All Canadian soldiers stationed in northern Iraq are safe and accounted for following Wednesday’s missile attack on the base they share with U.S. troops near the regional capital of Erbil, Canadian officials said Thursday. Six rockets landed near Erbil International… »
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Ottawa announces $10 billion in funding for infrastructure projects
The Liberal government today announced plans to spend nearly $10 billion over three years in infrastructure initiatives that it hopes will help create some of the million jobs it promised in last week’s speech from the throne as well as… »
Quebec will hand out stiff fines for people who break anti-COVID-19 rules
People across wide swaths of Quebec woke up to a new government mandate this morning: obey restrictions and measures put in place to combat COVID-19 or face some very stiff fines. The restrictions and measures apply to the province’s red-zone… »
Watchdog calls RCMP’s policies on strip searches ‘unclear and inadequate’
A report released today says RCMP strip searches policies are “unclear and inadequate” and says the force needs to do a better job in how it trains its officers to carry out the controversial–and often maligned–practice that Canada’s Supreme Court… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
After years of complaints Google to pay for some news content
Media publishers around the world have been long complaining about massive loss of revenue siphoned off by Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook. They say the huge multinationals take their content and pay nothing. They’ve also siphoned off much of the… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Some High Arctic polar bears temporarily benefit from thinning ice: study
As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear populations in the lower Arctic latitudes, thinning sea ice in a region of the High Arctic between Canada and Greenland has been a boon for a small subpopulation of bears,… »
Amazing Canadian woman who helped win the war, to be honoured yet again.
In the course of her life, Vancouver-born Elsie MacGill was a true leader. Recipient of multiple awards, she will now be featured in one of Canada’s ‘Heritage Minutes’. (video below) These are brief videos produced by Historica Canada highlighting important… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Toronto area police bust multi-million dollar gambling ring
Gambling, guns, girls Called ‘Operation End-Game’, York Regional Police near Toronto have staged a massive James Bond-like raid on a multi-million dollar mansion with help from a police helicopter and additional manpower from the Ontario Provincial Police, and Durham Region… »
Canadians grow more concerned as second wave of COVID-19 rises
Canadians are feeling increasingly anxious about the rising tide of the COVID-19 pandemic and are worried about its impact on the economy once the second wave of infections subsides, according to a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute. As… »
CETA trade deal: Three years later, Canadian agriculture still dissatisfied
In 2017 the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement was negotiated and signed into force with great satisfaction by Canada’s Trudeau government to improve trade between Canada nad the European Union, notably in the agricultural sector. It was supposed to be advantageous… »
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