On November 30, 2023 a new suicide prevention service became available across Canada. People anywhere in the country can now call and text 9-8-8 if they are thinking of suicide, if they are in need of crisis support, or if they are worried about someone they know. The new service […]
In a ranking of employment incomes in the largest 107 metropolitan areas around the Great Lakes region for 2019, London (93rd) and Windsor (99th) are right near the bottom, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Southwestern Ontario’s once prosperous cities […]
The Canadian Coast Guard’s seasonally operated search and rescue stations on the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay, and St. Lawrence River in Ontario are closing on the following dates: November 27: Thunder Bay December 4: Tobermory, Meaford, Goderich December 11: Amherstburg, Port Dover, Port Weller, Cobourg, Kingston These stations will reopen in spring 2024. Rescue boats are designed for open-water use […]
To meet international government mandates for electric vehicles (EV), a total of 388 new mines must be built to produce the metals required for EV production, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank. “The sheer scale of mining required to […]
This week, the Royal Canadian Mint ushered in a new era in the history of Canadian coins when its President and CEO, Marie Lemay, unveiled and struck the very first Canadian circulation coin bearing the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III at the Mint’s manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The 2023-dated $1 circulation […]
The federal government’s new Indo-Pacific trade strategy (IPS), meant to encourage increased Canadian exports to Indo-Pacific countries such as India and China through subsidies and other preferential treatments, unwisely shifts attention from Canada’s largest trading partner and key source of prosperity, finds a new study released on October 24, 2023 […]
Canada Post issued a new commemorative stamp honouring the life and legacy of Willie O’Ree, the National Hockey League’s first Black player. The stamp was unveiled at an event Saturday in Edmonton as part of the 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic weekend festivities. O’Ree made history when he took the ice for […]
Kirstin Beardsley, CEO, Food Banks Canada has stated that ‘”relentless inflation and a broken social safety net has caused many people who never thought they would need a food bank to walk through the doors for the first time. With food banks across Canada in crisis mode, as demand reaches […]
Canada Post issued a new stamp this week commemorating the career of one of Canada’s most respected and versatile actors, Donald Sutherland. Born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Sutherland studied engineering and drama at the University of Toronto before moving to England to pursue his passion for acting at the London Academy of Music […]
In Canada, the gap between the number of homes built and the number of additional people is the widest it’s been in 50 years, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank. “Canada faces an historic gap between population growth and the […]