Winter is starting to set in in Canada and the news about what’s to come is somewhat unsettling. The specialty tv channel, The Weather Network has some predictions for December, January and February saying the 2020-21 winter will be “hyperactive… »
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Vancouver mulls 2030 Olympic bid, Indigenous groups to lead
At the beginning of the month, Canada’s west coast city of Vancouver was considering to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. Councillor Melissa de Genova originally tabled a motion in April to consider a bid for the games, but that… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Complaints against telecoms have decreased
Between August 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020 there were 19 per cent fewer consumer complaints against telecoms in Canada, according to the Independent Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS). Consumers filed 15,868 complaints, down 19 per cent from… »
Decision on Chinese purchase of Arctic mine delayed; former General against it
A struggling gold mine in Canada’s high Arctic is at the centre of debate on whether China should be allowed to buy it. The Chinese state-owned giant, Shandong Gold Mining had submitted a purchase offer in May for the TMAC… »
International, Podcasts, Politics
The Nagorno-Karabakh Knot – Episode 5: Between war and peace
The crushing defeat suffered by the Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh at the hands of the Azerbaijani military backed by Turkey and an assortment of Syrian and Libyan mercenaries has caused a cascade of political, diplomatic, security and humanitarian crises in… »
Pandemic, demographics drive up demand, prices for country homes
The prices of homes in Canada’s recreational regions have soared by 11.5 per cent in the first nine months of 2020, reports major real estate company, Royal Lepage. It explains the increase by saying that because of the pandemic, more… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Indigenous playwright wins top drama prize
Tara Beagan has won the $75,000 Siminovitch Prize which is the largest theatre award in Canada. The prize is given to a professional director, playwright or designer who is “an acknowledged leader in the theatre whose work is transformative and… »
Vancouver votes to decriminalize all drugs, a first for Canada
On Wednesday Vancouver city council voted unanimously to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs within city limits. The move comes as a result of years of suggesting that criminal charges only keep the problem, and addictions in the… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Snapchat launches Spotlight, a TikTok-like short video function
Snapchat used to be the favorite of young social media users, but under the dual competitive pressure of Instagram and TikTok, it has lost its momentum. After a quiet year of lacking innovation, Snapchat finally began to fight back. On… »
Pandemic obliges principal to work from hospital
The COVID-19 pandemic has made things more complicated for Canadians being fitted with prosthetic devices. Sarah Calvert is a high school principal who recently had a second leg amputated due to complications from Type 2 diabetes . In February 2018,… »
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