A truck driver in the eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador encountered a herd of about a dozen caribou on the highway, posted a video of them along with the comment, “I think Santa’s reindeer’s are lost on the west coast!!! Coolest thing I’ve even seen on the road!!!” White had been making a delivery on the west…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada’s consumer prices rose 0.3 per cent in October, bringing annual inflation to 2.4 per cent in an advance mostly fuelled by higher gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Friday. The federal data agency’s October inflation number marked an increase from 2.2 per cent in September, aided in part by an acceleration in vehicle…...إقرأالمزيد

Scientists have puzzled over human pregnancies with no embryos since the time of Hippocrates, says scientist Rima Slim and now, she and other Canadian researchers have found three genes responsible for these so-called molar pregnancies. Searching for a genetic connection In the province of Quebec, molar pregnancy occurs in about one in 600 pregnancies.…...إقرأالمزيد

It otter go somewhere else A river otter in Vancouver has managed to get into the tranquil Sun Yet-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in the city, and has made headlines across the country. The problem is the otter is eating the garden’s prised koi fish. Although they are simply colourful common carp, the koi is a prised fish in Chinese culture. While…...إقرأالمزيد

As the federal government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacement for its ageing fleet of CF-18 Hornet fighter jets, Norway’s saga with the acquisition of F-35 stealth fighters offers Canada a valuable lesson. The search for a replacement for CF-18 got a new urgency Tuesday after a blistering report by Canada’s…...إقرأالمزيد

It’s now revealed that what is believed to be the biggest oil spill in Newfoundland history can’t be cleaned up due to rough seas spreading the spill. The spill occurred about 350 kilometres east of the Newfoundland coast in what is known as the White Rose oil field. The White Rose field is about 350 km off the Newfoundland coast. (Canadian…...إقرأالمزيد

A leading aid group estimates that 85,000  young children have died of hunger and disease in Yemen since the start of civil war in 2015. The United Nations says more than 1.3 million children have suffered from severe acute malnutrition in that time period. ‘Children…suffer immensely’ “Children who die this way suffer…...إقرأالمزيد

A new Statistics Canada report says increased gun and gang violence is to blame for a spike in the national homicide rate last year, which was the highest in almost a decade. Police reported 660 homicides in Canada in 2017, 48 more than in 2016 and pushing the homicide rate up by seven per cent to 1.8 victims…...إقرأالمزيد

Nearly half of Canadians are expected to be looking for online bargains during the biggest shopping events of  the year which are Black Friday, this year on Nov. 23, and Cyber Monday on Nov 26. But Canada’s Competition Bureau is warning shoppers to be on the lookout for big discounts that are later cancelled. This independent law enforcement…...إقرأالمزيد

There were concerns this would happen, and it has, again. A Canadian investor in the cannabis industry has been permanently banned from entering the U.S. He is the second such investor to receive a lifetime ban from the U.S. In May, a Vancouver-based venture capitalist Sam Znaimer, an investor in some U.S. cannabis startups, was stopped by U.S border…...إقرأالمزيد