Trial of Niagara hotel owner called ‘a sham’
|Screenshot1 / 1 Jimmy Lai during a CBC interview, when asked about his twin sister in NOTL worrying about him. |Screenshot AdvertisementThe Niagara-on-the-Lake family of Jimmy Lai will be closely following the trial of the pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, along with the rest of the world. “It’s a crazy trial, not a real trial the way we expect in Canada. On Friday, judges ruled against that defence, and the trial is expected to resume next week. Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, a Hong Kong media outlet openly critical of the Chinese Communist Party, has in the past taken to the streets in protest.
Source:CBC News
December 23, 2023 19:18 UTC
Making time for self-care as important as giving gifts this holiday season, says psychologist
Psychologist Laura Casey Foss says making sure to make time to give back to yourself is just as important as giving to others this holiday season. (Hillary Johnson/CBC - image credit)Psychologist Laura Casey Foss says making sure to make time to give back to yourself is just as important as giving to others this holiday season. Psychologist Laura Casey Foss says making sure to make time to give back to yourself is just as important as giving to others this holiday season. (Hillary Johnson/CBC)A Corner Brook psychologist says making sure to make time to give back to yourself is just as important as giving to others this holiday season. All of those things are really important, especially when emotions are running really high."
Source:CBC News
December 23, 2023 15:48 UTC
Denmark promises increased focus on Arctic as it takes over NORDEFCO chair
Increased focus on the Arctic and North Atlantic will be amongst Copenhagen’s priorities when it takes over chairmanship of the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) from Sweden on January 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. “The Baltic Sea region, Arctic and the North Atlantic will be geographical areas of particular importance in 2024,” a ministry spokesperson told Eye on the Arctic in emailed comment on Friday. “Our ambition is to maintain the region as a region of low tension as we face new and special challenges in the North Atlantic and the Arctic region,” the ministry spokesperson said. “This is important for strategic lines of communication and supply, as well as for capabilities and operational cooperation. With Finland’s accession to NATO and Sweden’s future membership, Copenhagen says NORDEFCO’s work has more importance than ever.
Source:CBC News
December 23, 2023 09:19 UTC
Mining, the Arctic Council & Russian LNG–Arctic roundup 2023 with Heather Exner-Pirot
Feature Interview with Heather Exner-PirotEye on the Arctic: What Arctic headlines stood out for you this year? Heather Exner-Pirot: For me, the big thing is the Arctic Council handover. Then there was the question of how they would resume the work of the Arctic Council. We’re also seeing very little prospects for mining development in the Canadian Arctic. We’ve made it so expensive, so difficult and so time consuming to do mining in Northern Canada, that investors aren’t interested.
Source:CBC News
December 23, 2023 07:27 UTC
Concordia joins McGill in offering bursaries to counter tuition hikes
Concordia University will offer bursaries of up to $4,000 per year to out-of-province Canadian undergraduate students, joining McGill in creating an offset to the tuition hikes announced this fall by the Quebec government. Earlier in the fall, Quebec announced that tuition fees for out-of-province Canadian students would jump to around $17,000. WATCH | What people are saying about Quebec's tuition hike:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. The bursaries Concordia announced on Friday are for undergraduate applicants from high schools from provinces outside Quebec.
Source:CBC News
December 23, 2023 04:26 UTC
The Mast-Head: Where Have the Parties Gone?
But, that acknowledged, I believe that my parents’ generation had a pretty good idea of how to have a good time. Much about the season remains the same as it was when my brother and sister and I were growing up. This all followed weeks of our tearing through the toy section of that year’s Sears Wish Book, circling what we wanted Santa to bring and squabbling over who got what. I watched the procedure then ran off to get into some kind of my own trouble. We just don’t know how to party like that anymore, but I really wish we did.
Source:thestar
December 22, 2023 03:02 UTC
GECC Subsidiary Completes Land Purchase for GEC Langara
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 21, 2023 / Global Education Communities Corp ("GECC" or the "Company") (TSX:GEC)(OTCQX:GECSF) is pleased to report that its subsidiary, GEC Langara Limited Partnership (the "LP") has completed the purchase of two parcels of land (together, the "Property") at 6428 Cambie Street, Vancouver. GECC also owns Global Education Alliance Inc. ("GEA") and Irix Design Group Inc. ("IRIX"). Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors (collectively, the "Risks") that could cause the Company's actual results or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by forward-looking statements. SOURCE: Global Education Communities Corp.View the original press release on accesswire.com
Source:CBC News
December 22, 2023 03:01 UTC
CBC hires Hempel as reporter/editor
Rosanna Hempel has joined CBC as a reporter and editor. She wrote on X/Twitter:“Very glad to continue sharing stories from this province. For story ideas and tips > rosanna.hempel@cbc.ca.”Recently Hempel was at Global News, where she held the posts of producer and video journalist. She interned at CBC and CTV News. You can congratulate Hempel via X/Twitter.
Source:CBC News
December 21, 2023 21:50 UTC
Thousands without power as N.S. hit by freezing rain, high winds
(Josh Hoffman/CBC - image credit)A weather system that has brought days of heavy rainfall and freezing rain to parts of Nova Scotia is now packing high winds and snow. The storm knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses on Thursday. A map of the Maritimes shows wind guts and precipitation forecasts. (Ryan Snoddon/CBC)At one point, nearly 24,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity Thursday afternoon. Earlier this week, more than 70,000 Nova Scotia Power customers lost their power during a wind and rain storm.
Source:CBC News
December 21, 2023 20:42 UTC
Liberals do damage control after 'thank-you' message from Hamas terror leader
Liberals MPs spent Wednesday evening doing damage control in the wake of news reports about a politically embarrassing video of a Palestinian terror leader thanking Canada for supporting a ceasefire in Gaza. “Our statement was clear: for a ceasefire to be sustainable, Hamas must release all hostages, stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and lay down its arms,” the statement read. “We want to see this pause resumed and support urgent international efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire,” read the joint statement. “You’re backpedaling after a barbaric terrorist group thanked you for your support because a Hamas endorsement is a political problem for you,” Lantsmen wrote. Aligning Canada with Hamas & not the Palestinian people was a choice.”Lantsman called out Saks for waiting until after this week’s humiliating thumbs-up from Hamas.
Source:National Post
December 21, 2023 16:34 UTC
Fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere, we benefit too much from them: Chris Sankey in the National Post
By Chris Sankey, December 20, 2023Over the last eight years we have experienced an unprecedented push from environmental activists to phase out fossil fuels. State-of-the-art lifesaving medical equipment comes from fossil fuels and critical minerals from mining. Yes, fossil fuels. From the moment we come out of our mother’s body, fossil fuels make our lives better. If it is not made from fossil fuels, they were most definitely transported to the store using fossil fuels.
Source:National Post
December 21, 2023 08:58 UTC
Government finalizes rules forcing all new cars to be electric or hybrid by 2035
OTTAWA – Canadian car dealers will have to sell a lot more electric vehicles under new regulations finalized on Tuesday. They can also receive credits for building electric vehicle chargers and can earn credits in advance of the new rules coming into place in 2026. He said by getting out ahead with early rules Canada will get more electric vehicles, eliminating some of the long delays consumers have faced. “We will do this by ensuring more electric cars come to the Canadian market, instead of the US or other markets that have similar targets,” he said. He said even now when maintenance and fuel costs are factored in, there is a cost savings to electric vehicles.
Source:National Post
December 20, 2023 06:03 UTC
The rhetoric around the climate change pact
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Source:thestar
December 19, 2023 16:57 UTC
James Hall & Co wins national Post Office partnership award
The accolade was presented to James Hall & Co’s G&E Murgatroyd company stores division at a glitzy ceremony at Landing Forty Two in London. James Hall & Co has 39 post offices in its company Spar store estate across the North of England and the award acknowledges the investment made into post office services by the business, and into people operating those services. Fiona Drummond, company stores director at James Hall & Co, said: “This award is richly deserved for the post office team we have here at James Hall. I am very proud of their efforts as they have worked extremely hard to achieve success by developing the offer in our Spar stores. “We are always exploring options to grow Post Office provision within our stores and have new projects in the pipeline.
Source:National Post
December 19, 2023 13:32 UTC
University of Saskatchewan researchers, Food Centre produce soup mix to cut food bank costs
Working with Saskatoon's Food Centre, the researchers have produced an "affordable" and nutritious option — a dry soup mix that can produce four to five cups of soup per packet. Dry soup mix packets developed by the University of Saskatchewan and the Food Centre sit on a table. Dry soup mix packets produced at the Food Centre. The vice-president of the Regina Food Bank, David Froh, says rising food costs have been a major problem. "Like Saskatchewan families, food banks are experiencing rising costs when we buy food," Froh said.
Source:CBC News
December 19, 2023 13:26 UTC