Category: Canada

Another medal to an ever-growing collection for the Junior Lakers program

Mayor says clients are being looked after

Ontario grocers and the Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed role to the brewers, The Canadian Press has learned.

A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers while pushing its climate targets even further out of reach.

The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years.

A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada’s biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite recent decreases. It has roughly doubled over the past decade in eight major Canadian cities.

The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021, according to data obtained by Radio-Canada.

How Darwinism Became a Pseudoscience  Science and Culture Today

Brockville police have charged two people with impaired driving in two unrelated incidents on the same day. At about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, officers observed a vehicle travelling at a high speed on Stewart Boulevard, police reported Monday.  Police say that while the vehicle was being observed for a short period, officers noticed that the […]