Canadian storms recorded increasing precipitation and floods in the Pacific north-west, bringing 18,000 people stranded in British Columbia. Oliver Homes from The Guardian reported that “a month’s worth of rain” poured into the region. Four people went missing in Lillooet when a mudslide hit Highway 99. The Trans Canada Highway was washed away by a…
Breaking News, Global, Main Stories
China upholds the death sentence for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg
On Tuesday, the Liaoning High People’s Court decided to uphold the death sentence handed down to Canadian smuggler Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, refusing to fulfil his appeal. The court described how “the first trial was clear, the evidence was true and sufficient.” Schellenberg’s death sentence was first issued in 2019 after he smuggled over 222 kilograms…
Global
The Discovery of More Unmarked Graves Raises Difficult Questions for Canada
On Thursday 24 June, Chief Cadmusn Delmore of the Cowessess First Nation announced over 750 unmarked graves had been discovered at one of Canada’s former re-education sites for Indigenous children. The Marieval Indian Residential School (Cowessess) was operational in the province of Saskatchewan from 1899 to 1997. After last month’s discovery of 215 unmarked graves…
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Statues of monarchs torn down in Canada protests
Statues of both Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II have been toppled in the streets of Canada on the anniversary of the nation’s founding by British colonizers. The statues, both in Winnipeg, Manitoba, were first covered in red paint and handprints, before being pulled to the ground, amidst a number of other Canada Day protests. The…
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Deadly temperatures break records in Canada
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid a devastating heatwave that has broken temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Friday. Canada saw 103 heat records broken on Monday across major provinces, with a record breaking temperature of 49.6C (121.3F) recorded on Tuesday in Lytton,…
Global
Canada suffers its worst ever mass shooting
On April 18, 2020, Canada experienced its worst mass shooting. The shooting occurred in the province of Nova Scotia, and the gunman has been identified as Gabriel Wortman. Mr Wortman is believed to have killed a total of 22 people in a 12-hour period in the province. Among the dead were a teacher, a home…
Gaming
The Long Dark: A Solitary Adventure
Let’s admit it, we have all bought games during the Steam sales which we leave to collect dust in our libraries for years. The Long Dark was exactly that for me, bought during the winter reductions and ignored for the best part of 2019. Recently I decided to take a brief break from multiplayer games…
Travel
Bizarre food around the world
Trying local specialties is one of the exciting aspects of travel, but sometimes what the locals consider as food isn’t something we would normally assume is edible. It may sound bizarre to the rest of the world, but some of these strange cuisines are favourites among the local tongue. When we talk about bizarre food,…
Global
Fame for Afghan Trudeau look-a-like
A contestant on an Afghan singing competition has gone viral on social media because of his likeness to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr Abdul Salam Maftoon, a wedding singer from northeast Afghanistan, is one of the final eight contestants on the televised talent show Afghan Star and has a distinct style of romantic folk…
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