Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini welcomed to Montreal on Friday 14 other women foreign ministers for a summit of the world’s top women diplomats. The meeting in Montreal, co-hosted by Freeland and Mogherini, is being billed as “a historic opportunity…...إقرأالمزيد

Lego lovers in Newfoundland get together to share their passion. It’s one that began in childhood, but these people continue to create with the coloured blocks. “Really, the possibilities are endless” NewfoundlandLUG, (that’s Lego User’s Group)  meets each month at Bricks and MiniFigs, a bulk Lego store…...إقرأالمزيد

Students, 40,000 of them, from over 70 high schools across the province of Ontario, walked-out of class today to protest the new Conservative government‘s changes to the revised Sex Education curriculum. “Youth showing up for youth” Rayne Fisher-Wilson, a grade 12 student in Toronto, who was one of the organizers of today’s…...إقرأالمزيد

The last day of summer in the northern hemisphere is bringing some interesting weather, with rain and fierce winds in eastern Canada, single digits and 10 to 15 centimetres of snow in Alberta. Fall arrives at 9:54 est The heavy thunderstorm warnings in the Greater Toronto Area come with the possibility of tornados in southern Ontario. In Montreal,…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada and the European Union marked the one year anniversary of a free trade pact that despite lingering opposition has led to a healthy growth in trade between the two, officials in Ottawa and Brussels said. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into provisional force one year ago today, sweeping away tariffs…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada’s annual inflation rate eased to 2.8 per cent in August largely driven by slower rise in gasoline prices, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The data agency reported that prices were up in all eight major components. The transportation index rose at a slower pace in August (+7.2 per cent) than in July (+8.1 per cent), but remained…...إقرأالمزيد

For elite members of the world’s military, this is kind of like the Olympics of sniper skills. Starting today and running until September 28, the Canadian Army’s Infantry School will host the 20th Annual Canadian International Sniper Concentration (CISC). The annual event takes place at the Combat Training Centre at one of Canada’s…...إقرأالمزيد

The University of British Columbia now has a rare ancient sea monster to amaze visitors to its Pacific Museum of the Earth. The 13 metre long creature lived in what was known as the Western Interior Seaway, a giant sea which covered most of central North America. The 13-metre Elasmosaur seen from above. It inhabited a giant sea which covered most…...إقرأالمزيد

First responders will be gathering in Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, next month for a conference on their work and their lives. The symposium on mental health for first responders is expected to attract hundreds of participants from all over North America. “It’s important now, more than ever, that we foster a community of support”…...إقرأالمزيد

  Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Canada’s efforts going into the meeting are focused on some of the critical issues facing the world’s oceans today. “We are focused on illegal fishing, which is a threat to the sustainability of fisheries around the world and is certainly a threat to our fisheries economy here on the…...إقرأالمزيد