Unusual weather caused flooding, stranding a provincial cars in the eastern city of St. John’s yesterday. A snowstorm dumped 10 centimetres of snow in just two hours and then more than 18 millimetres of freezing rain and rain topped it… »
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Netflix sci-fi series used real footage of Lac-Mégantic disaster
Makers of the Netflix original sci-fi series Travelers have had to apologize and promise to edit out a few seconds of footage after it emerged that they had used real-life images of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster in a scene depicting a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Millenial vote a major factor in Canada’s next election
Millenials, those young people born between 1980 and 2000, are part of the largest segment eligible to vote in the upcoming federal election in October. The youth vote, which surged from 41 percent of those eligible to cast a ballot,… »
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Céline Dion joins the R. Kelly backlash
Céline Dion is joining the backlash against R. Kelly, the American R&B singer, who is featured in the recent documentary series called, Surviving R. Kelly. The series premiered at the beginning of January and follows years of Kelly’s alleged abuse and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Messages in Bottles: Magdalen Islands man has over 100
Messages in bottles became the hobby of Jean-Guy Poirier who now has 104 in his collection. It all began in 2004 during a walk on one of the beaches on the Madgalen Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. “After I… »
Canada asked for clemency for Canadian sentenced to death in China, says Freeland
Canada has formally requested clemency for a Canadian man sentenced to death in China on drug trafficking charges, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, is facing the death penalty for allegedly attempting to smuggle 222… »
Province says it may be unable to host Francophonie games
The province of New Brunswick promised to spend $10 million to host the Francophonie Games in 2021 but says it cannot afford to spend one cent more. Estimated costs have ballooned to $130. The games are expected to attract about… »
Tainted blood scandal comes to life in tv series, book
In what has been called Canada’s worst-ever preventable public health disaster, thousands of Canadians were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through tainted blood transfusions in the 1980s and 90s. The public broadcaster, CBC, has produced an eight-part television series… »
Immigration & Refugees, International
Saudi teen vows to fight for women’s rights, pleads for privacy
Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun who was granted asylum in Canada after fleeing from her allegedly abusive family pledged on Tuesday to fight for the freedom of other less fortunate women in a public statement to media in Toronto. “Today… »
Risk for breast cancer may be more accurately predicted, sooner
In Canada, one in eight women are expected to develop breast cancer one in 31 will die of it. Now, scientists says a simple saliva test could help gauge with “unprecedented accuracy,” a woman’s risk of developing the disease during… »
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