The longer the COVID-19 virus circulates the more it can mutate and a survey shows that many scientists think mutations could make the current vaccines ineffective in a year or less. A survey of 77 of scientists from 28 countries… »
Highlights
Hit Canadian TV comedy Schitt’s Creek just won’t go away quietly
It’s all over but the huzzahs for Schitts Creek—a show that just won’t leave quietly. Last September in Los Angeles it won nine Emmys–the most ever wins in a single season for a comedy series. Last month, the show about… »
Police continue to seek motive in Saturday’s fatal stabbing attack in B.C.
Police in British Columbia continue to look for a motive in Saturday’s stabbing attack at a public library in North Vancouver. A woman died and six other people were wounded at the Lynn Valley Village shopping centre, where witnesses described… »
Economy, International, Politics
PM Trudeau co-hosts meeting of world leaders as UN warns of debt crisis
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau co-hosted a virtual meeting of world leaders on Monday as the United Nations warned that a looming debt crisis risks sending the global economy “spiralling deeper into the worst recession since the Great Depression.”. The… »
Bird strike blamed for fatal crash of Canadian military aerobatics jet
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) says a small bird brought down one of its famed Snowbird air demonstration jets last year, killing a passenger and injuring the pilot. The RCAF’s Directorate of Flight Safety released on Monday its findings… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Top Indigenous films available online
Twelve award-winning films from the 2020 International First Peoples’ Festival are available for free viewing online from March 27 to April 11, 2021. The works include a film made in Canada called Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. The film is… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Cybersecurity tools offered to small, medium businesses
Almost half of Canadian small and medium businesses (SMBs) have suffered cyber attacks, according to a cybersecurity expert at Ryerson University, but a free online tool has been created to help them fight it. Simply Secure is a training and… »
Many Canadians very concerned about pandemic’s long-term impact on education
A new survey suggests many Canadians feel the COVID-19 pandemic will have negative long-term impacts on children’s education. The survey, by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan, found that despite 63 per cent… »
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One person is dead, six others are wounded in B.C. knife attack
A 28-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following a knife attack Saturday afternoon in a usually placid Vancouver suburb. One woman is dead and six people are recovering from stab wounds after they were attacked by a man… »
Canada to apologize to Black battalion of WWI
The Government of Canada will apologize for the treatment endured by members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion before, during and after their service in the First World War. When Great Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914, Canada’s… »
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