It’s rare. In fact, it’s the only one in the world. In 1865, when the now Atlantic province of Newfoundland was still a British colony, a test design was struck for a new $2 gold coin. The coin is what… »
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Man posts video of alleged theft of his backpack
A Montreal filmmaker had his knapsack full of valuable gear snatched from under him in a café last Friday and has posted a video of it online. It was as Jesse Freeston was leaving that he realized his knapsack was… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Annual seal hunt begins in east coast Canada
A much smaller number of hunters is out on the ice fields of the east coast this week for the annual seal hunt. Most hunting takes place off the north-east coast of the Atlantic province of Newfoundland involving herds of… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Chicks ‘cooked alive,’ contend activists
The Maple Leaf Foods company is facing allegations of animal mistreatment at one of its chicken hatcheries. An employee of the animal rights group Mercy for Animals Canada got a job working at the plant in Hanover, Ontario and surreptitiously… »
Canada’s PM Harper, FM Baird, on Ukraine and Russia’s ‘provocations’
After a meeting with several East European ambassadors in Ottawa, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird once again condemned Russia for its most recent actions in Ukraine. Reports of pro-Russian separatists taking over buildings in… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Ranking the most distinct and most endangered, birds
A trio of researchers in British Columbia had been instrumental in a unique international effort involving the world’s birds. They created lists ranking birds in order of their evolutionary distinctness, and to what degree they are threatened with extinction. Arne… »
International, Politics, Society
Military orders condone torture, say activists
The current Canadian government has secretly ordered the military to share information with allies even if there is a serious risk it could lead to torture. A newly classified memo says the Defence Department was developing a directive from the… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
900 government ID numbers (SIN) stolen from Canada Revenue Agency data bank
After dealing with the “Heartbleed Bug” the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) responsible for collecting taxes announced, Monday (April 14), that the “Social Insurance Numbers (SIN) of approximately 900 taxpayers were removed from CRA systems by someone exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability.”… »
International, Politics, Society
Tens of thousands at Vancouver’s annual Vaisakhi parade
Tens of thousands of people turned out Saturday (April 12) for the annual Vaisakhi parade in Canada’s Pacific coast city of Vancouver. Celebrating both the beginnings of Sikhism and harvest, the celebrations attracted Sikhs and non-Sikhs, including federal Liberal party… »
Canadians losing cooking skills
A new survey by a major supermarket chain has found that younger people are losing cooking skills. In February of this year some 1,014 online interviews were conducted for Nova Scotia-based Sobeys supermarket chain. It surveyed Canadians between the ages… »
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