Canada’s telecommunications regulator has approved an application by a company owned by U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk to provide satellite internet service to Canadians living in rural and remote areas. Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) owned by Musk plans to… »
Highlights
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Town of Asbestos changes its name
Citizens of Asbestos, some 130 km east of Montreal, have voted to change the town’s name to Val-des-Sources, a reference to valleys and bodies of water nearby. The town was originally named for its large Jeffrey mining operation which was… »
Lobster conflict in emergency Parliamentary debate
The escalating tensions in southwestern Nova Scotia over the lobster fishery resulted in an emergency debate in Canada’s Parliament last night. Due to COVID, such sessions continue to see only a limited number of members present in person in Parliament,… »
Tiny silver particles found to be harmful to fish
Silver nanoparticles are used in some socks, athletic clothing and in industrial applications, but a new study found that when the tiny particles are discharged into water, they are harmful to fish. Clothing is treated with nanosilver for its antimicrobial… »
Canada poised to surpass 200,000 COVID-19 cases
Canada is poised to reach 200,000 COVID-19 cases, surpassing another symbolic milestone as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic. There have been 198,148 cases of COVID-19, including 9,760 deaths reported in Canada, the country’s Chief Public Health… »
Canada’s government promises more to end poverty
Canada is considered a wealthy country but many people live in poverty and the Canadian government has vowed to do more to help them. The federal government has a Poverty Reduction Strategy and it has taken some concrete steps to… »
Canadian businesses worry about surviving pandemic’s second wave: survey
Nearly a third (31 per cent) of small- and medium-sized Canadian business owners worry they don’t have enough money or access to credit to survive another significant economic downturn caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to… »
Violence escalates at the weekend in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
Indigenous group vs commercial fishers The ongoing dispute between Indigenous fishers and local commercial lobster fishers entered a new and violent chapter on the weekend. A lobster pound where Indigenous had stored their catch was burned in a suspicious fire,… »
Canada-U.S. border to remain closed until Nov. 21
Canada and the U.S. are extending travel restrictions on their mutual land border until at least Nov. 21, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Monday. “Our decisions will continue to be based on the best public health advice available to… »
Bowhead whales beached in Arctic: victims of killer whales?
A group of Inuit hunters have come across the carcasses of four beached bowhead whales in the high Arctic. The group was hunting polar bears about 60 kilometres north of the Nunavut community of Kugaaruk when they came across the… »
The world in pictures
Canada in pictures
