The list is long of U.S. presidents who made it a point to make Canada the destination of their first official foreign visit. (Donald Trump, not surprisingly, passed on the semi-tradition, opting to make stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and… »
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Stricter public health measures now in effect for travellers to Canada
Stricter health measures for travellers arriving to Canada by air and over the land border with the U.S. kicked in on Monday. Most air passengers will now have to take a COVID-19 test after landing in Canada and spend up… »
Record number of vaccines set to arrive in Canada
Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine arrived on February 21, 2021, as part of what is projected to be the largest number of COVID-19 vaccines to be shipped to Canada in one week. The Public Health Agency of Canada expects Pfizer… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
A dispute between a mining company and a First Nation simmers in Saskatchewan
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation erected a blockade earlier this month after surveyors from a Toronto-based uranium company were seen, twice, working on the First Nation’s land without consent from the First Nation. The CBC’s Jason Warick reports that the… »
Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is put on pause in Australia
Bianca Andreescu’s comeback is on hold. Again. The aspiring tennis star’s agent on Sunday announced Andreescu’s withdrawal from tournaments in Doha and Dubai and confirmed her withdrawal from an upcoming tournament in Adelaide, Australia–all because of a leg injury. It… »
Prime minister’s approval drops, parties’ remain the same
In February 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval rating dropped five points from where it was in December and January, according to polling by the Angus Reid Institute. It appears that delays and uncertainty in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines… »
International, Politics, Your Columns
Violence engulfs South Sudan as UN warns of looming famine
Ten years after independence, staggering levels of violence have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, while hunger looms over 60 per cent of the country’s population, UN agencies warn. In a report released Friday, the UN Commission on Human… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Funds will help bring Canadian arts to the world
Acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on performing arts in Canada, the government has announced special funding to benefit The Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada. The sum of $644,372 will be used to install… »
As COVID cases rose in Vancouver so did anti-Asian hate crimes: report
British Columbia’s premier says crimes against people of colour need to be treated as hate crimes and that he finds new statistics that show a marked increase in hate crimes in Vancouver last year “deeply troubling.” John Horgan made the… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Report: audio social App Clubhouse has exceeded 8 million downloads worldwide
According to new data from the mobile data and analytics company App Annie, the global downloads of the audio-chat social app Clubhouse have topped 8 million, despite it being still in the phase of pre-launch and invitation-only. Starting from February,… »
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