The outrage over news that police in Quebec province have gathered information from several journalists’ cell phones has grown to the point that the provincial government has mandated a public inquiry. Speaking to an overflow audience of McGill students via… »
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Canadian to race Formula 1
He’s young and he’s hot, and now it’s official, Lance Stroll who just turned 18 in October, has signed to race Formula 1 in 2017. After a stunning season in Formula 3, it was announced today that the young Canadian… »
Christian university wins legal battle in British Columbia court
A small Christian university in the Western province of British Columbia is celebrating another legal victory after the province’s Court of Appeal upheld the right of future graduates of the faith-based Trinity Western University (TWU) Law School to practise law in… »
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Canadian fertility doctor facing lawsuit
Ottawa doctor accused of switching donor sperm for his own. She always wondered about the fact that she didn’t resemble her parents. Now an Ottawa woman has a good idea of why. Rebecca Dixon has olive-coloured skin and brown eyes, while… »
Ontario MP Lisa Raitt joins Conservative leadership race
Ontario MP Lisa Raitt announced Wednesday that she is joining the race for leadership of the Conservative Party. Raitt, a former minister in Stephen Harper’s cabinet, made it official in a video released on social media, adding her name to a growing list of… »
Immigration detainee hunger strike in Ontario jail goes into third week
A group of immigration detainees at the Central East Correctional Centre (CECC) in Lindsay, Ontario, have been on a hunger strike for over two weeks to protest Canada’s immigration detention system, says a migrants’ rights advocacy group. Eighteen immigration detainees… »
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Health concerns over critical heart surgery machine
A critical piece of equipment used especially in open heart surgeries is now in question. A warning has been issued that the equipment may transmit a rare slow-developing bacteria known as non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM). Letters have been sent to thousands… »
Knife attack kills student, injures another
One student died and another is in hospital after they were stabbed at a high school in the western city of Abbotsford, British Columbia yesterday afternoon. The suspected attacker is not from the school and was likely not known to… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change affecting predator-prey balance
It seems climate change could throw the delicate natural balance of predators and prey, off kilter. Two biological mathematicians studied the relationship between a predator, the great horned owl, and a prey animal, the snowshoe hare. Lead author Rebecca Tyson… »
Gov. Gen. David Johnston’s tightrope act on Middle East visit
Canada’s Governor General David Johnston has had to perform a minor political miracle as he continues his visit to the Holy Land on his first trip to the Middle East. As the representative of the Queen, Canada’s head of state,… »
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