Most people probably wouldn’t think about it, but farms in Canada generate thousands of tonnes of waste plastic annually. Fortunately there’s a concerted and well-organised effort in the past decade or more to keep this enormous amount of plastic from ending up in the environment. Barry Friesn is the General Manager of CleanFARMS,…...إقرأالمزيد

On the eve of the holiday long weekend May 18-20, 2019, the Canadian government has announced new access for visitors to the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, less than an hour away from Quebec City. The new trail includes stairs and four lookouts that offer dazzling views of three waterfalls. Until now, this part of the refuge  was inaccessible.…...إقرأالمزيد

The Canadian government calls the opioid crisis one of the most serious public health issues in Canada’s recent history noting that 10,337 people died of opioid overdose between January 2016 and September 2018. It has announced approval of two new drugs to treat severe opioid use disorder. Canada is the first country to approve injectable hydromorphone…...إقرأالمزيد

Winnipeg General Strike For thousands of soldiers who had risked life and limb for their country during the First World War, the return to civilian life was frustrating. Finding a job was difficult with many factories now closed, bankruptcies common, and many of their previous jobs were now filled by someone else. What work there was, was low paid…...إقرأالمزيد

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris to join other world leaders and tech executives at a meeting aimed at finding a way to eliminate acts of violent extremism from being shown online. The meeting is being led by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose behaviour following the terrorist attack in…...إقرأالمزيد

New figures from Statistics Canada confirm what most in the labour force have known–at least ancedotally–for a while now. The number of workers filling temporary jobs is rising faster than those taking permanent positions.. StatsCan says that over the past 20 years the number of temporary workers increased by 50 per cent while the…...إقرأالمزيد

The Canadian government lost an estimated $169 million from streaming companies in 2017 because it did not tax them, according to a report from the auditor general. Other analysts estimate hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue could have been collected from Netflix since it established service in Canada in 2010. While subscribers are supposed…...إقرأالمزيد

Several years ago, when Canada invited thousands of Syrian refugees to move here to escape the insanity gripping their native country, a lot of us were proud of what appeared to be our collective ability to deliver compassion and help when it really counts. Many of the over 60,000 people from Syria who have arrived here over the past four…...إقرأالمزيد

There is a universally despised symbol, that of the Nazi “hakenkreuz”  a twisted swastika, while in recent years the Confederate flag of the U.S has also fallen into disfavour over the segregation and history it represents. Thus, it was an unpleasant surprise for townspeople to see both these flags flying above a house in the a quiet…...إقرأالمزيد

تعقد المحكمة العليا في كندا جلسات استماع في وينيبيغ في سبتمبر أيلول المقبل، وهي المرة الأولى في تاريخ أعلى محكمة في كندا. ويقول كبير القضاة ريتشارد فاغنر: "من المهم بالنسبة لنا أن تكون المحكمة…...إقرأالمزيد