Canada’s broadcast and communications regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), wants telephone companies to notify communities before they remove payphones. On Thursday (February 26) the Commission released the results of a study on payphone use in Canada and proposed… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
Judge refused to hear case of woman wearing hijab
A provincial court is standing by a judge who refused to hear the case of a woman unless she removed her Islamic headscarf. Rania El-Alloul was in a Montreal courtroom hoping to have her car returned to her. It had… »
City of Montreal joins legal challenge against Canada Post
Canada’s second most populous city, Montreal, is joining a legal challenge against the Canadian government mail delivery service, Canada Post. “We want to send a clear message to the federal government and to Canada Post that home mail delivery is… »
Highlights, International, Society
Victory: The first overseas military action of young Canada
February 27, 1900. In the 1800’s European nations were eagerly building colonial empires in Africa. In the 1880’s, British expansion came into conflict with German expansion, and the long-time Dutch farmers “Boers”. Both the Boers and British also came into… »
Plastic car bumpers cracking in the cold
As if the unusually cold winter in eastern Canada wasn’t bad enough, body shops are reporting having to fix more than the usual number of car bumpers at a cost of about $1,000 each. In the good ole days bumpers… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
February 27, 1842: “Rammed earth” and a church consecration
While “rammed earth” is not a familiar term now, it was not unusual in the 1800’s. Also not unusual is the consecration of a small church in a Canadian village. But there is something unique about St Thomas Anglican Church… »
Lawyer Amal Clooney: Mohamed Fahmy should be transferred to Canada
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy should be transferred to Canada, he “is eligible for transfer… and the retrial process that is now in motion does not change that,” says his lawyer Amal Clooney in a statement released Thursday (February 26). “Mr.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Politics, Society
Canadian city relents (somewhat) on anti-tobaggan law
with files from CBC Canadians across the country have been outraged by a recent spate of municipal by-laws against the iconic Canadian winter sport of tobogganing down snowy winter slopes in city parks. The city of Hamilton Ontario is now… »
Health, International, Society
Prime minister chides anti-vaxxers
Prime Minister Stephen Harper criticized Canadians who refuse to vaccinate their children as he announced more money for inoculation programs in poor countries. Since some cases of measles recently cropped up in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, there has… »
RCI celebrates its 70th anniversary
Radio Canada International began its first official broadcast on February 25th 1945. Last night a group of past and present members gathered to celebrate the occasion at a display set up in the cafeteria of the CBC/Radio-Canada building in Montreal… »
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