Souvankham Thammavongsa has won this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize for her collection of short stories called How to Pronounce Knife, published by McClelland & Stewart. The jury wrote: “ How to Pronounce Knife is a stunning collection of stories that… »
Molly Shoichet wins Canada’s top science prize for her hydrogels research
University of Toronto professor and researcher Molly Shoichet has won Canada’s most prestigious science prize for her work designing hydrogels that mimic human tissues. The $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal is presented by the The Natural Sciences and… »
Tennis star Andreescu ready to return to play in January in Australia
Branca Andreescu, the emerging tennis star whose effusive personality and hard-nosed play lit up Canada’s collective consciousness late in the summer of 2019, when she won both the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the U.S. Open in New York, appears… »
Canada’s health care expensive and lagging behind OECD countries
Canadians love to boast about our ‘universal’ health care system that provides access to all Canadians with little or no direct costs to patients in a system paid for through taxes. But a new international analysis of similar systems shows,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Young Canadians more pessimistic about the environment: survey
Different generations of Canadians have differing views about climate change, according to a survey done for IBM in October 2020. Canadians over the age of 50 are more likely to think that the pandemic has stalled advances in the fight against… »
Remembrance: Origin of the poppy symbol
On November 11, at the 11th hour, Canada, and many places around the world will hold ceremonies to commemorate the Armistice of the First World War when the guns were finally silenced. Services, held annually in Canada since 1931, now… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
PM calls Pfizer’s Monday vaccine announcement ‘encouraging’
Monday’s announcement by U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech SE, that early data suggests their COVID-19 vaccine seems safe and effective could be very good news for Canadians. Pfizer is one of seven drug companies Ottawa has signed… »
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