Multiple media reports say legendary singer-songwriter Joni Michell is in a Los Angeles hospital. It appears she was taken to the hospital late Tuesday (March 31) night. A producer with Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC, Leslie Stojsic, tweeted Wednesday that… »
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Canadian headlines
Disabled Canadian tall ship towed to U.S. port
After several malfunctions and a rescue of the crew, a Canadian tall ship has been towed to a port near Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the United States. The schooner replica, Liana’s Ransom, ran into trouble when its engine failed, its… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Crimea conflict could block oil spill treaty in Arctic
The political dispute over Crimea between Russia, and the Ukraine and NATO nations, including Canada, could have an unexpected ripple effect in the high Arctic. At the senior arctic officials meeting (SAO) of the 8-member Arctic Council in early March,… »
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Private school students do better
While Canadian may parents agonize over whether to pay to send their children to private schools or to enroll them in public schools, new research indicates it’s not the school that makes the difference. Students attending private schools tended to have… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
Canada’s traffic congested cities: time and money
TomTom-the personal GPS manufacturer-has released its fifth annual traffic index which covers some 218 cities in 36 around the world. Istanbul ranks the highest, i.e. having the most congestion. Canada’s west coast port city of Vancouver comes in at 20th… »
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Place des Arts in Montreal getting a make-over
Place des Arts, in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles is just beside the square that fills to capacity with the headliners of the Montreal International Jazz Festival every July. For the next two summers some of the esplande… »
History: March 31, 1949, Canada completed!
Canada is often said to be a young country, and it’s final addition after the Second World War attests to that fact. Newfoundland was England’s first possession in the “new world”, and the final province in Canada. Prime Minister Louis… »
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Temporary Foreign Workers may begin going home by the thousands tomorrow
Temporary Foreign Workers have been employed in Canada, often doing jobs and services other Canadians won’t. But beginning April 1st, many of their permits expire, ending a four-year stay, and deportation will follow. The federal government changed the rules of… »
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Vancouver votes to shift to 100 per cent renewable energy sources
Canada’s Pacific coast port city of Vancouver has voted to shift to 100 per cent renewable energy sources. The motion passed unanimously on March 25, calls on the city’s staff to “bring back the long-range Climate Action Plan to Council by… »
Province has reached `critical moment`in workers`rights, says new report
The Canadian province of Ontario has reached “a critical moment. The government’s Changing Workplace Review gives us the opportunity to open up labour laws, identify the gaps, and develop a new legislative architecture that can support decency in Ontario workplaces.”… »
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