A Saudi Arabian youth group is apologizing after an image it posted on its Twitter account was interpreted by many social media users as a veiled threat of 9/11-style attacks on Canada following the ongoing diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Riyadh. The image accompanied by an Arabic proverb in English shows an Air Canada plane heading toward Toronto’s…...إقرأالمزيد

Nurses are the latest group to express “grave concern” that the new government in the province of Ontario may stop funding services designed to protect injection drug users. The new health minister, Christine Elliott said on July 24, 2018 that the government is reviewing evidence on supervised injection and overdose prevention sites to…...إقرأالمزيد

Private donors are offering to cover the costs for groups that wish to sponsor UN-approved refugees to come to Canada. As part of its yearly planning, the government of Canada has approved 1,500 refugees to be settled with financial and social help from private groups. But there is concern that not enough sponsors have stepped forward. The government…...إقرأالمزيد

The diplomatic spat between Riyadh and Ottawa showed no signs of easing Tuesday as Saudi Arabia’s two most powerful leaders reiterated their “absolute rejection of the negative and surprising position of the Canadian government” on detained Saudi civil society activists. The official Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday that Saudi…...إقرأالمزيد

More and more Canadians are listening to digital recordings of books and more Canadian publishers are producing them. ‘Canadians want…Canadian content’ “What’s great is that Canadian audiences and Canadian book lovers have a really large appetite for Canadian stories and CanLit (Canadian literature) in general,”…...إقرأالمزيد

North Atlantic right whale No. 3843 had been entangled in fishing gear for more than five days and the search was on to rescue the creature. First spotted by the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station last Sunday afternoon (July 29), it was reported to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). “The crew had to approach…...إقرأالمزيد

President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to change his story about a 2016 meeting that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent.     "Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about the meeting…...إقرأالمزيد

Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists.       Play Current Time0:00 / Duration Time0:00     Progress: 0% 0:00 Fullscreen   00:00 Mute   The kingdom gave…...إقرأالمزيد

Despite the Liberal government’s attempts to downplay the issue of thousands of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States, the majority of Canadians say the phenomenon has reached crisis levels, according to a new public opinion survey. The survey by the Angus Reid Institute finds two-thirds of Canadians (67 per cent) call…...إقرأالمزيد

The old town of Lunenburg in eastern Canada is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a top tourist site but right now its harbour smells very bad. The water is contaminated by fecal bacteria that frequently exceeds federal government limits and can pose a risk to the health of boaters and anyone who dares swim in it. Smells like dirty diapers…...إقرأالمزيد