The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was passed in Canada’s Senate today, after just a week of review. Bill C-79 will receive royal assent by day’s end, and then it is the last stage before ratification, The CPTPP is the… »
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Nobel Prize winner now a full professor at Waterloo
Nobel Prize winner Professor Donna Strickland is finally a full professor at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario. Professor Strickland shared the illustrious honour this year for outstanding work in Physics, with Professor Gérard Mourou from France. ‘Oh my God.… »
Cannabis crimes could lead to newcomers’ deportation
The Government of Canada is warning that new, tougher penalties for impaired driving and marijuana offences could lead to the removal of permanent and temporary residents. Canada is the first G7 country to legalize the recreational use of cannabis but… »
U.S. bombs “deeply concerning” to Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today said the many pipe bombs sent to prominent United States Democrats and CNN’s New York office are “deeply concerning.” Trudeau stressed importance of a free press Speaking at an event to welcome the prime… »
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Goop in Vancouver’s Stanley Park this weekend
Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s controversial website, is holding an event in Vancouver this weekend. ‘In Goop Health’ it’s called, and in its first visit to Canada, it’s taking over the Pavillion in Stanley Park on Saturday and Sunday. Based in Los… »
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Supreme Court will not hear Quebec parliament “kirpan” dagger case
The Supreme Court of Canada has indicated it will not hear the involving the Sikh ceremonial dagger, and the Quebec provincial parliament known as the “National Assembly”. In 2011, the parliament passed a motion saying that security staff could prevent… »
Genetic tests for prescription purposes of limited use for consumers
Some hospitals already may test patients’ DNA to find out which medications might be more effective to treat them, but now companies are marketing genetic tests directly to consumers to help them choose drugs. The principle is that different people… »
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Whales–dolphins: Canadian bill to ban captivity advances
After years of delay, a proposal to ban the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity has passed the Canadian Senate. Currently only two operations keep these marine creatures, the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia, and Marineland in Niagara Falls,… »
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The Hockey Song- Hall of Fame
It was 45 years ago that country star “Stompin’ Tom Connors” introduced “The Hockey Song”. Ever since literally millions of fans have sung the unofficial anthem at hockey games throughout Canada, and in the U.S. This weekend before a home… »
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Great Lakes drownings on the increase
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project (GLSRP) has tracked 102 drownings in the Great Lakes, so far in 2018. That’s 14 more than the 88 people who drowned last year, according to the group that got organized back in 2010.… »
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