Canada’s Public Health Agency says the country has arrived at crucial turning point in its battle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. “Canada is at a crossroads and individual action to reduce contact rates will decide our path,” said a federal… »
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Crucial challenge to federal carbon tax ends Day-1
After a several month delay due to the pandemic, the provincial challenge to the federal government’s carbon tax finally began yesterday at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) The hearings continue today. As a pillar of the government’s “green” policy,… »
RCMP downplays effects of ‘BlueLeaks’ hack affecting Canadian police agencies
The RCMP is minimizing a breach of confidential data of 38 Canadian police agencies that was exposed by a group of hackers last summer that targeted police in the United States. An activist group, Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), published… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Weakened Teddy makes landfall in Nova Scotia
Post-tropical storm Teddy made landfall in eastern Nova Scotia Wednesday morning bringing strong winds and plenty of rain for the province. Environment Canada’s hurricane monitoring centre reported very strong winds as Teddy maid landfall near Sheet Harbour. Hart Island reported… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada history: Sept. 23 1958: Canada’s bitter nuclear arms debate begins
In the late 1950s, the Cold War between the ‘West’ and the USSR was in full force. The threat of nuclear conflict and mass destruction on a global scale was a very serious worry as the ‘nuclear arms race’ was… »
Trudeau set to address Canadians after throne speech
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to speak to Canadians in a rare televised address Wednesday evening merely hours after the minority Liberal government lays out its priorities for the new session of Parliament in the speech from the throne… »
Canadian NGO calls for halt of exports of military drone tech to Turkey
A Canadian NGO is calling on Ottawa to ban exports of Canadian-produced sensors and laser targeting technology used by Turkish military drones deployed by Ankara across several conflict zones in the Middle East and Libya. Disarmament group Project Ploughshares says the multimillion… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Canada’s Atlantic provinces brace for Hurricane Teddy
Canada’s Atlantic provinces are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Teddy, which will lose some of its fury by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday but is still expected to batter the Maritimes with heavy rain, winds and storm… »
Poll finds COVID fears growing and waning support for anti-mask protests
As COVID-19 cases mount across the country, a new poll suggests that a vast majority of Canadians don’t support anti-mask demonstrations calling on governments to back off on mandating public health measures. It also suggests that Canadians are far less… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Privacy concerns: Anonymous request for personal information worries farmers
Farmers throughout the province have expressed deep concern about an official Freedom of Information request from an unknown source. An FOI (also known as Access to Information and Privacy) is a federal law which gives Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and any person… »
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