While the Prime Minister happily announced the new deal that replaced NAFTA, known as USMCA, is a win for Canadians, it seems that Canadians are not nearly as impressed by the tri-partite agreement. It announcing the agreement, Liberal Prime Minister Trudeau said, “it’s a deal that will be good for Canadian workers, good for Canadian business,…...إقرأالمزيد

As winter approaches, a natural gas company warns supplies will be reduced in the western province of British Columbia. FortisBC says that the explosion of a natural gas pipeline on October 9, 2018 caused damage that will be repaired by mid-November but pressure in the line will stay below maximum levels for several months. Some parts of British Columbia…...إقرأالمزيد

The federal government is making an accounting adjustment that will affect the pensions of millions federal civil servants, members of the Canadian Forces, and of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This represents at least 20% of the entire work force of the country The pensions are funded in part from employee salary deductions and in part from taxes,…...إقرأالمزيد

National gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker pleaded not guilty today to multiple charges of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a young female athlete. Two other Canadian gymnastics coaches, Scott McFarlane and Michel Arsenault, also face charges of sexual assault. Dave Brubaker, the former women’s national coach of gymnastics pleaded…...إقرأالمزيد

They were Canadians who, for whatever reason, joined ISIS-Daesh terrorists in the Middle East or other terrorist groups elsewhere and some of whom who have since returned to Canada. An Ontario provincial bill proposes to strip participants from certain benefits like access to a driving licence, or provincial health care. Mubin Shaikh, right, is counselling…...إقرأالمزيد

With the new Mayor friend Ed Holder...إقرأالمزيد

With our new Mayor friend Ed Holder...إقرأالمزيد

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is holding hearings this week in Gatineau, Quebec, at the insistence of the federal government. The growing outcry over aggressive sales people and misleading practices, had the government take the unusual step of ordering the CRTC, the telecommunication watchdog, to investigate and…...إقرأالمزيد

The 2018 Invictus Games are underway in Australia, and Canada has its first champion with veteran Dave Innes taking the silver in in-door rowing. The 47 year-old, from  North Bay, Ontario, was heralded in his hometown when the news of his victory was announced. Innes is a member of the Canadian team of 40 veteran athletes competing at the…...إقرأالمزيد

Toronto, Canada’s largest city, is electing a new and smaller city council today, after a controversial campaign. The trouble started when the new premier of the province of Ontario, Doug Ford, elected on June 7, 2018, decided to shrink the council from 47 seats to 25, with wards redrawn to accommodate the change. Toronto Mayor John Tory…...إقرأالمزيد