Canada risks segregating into rich and poor cities as the economy shifts towards high tech and away from manufacturing, a report from TD Bank warns. The report, titled “The Digital Divide Between Canadian Cities,” notes that high-paid tech jobs in Canada have been concentrated in just five cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary, which […]
EDMONTON — Alberta politicians have voted to cut their pay, but not before accusing each other of hidden agendas and political game playing. An all-party member services committee agreed unanimously Tuesday to cut all elected members pay by five per cent, with an extra five per cent cut to the salary of Premier Jason Kenney. […]
LANGLEY, B.C. — A manager with the Greater Vancouver Zoo says a two-year-old girl who was bitten by a bear somehow got past a locked gate to access an enclosure with three young black bears. Menita Prasad, the zoo’s animal care manager, says there is a combination of chain-link and wooden fencing around the enclosure […]
MONTREAL — Two people were arrested following a data breach involving 23,000 current, former and contractual employees at Revenue Quebec, the province’s tax agency, police said Wednesday. Quebec provincial police said two people from Quebec City — a 39-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man — were arrested and were meeting with investigators. Police were also serving […]
Internet giants need to be better, faster and more open when it comes to fighting child abuse online, or else governments could make them pay for its harmful aftermath, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday. “If human harm is done, if a child is terrorized for the rest of their life because of what […]
OTTAWA — The federal government has lifted speed restrictions meant to protect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after finding that the policy may have been pushing ships closer to the endangered mammals. There weren’t any whales in the shipping lanes where speed had been reduced, Transport Canada announced Friday, adding […]
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA – A 97-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Bismarck has been reunited with a dog tag he lost in Papua New Guinea while serving in World War II. Click Here: watford football shirts A stranger found 97-year-old Ed Boger’s dirty, rusted dog tag about five years ago while digging a hole for a […]
PHNOM PENH – Japan and France urged the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Tuesday to expedite the trial of the sole surviving senior leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, after another top figure died over the weekend. In a joint statement, the embassies of the two countries expressed their regret that Nuon Chea, who […]
August brings Premier League football back with a bang. The top-flight’s best get going once again as Liverpool and Norwich kick off the 2019/20 campaign on Friday, August 9. Manchester City pipped the Reds to the title last term by just one point, capping off a memorable year of action. Now City, Liverpool and the […]
Bournemouth have completed the signing of Wales winger Harry Wilson on a season-long loan from Liverpool. The 22-year-old becomes Eddie Howe’s fifth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Lloyd Kelly, Jack Stacey, Philip Billing and Arnaut Danjuma. Following previous spells with Crewe and Hull, Wilson spent last season on loan at Derby where […]
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