Uber says it’s taking “a step of good faith” in applying for a taxi brokerage license in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, today. In a radio interview on CBC this morning, Uber Toronto’s General Manager, Ian Black said, “I think this is… »
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Unionization eases access to middle class: report
“Union representation dramatically affects workers’ ability to move up the middle class ladder,” says a report by the left-leaning think tank, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The report used government statistics from the last 25 years to look… »
Highlights, Immigration & Refugees, Indigenous, International, Society
Inuit from Siberia to Greenland share genes
A new study shows that all Inuit- Iñupiaq speakers in the Arctic share a commen genetic background. It was published on April 29th in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The study was initiated by elders in Barrow, from Alaska’s North… »
Statue honours WWI most famous poem, poet.
This past Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the writing of one of the most iconic poems of the First World War. In Flanders Fields was written by Canadian surgeon Lt.Col John McCrae. During the horrifically bloody second battle of… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Home battery coming to Canada
Canadians will be able to buy the innovative home battery developed by Tesla Motors, reports the Globe and Mail. The new product called “Powerwall” was unveiled in California on Thursday, April 30. A former executive of a large hardware company… »
More seniors facing bankruptcy
Seniors have the highest level of debt among people in the province of Ontario who file for bankruptcy protection, according to bankruptcy trustee firm Hoyes Michalos & Associates Inc. The number of seniors facing insolvency went up from eight per… »
International, Politics, Society
May 5-Holland remembers: Canada and their liberation
Today, May 5th, marks the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. Canadian veteran today from the CBC live feed at the liberation of Holland ceremonies about a restored WWII vehicle from Keep them Rolling © CBC BGen E. Beno (ret’d)… »
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Brodi Henderson, Canadian sumo wrestler, among Japan’s elite
Brodi Henderson is making a big impression in Japan, The six-foot-seven, 20 year-old from Victoria, British Columbia is “the only sumo wrestler ever with blond hair” according to his father Lee Henderson. And at 360 pounds he is hard to… »
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‘YouTube FanFest Canada’ draws a crowd in Toronto
YouTube FanFest Canada took over a central square in down town Toronto Saturday night, with some of the biggest Canadian ‘YouTubers’, those YouTube creators, taking to the stage live. The city rolled out the red carpet, for people like JusReign,… »
Native community cut off, needs water
It may be hard to believe but access to clean water has got worse for aboriginal people living in the remote community of Shoal Lake in the province of Ontario. Their water has been unfit to drink 17 years, but… »
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