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

A best-selling Canadian author is advising young Canadians to resist the temptation to spend money now on things they don’t need. “When you’re young you need to start to save at the beginning and try to spend later, when you’re older…30, 40, 50,” says Pierre-Yves McSween, author and accountant. “But between…...إقرأالمزيد

Canadians living abroad have the right to vote in federal elections no matter how much time they have spent outside the country, Canada’s highest court ruled Friday. In a 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that provisions of the electoral law that had denied the right to vote to Canadians who had spent more than five years outside…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada is hopeful that the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains calm after the runner-up in the disputed presidential election refused to recognize the surprise win of another opposition candidate and urged his supporters to “rise up,” Canadian officials say. Ottawa is calling on political actors to resolve all disputes…...إقرأالمزيد

Yet another study shows that the world’s oceans are warming rapidly and researchers say this confirms the scientific evidence that the planet is warming due to human activity. Warming oceans mean more storms, extreme precipitation The scientists from China and the U.S. add that rapid warming of the oceans in the past few decades should be of…...إقرأالمزيد

Not to be confused with “no pants day” which occurs in May, the No Pants Subway day is in January. This coming Sunday, people who join in will remove their pants and ride the subway (Metro- Tube- U-bahn) without pants or dresses, and sometimes sporting funny underwear. The idea started as a sort of joke by a New York comedic performance…...إقرأالمزيد

The so-called holiday season tends to run parallel to the flu season in Canada. When those seasons collide, it’s not a lot of fun and tends to play havoc with our social lives and worse. Parties get cancelled and extended-family get togethers are disrupted and/or cancelled because someone upstairs is coughing away and is really under the weather.…...إقرأالمزيد

Virtue and Moir claim another title: team of the year By Terry Haig | english@rcinet.ca Friday 28 December, 2018 , 0 Comments ↓   Virtue and Moir are now the first figure skaters in history to own five career Olympic medals Virtue and Moir hold up the Canadian flag during victory ceremonies at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Tuesday, February…...إقرأالمزيد

Is immigration an opportunity, an asset for Canada or just a costly burden for Canadians? It’s a complex question to which there are no easy answers: there are so many conflicting figures, cases, ideological constructs, or simply political spin, perceptions and prejudices. All these elements can be contradictory and collide to the point of confusing…...إقرأالمزيد