A Canadian government agency responsible for transportation safety “has identified late and missing accident information from the three railway companies it examined”. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found “a total of 254 occurrences involving these railways had been unreported… »
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Canada’s Equality-gender gap: slow but steady improvement
It’s called the Global Gender Gap Report. It’s an annual report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) – the body behind the high-powered annual Davos summit – first issued in 2006. The report looks at gender issues in 142 countries… »
Child poverty in Canada declined during recession
UNICEF is commending Canadian governments after it found the child poverty rate declined during the recession five years ago, while it climbed in 41 other industrialized countries. The child poverty rate decreased from 23 to 21 per cent during the… »
New Mayor for Toronto: Ford-Nation down, but not out
Doug Ford, left, and his far more controversial brother, Rob Ford(right). Doug Ford, a last minute entry in the mayoral race to replace his brother, told his very vocal supporters Monday night-“Friends, it is important to know we are leaving… »
Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival back with 18th annual edition
For its 18th annual edition, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is back with a wide variety of films in what organizers call “Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival dedicated to showcasing contemporary Asian films and work from the Asian… »
Canada’s biggest city about to elect a new mayor, city councillors
Residents of Toronto are going to the polls today to elect a new mayor, and council members representing 44 wards in the city. Outgoing mayor Rob Ford, who was seen acting in a strange and sometimes belligerent fashion in more… »
Attack on Parliament was politically motivated
A day after his mother denied Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacked Parliament for political reasons, police said they found a video proving he was driven by political and ideological motive. On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed a soldier guarding… »
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Calls for poppies to remember soldiers killed in domestic attacks
Every year on the last Friday of October, prior to the November 11 Remembrance Day, Canada’s “Poppy Campaign” begins. As a result of Canadian soldier LtCol John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”, the poppy has become the symbol to honour… »
Host threatens to sue CBC over firing
Social media in Canada are atwitter with a messy and salacious public spat between the public broadcaster, CBC, and a popular host, Jian Gomeshi. On Sunday, CBC announced it had severed its relationship with Gomeshi saying it had recently received… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada loses Ford Motor Company investment to Mexico
A planned Ford Motor Company investment in a Canadian plant in the city of Windsor which would have created 1000 jobs has fallen through, and will now be built in Mexico, according to a press release Friday (October 24) from… »
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