The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) has named 40-year-old Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare as its ninth music director. On September 1, 2021 he will take over from American Conductor Kent Nagano who held the position from 2006 to 2020. In… »
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International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian explains Hubble Telescope data to the public
Bethany Downer has been named Chief Communications Officer for the Hubble Space Telescope for the European Space Agency. Her job will involve taking information collected by the telescope in space and explaining it to the public. She has worked in… »
Quebec is first province to impose a curfew
While some remote northern communities in Canada have imposed curfews, Quebec is the first provincial government to impose one as part of increased restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19. At a news conference on January 6, 2020, the premier… »
Fashion mogul Nygard remains in jail after bail hearing is postponed
Internationally-known Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard had his bid to get out of jail delayed on Wednesday when a decision on his bail request was postponed until later this month by a Manitoba judge. The 79-year-old Nygard was arrested in… »
Canadian leaders react with sadness and shock to Washington violence
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other prominent Canadian politicians have reacted with sadness and shock to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by supporters of President Donald Trump–an attack that left four people dead. WATCH/The CBC’s David Common… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Swimming against the COVID current, Canadian officials seek responses that work
Canada continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic–by various and varying ways and means–as the coronavirus continues its merciless attacks across the country. Calling the situation ‘grim,” Canada’s chief public health official, Dr. Theresa Tam, on Tuesday said that 7,500… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Trump change to bird treaty will decimate birds: conservationists
In 1916, Canada and the United States agreed to a bilateral treaty to end the rampant slaughter of wild birds. Billions of birds travel between the two countries on vast migratory routes. Birds were decimated by hunting and increasing industrial… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Canada’s protected areas aren’t necessarily where they’re most needed: Study
While creating environmental protected areas is seen as beneficial and increasingly necessary for a number of reasons, a new study shows that our protected parks don’t really protect those areas providing benefits to Canadian society such as fresh water sources… »
Online festival to offer Quebec films, master classes
The Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) will hold its fifth annual festival online from January 13 to 25, 2021 to showcase short film production from the province of Quebec. Presentations will be in French, which is the official language of the province… »
House prices in Canada, red hot in the midst of winter
It’s been known that Canada’s two real estate hotspots, Toronto and Vancouver, are among the most expensive and fastest rising in the world. In spite of the pandemic, and the so-called ‘second wave’ of rising infections and renewed lockdowns it… »
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