RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson recently approved an amendment to the force’s uniform code to allow female officers to wear a head scarf if they want to. Police forces in the cities of Toronto and Edmonton already allow specially-designed hijabs for… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Environmentalists call B.C. climate plan a failure
The western province of British Columbia (B.C.) released a “Climate Leadership Plan” which environmentalists have panned. A government-appointed team spent six months studying climate change mitigation but many of its key recommendations were rejected. Activist and government-appointed advisor Tzeporah Berman… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
A world competition- with serious overtones- comes to Canada
The Olympics are over, but there is another kind of Olympic-like international competition going on right now here in Canada. It’s a friendly competition, but one with a much more serious purpose, in fact life and death. It too requires… »
Zoltan Sarosy celebrates chess on his 110th birthday
Zoltan Sarosy received birthday greetings from the Mayor of Toronto, the Premier of Ontario and the Prime Minister for his birthday yesterday. The former chess master turned 110, and according to the Gerontology Research Group, he is the oldest man… »
Economy tanks in important province
Once an economic driver for Canada, the western province of Alberta now faces the longest recession on record. Low energy prices have devastated the petroleum industry which once made Alberta’s economy one of the strongest in the world. Fort Mac fire… »
Highlights, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The search for Terror continues (HMS Terror that is)
It was and remains one of the longest maritime mysteries ever. At the end of this month Canada will continue the search to solve another part of that mystery. What happened to the 1845 Franklin expedition’s ships and crew in… »
Arts & Entertainment, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Chef going to Rio for Paralympics, and to feed the hungry
Antonio Park, a popular Montreal chef, is going to Rio next month to work wonders with leftovers. Park is the man behind Westmount’s eponymous, Park, and Lavanderia restaurants. “So I’m a Korean Montrealer who grew up in Asunción, Buenos Aires,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Yukon River swim by Denis Morin, a first!
Denis Morin celebrated his retirement with an amazing adventure. An avid riverboarder and swimmer, the 54 year-old Quebecer decided to tackle the Yukon River, all the way through Alaska to the Bering Sea. And he is the first person to… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
PM’s China visit amid growing concern over canola and South China Sea
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes to China on August 30th for an official visit until September 6, when he will take part in the G20 leaders’ summit in Hangzhou, China on September 4th and 5th, 2016. With the announcement, Trudeau said, “On this trip, I will… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
A world’s first? Challenging the North Atlantic-autonomously
It has been years of work for a variety of engineering and computer science students at the University of British Columbia. They are now just a day away from the final phase of all that work and perhaps accomplishing something… »
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