Новости за 04.10.2018

It has a tasteful and moving design, its message is one of awareness, and it's part of a campaign that will donate more than $25,000 to support U.K. baby loss awareness week.

TORONTO — The Canadian Real Estate Association says it will soon be adding historical sales data to its realtor.ca website.

We live in a world that values unachievable perfection. And social media is usually one of the strongest, most powerful rods we use to punish ourselves for not reaching our unattainable goals: people are made insecure by seeing other people put on a carefully-staged display of supposedly carefree abandon; the cycle perpetuates.

Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation — Gosh darn, here I am aged 51 — almost 52 — and living in Saskatoon, Sask. A lot of the time — actually, most of the time — my heart and mind are back home in the small rural prairie town of Duck Lake, where I grew up between Fort Carlton and the site of Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion on Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation, in Treaty Six.

This past weekend, negotiators from Canada and the United States put pen to paper on a new North American trade pact — awkwardly called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — after a roller-coaster year of talks.

The Nobel Prizes in science have been handed out and once again, each one honours a decades-old discovery that is now improving our health and our lives. The awards also highlight the importance of fundamental research as a whole and not as a targeted or priority-based approach. After all, in two out of three cases, the end result leading to the award was not the reason for the original research.

Canada's new trade agreement with U.S. and Mexico contains one clause that could have a big impact on national sovereignty and puts the agreement itself at risk in the long run.

TORONTO — Will Canadian fans of big-budget, American Super Bowl ads get to see them while the NFL championship game is played next February, or will that be ruled out of bounds after just two seasons?

Not a day goes by without me remembering what I so desperately try to forget. Today, I am surrounded by much love. I am surrounded by an incredible care team of trauma-informed individuals who assure me I am loved, worthy and whole... and yet, I still struggle every day to forget.

CALGARY — It wasn't the concert trumpet solo that Jens Lindemann was scheduled to play, but an impromptu performance on the snow-choked Trans-Canada Highway was heartily applauded by an audience of stranded motorists.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has stepped down as Liberal leader and is leaving politics following the party's election defeat Monday.

OTTAWA — "We have a supply management system that continues to be very much in place to protect both our agricultural sector and our consumers. This is something that continues. We have made modifications to the way it works, but we also know that it is something that will ensure the viability and the strength of supply management for years to come."

New Canadian research has provided more evidence that smoking cannabis may have a negative effect on cognition in young people.

Decorated Olympian Adam van Koeverden is looking to unseat the deputy leader of the federal Conservatives in the next federal election.

Before the summer's end, I visited two friends, two Indigenous women who are also lawyers like me. We met up near Davenport Road in Toronto. We chatted over dessert and drinks. Eventually we decided to leave, and I ordered a car sharing service. It arrived with another man inside but I had not ordered a carpool. I immediately cancelled the car despite the driver telling us to get inside and saying there was nothing to worry about. However, as an Indigenous woman, I am cautious of my safety, and the safety of my community. Читать дальше...

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is beefing up legislation aimed at making it easier for Canadians to vote and harder for foreign entities to interfere in federal elections.

VANCOUVER — Cannabis connoisseurs in Vancouver have been able to buy potent weed over the counter for years — but ironically, that could change when marijuana becomes legal.

TORONTO — The #MeToo movement is having a chilling effect in academic medicine, leading some male physicians and scientists to avoid mentoring female colleagues by claiming they fear false accusations of sexual misconduct, says a group of women who hold leading positions in Canada's health-education system.

MONTREAL — A Montreal woman who was scolded by a judge for wearing a hijab in court had her fundamental rights violated, Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Sexual assault victims may soon be able to report attacks anonymously to police through third parties in Newfoundland and Labrador — part of a growing trend among provinces trying to find ways of protecting victims.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister did an about-face on carbon taxes Wednesday, abandoning plans to start charging a levy in December and joining other conservative leaders in flat-out opposition to federal plans.