Canada wants to see a “united international approach to resolving the crisis in Venezuela,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the visiting Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who was in Ottawa Monday as part of an effort to drum up international… »
Highlights
Canada History: 28 Jan, 1916: Manitoba is the first to grant the vote to women.
Roughly 120 years ago, Canada was starting to feel the effects of an international social upheaval. Women around the world were demanding the right to vote in elections. Although there had been stirrings of a women’s voting movement long before,… »
Health, International, Society
Quebec investigating 3 more cases of coronavirus
Quebc’s ministry for health and social services announced yesterday evening that it is investigating three cases of the 2019 Novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV. Another patient had already been tested negative for the virus. Last Friday, the province said that they… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Canadian Forces sending aid to Australia
The Canadian Forces are sending 15 military personnel on an transport plane to continue helping the Australians fight the fires. Sending the plane is a part of the Canadian Forces operation Renaissance, the purpose of which is to help out… »
Toronto Raptors honour Kobe Bryant
The news of Kobe Bryant’s death sent shock waves around the world. The Los Angeles Lakers star, Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna, and 7 others passed away in a helicopter accident yesterday. During a game between the Toronto Raptors… »
Canoe federation clears Laurence Vincent Lapointe for competition
The International Canoe Federation has cleared Canadian sprint canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe for a return to competition. “After taking into consideration scientific expert evidence provided by Ms Vincent Lapointe’s legal team, and also the miniscule traces of ligandrol found in… »
Canada’s Foreign Minister hopeful for seat on UN Security Council
Canada’s foreign affairs minister François Philippe Champagne is “cautiously optimistic” about the country’s bid to get a seat on the United Nations security council. “I think people recognize that Canada can play a positive role in the world, one which… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
A new study shows pressures of recreational ocean fishing
While several studies in recent years have highlighted dangerous levels of fishing on many ocean species, they do not include the effects of recreational fishing. A new study by an international team of scientists estimates some 900,000 tonnes of fish… »
2020 World democracy Index: worrisome decline
The respected U.K-base Economist through its sister ‘intelligence unit’, has released its 2020 democracy index. It rates the level of democracy in some 167 countries based on five categories”: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic… »
Coronavirus, now possibly two cases in Canada
As concern and preventative measures increase around the world, a second possible case of the Wuhan virus has been reported in Canada. According to Ontario’s chief medical officer, the second presumptive case is the wife of the man who is… »
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