It’s now official: Canada has doubled its representation in the the most prestigious basketball hall of fame in the world--the one in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game was invented in December 1891. Steve Nash speaks during induction ceremonies at the Basketball Hall of Fame last Friday in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)…...إقرأالمزيد

It was an international project produced by Canadian actor and playwright, R.H. Thompson and a non-profit organisation It’s called “The World Remembers”. Each centennial year of the war, the war dead have been remembered by projecting their names onto a huge screen. The names of fallen soldiers and other military personnel from 1917…...إقرأالمزيد

Don’t know something? Google it.  Want to email, well there’s Gmail. Want to find a place, well there’s google maps, and google earth. Google is now the largest and best known name on the internet with income in the billions of dollars and is now involved in so many other high tech ventures as well. The company name is now a…...إقرأالمزيد

The back and fourth of the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations continued Tuesday on both sides of the border. As Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived back in Washington, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned of what he termed “massive disruption” and job loses on both sides of the border if…...إقرأالمزيد

Hurricane Florence is developing in the Caribbean as the first big hurricane of the season. It was declared a Category 4, by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida earlier this afternoon. Potentially catastrophic, the storm got more intense as it moved over the warm Atlantic Ocean, where temperatures are near 30 C…...إقرأالمزيد

Humanitarian groups and UN agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian catastrophe as the Syrian government troops backed by Russia and Iran prepare to storm the last rebel stronghold in the Idlib province in northwestern Syria. “There needs to be ways of dealing with this problem that don’t turn the next few months in Idlib into…...إقرأالمزيد

Canadian researchers have discovered what may be an important link in the serious health issue of pre-term births. Babies born before the normal gestation period of 37 weeks have been shown to sometimes develop health or emotional problems later including cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, impaired vision, and behavioural problems. Premature babies…...إقرأالمزيد

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland took the stage Monday at a Toronto summit highlighting the work of prominent women from around the world. The Women in the World summit brings together politicians, artists, journalists and other high-profile individuals for a one-day meeting in at the TELUS Centre…...إقرأالمزيد

Search and rescue teams have called off “an exhaustive air and marine search” for a former German TV star and singer who may have gone overboard in the frigid North Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on Sunday, Canadian officials announced Monday. With no sign of Daniel Küblböck the Joint Task Force Atlantic tweeted…...إقرأالمزيد

High debt load for Canadians; borrowing to stay afloat? A new survey echoes earlier ones saying that Canadians feel insecure about their financial future. This recent survey by the polling firm IPSOS for insolvency firm MNP Ltd, found that just over four in ten Canadians four in ten (44%) Canadians are not confident they will be able to cover all living…...إقرأالمزيد