Canada’s former Justice Minister and Attorney General Irwin Cotler has been named Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. In making the announcement, the prime minister remembered the Nazi concentration and extermination camps of World War II… »
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Small business cries foul over new lockdown in Ontario
With substantial increases in people testing positive for COVID 19, Canada’s most populous province renewed some lockdown rules on businesses in Toronto and neignbouring Peel region. This means in-person shopping will be prohibited except for essential stores like supermarkets, hardware,… »
Abuse of women increasing during pandemic: report
Information collected from women’s shelters across Canada suggests pandemic lockdowns have prevented women from leaving their abusers and that there has been an increase in the severity of violence they have experienced. ‘An abuser’s dream’ “Isolation is an abuser’s dream,”… »
Canada not first in line for vaccines
For some time now, Canada’s top health officials and the Prime Minister have been assuring Canadians that hundreds of millions of doses of the potential new COVID-19 vaccines have been secured. On Tuesday however, the story changed just a little.… »
What famous Canadian should appear on $5 bill?
An independent advisory council to the Canadian government has released a short list of people to replace the face on the Canadian five-dollar bill. It now is graced with the image of the country’s seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier.… »
The Nagorno-Karabakh Knot – Episode 2: The fog of war
Canadian journalist and Caucasus expert Neil Hauer arrived in Armenia to cover the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 1, 2020, four days after Azerbaijan launched a full-scale offensive to regain control of the Armenian-populated breakaway region and seven surrounding districts… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Autonomous delivery trucks to start in Canada
First autonomous delivery fleet in Canada The idea of ‘driverless’ vehicles has been growing rapidly in recent years with tests and some ‘semi-autonomous’ vehicles already on the road. Now a major grocery chain has signed a deal with a U.S.… »
Nurses call Ontario action on COVID-19 too late, insufficient
The government of the province of Ontario has imposed a partial lockdown for Toronto and the nearby Peel region and nurses say it is not enough. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is calling for “an aggressive and all-encompassing lockdown”… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Sex, age and estrogens may affect who gets COVID-19
When researchers at York University in Toronto first looked at statistics up to July 27, 2020 they found that women were more likely to get COVID-19. But when they eliminated data from those who worked high risk areas like health… »
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Opposition mounts against Chinese glass plant in Ontario town
Stratford Ontario is a small to medium sized city of some 32,000 souls. Well-known for its world-famous Stratford Shakespearean theatre and festival, it’s known as the “Festival City”. It’s also in the midst of a large agricultural region. But there’s… »
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