With the deadline for Quebec gun owners to register their firearms just over two weeks away, the vast majority of guns in the province remain unregistered, according to government statistics. Quebec instituted its own provincial registry for non-restricted firearms or so-called ‘long guns’ – rifles, carbines and shotguns – in…...إقرأالمزيد

New drunk driving laws have come into effect in Canada, and have caused quite a stir in the legal community not the least of which involves civil rights issues Micheal Engel (BA, LLB) has a legal practice in Toronto specialising in drunk driving charges. Listen We often hear of the terms DUI, driving under the influence (of alcohol), or DWI- driving…...إقرأالمزيد

Canadian public libraries say multinational publishers are not making best-selling titles in e-book or e-audiobook formats available to them just as demand is skyrocketing. When the digital forms are made are available, the libraries say prices are excessively high and purchasing models are excessively restrictive. The Canadian Urban Libraries Council…...إقرأالمزيد

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet Monday in a bid to replace a veteran minister who stepped down last week and to reinvigorate his front bench with some fresh blood ahead of federal elections in October. In a carefully orchestrated game of musical chairs, Trudeau has moved former Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, seen as…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps featuring spectacular scenes from different parts of the country at the same time as the cost of  mailing a letter increases. The issue is the second set of stamps in the post office’s From Far and Wide series. The name is inspired by the lyrics of Canada’s national anthem. If you…...إقرأالمزيد

A Canadian in jail in China on drug charges has now been sentenced to death. Already in jail on drug trafficking charges, 36-year-old Robert Schellenberg was retried this week and had is original 15 year sentenced increased to the death penalty. In this image taken from a video footage run by China’s CCTV, Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun at Toronto’s airport on January 12, 2019 calling her “a brave new Canadian.” Canada quickly granted asylum to the teenager upon a request from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Alqunun had flown to Thailand…...إقرأالمزيد

All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets underway, we’ve taken a pause to check in with our Eye on the Arctic expert bloggers to get their take on the past year in Arctic news and what northern news junkies should be watching for in the months ahead. In this instalment, we spoke…...إقرأالمزيد

Three people were killed and 23 others injured after an Ottawa city bus slammed into a bus shelter in the city’s western Westboro neighbourhood late Friday. The collision of the OC Transpo double-decker bus happened on the westbound Transitway just before 4 p.m. local time (21:00 GMT). Ottawa police said in a tweet that…...إقرأالمزيد

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun will be granted asylum in Canada. The Saudi Arabian 18 year-old had run away from her family and barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel to avoid being returned. Alqunun alleged she had been abused by her family and said she feared she would be killed. She tweeted about her predicament…...إقرأالمزيد