Did you hear the one about the little First Nation that really–REALLY–could, just like that famous little steam engine? In a story that continues to unfold–as well as amaze and impress–the We’koqma’q First Nation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and fish farming giant Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick…...إقرأالمزيد

Coming to Canada Sneakers, running shoes, or trainers, whatever you call them, I know mine cost less the $50 to buy, and now, well, they’re not really worth anything. For some however, certain of these types of shoes are worth tens of thousands of dollars. Now some of the rarest of these will be coming in a collection to Canada. The famous luxury…...إقرأالمزيد

Canada has become the latest country to ratify a UN treaty that seeks to combat the global illegal fishing industry by denying port access to fishing vessels engaged in the multibillion illicit trade, federal officials announced Friday. The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing,…...إقرأالمزيد

The last group of the baby boom generation is fast approaching retirement. The group, now aged over 50, seem to generally have the same financial concern which is, have they saved enough money? Most Canadians it seems feel they’re hundreds of thousands of dollars short. A new survey by Ipsos research  (tables in links below) for…...إقرأالمزيد

Transport Canada has issued a $6,000 fine to a vessel that allegedly breached mandatory speed limits introduced by the federal government in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Thursday. Since June, officials have reported six deaths of right whales, including…...إقرأالمزيد

Following several years of back-and-forth negotiations and lawsuits,  the federal government has agreed to settle multiple class-action suits with people who were victims of sexual misconduct in the military, though Ottawa accepted no liability in the cases. The settlement provides $800 million for members of the Canadian Armed Forces and…...إقرأالمزيد

The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and his supporters in Canada are welcoming comments by U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence Thursday calling on Saudi Arabia to release him. Speaking at a conference on religious freedom in Washington on Thursday, Pence not only criticized human rights violations in China, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua and Venezuela,…...إقرأالمزيد

Wow! A real-life food fight. The combatants: the two men who will face off in a general election this fall to decide who leads the country as Canada’s next prime minister. Let’s be perfectly clear: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tory leader Andrew Scheer are not heaving buns at one another across the Commons cafeteria floor. They are,…...إقرأالمزيد

The French parliament delayed until next week a vote on the ratification of a Canada-EU free trade accord just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed top EU officials in Montreal Wednesday for a summit that aims to further cement economic and strategic ties between Ottawa and the 28-country bloc. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is…...إقرأالمزيد

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says Canada needs to do more–way more–to protect its land and wa Noting that biodiversity is declining faster than any other time in human history and citing a recent report that over one million species worldwide are facing extinction, CPAWS says Canada needs to protect 30 per cent…...إقرأالمزيد