Author: Alan Binder

Here’s a bit of where Junior Team Canada was on Wednesday night in Edmonton: scribble over Guernica. Fortunately for the Canadians, in this knockout appetizer, Switzerland was up against them. So they were able to escape without too many pitfalls with their 6-3 victory that propelled them to the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships. Not that the national team put on an ugly performance, just that they seemed casual in their area at times, as if they were aware of their superiority which, in the end, is a very human thing. Some players offered a decorated version of their…

The course design and the stunning climb characteristic of the final grand tour of the 2022 season appeal to the style that Woods champions. With three wins this year, he wants to continue this time on a ground he especially loves. In 2018, Woods snatched the first Grand Tour stage victory of his career with a Bizkaia Terrace victory. An emotional triumph he dedicated to his son Hunter, who was stillborn at 37 weeks gestation. The beginning of the widget. Skip the widget?end of the piece. Back to top widget?He repeated this feat, in 2020, during the seventh stage. Among…

From 2016 to 2021, the number of Canadians speaking French as their first official language rose from 7.7 million to 7.8 million, an increase of 1.6% over five years. However, this growth is lower than the Canadian population growth rate, which is 5.2%. So the weight of the French language has diminished in Canada. In fact, the percentage of Canadians for whom it is the first official language decreased from 22.2% in 2016 to 21.4% in 2021. This downward trend is not new. Since 1971, the first public census in which information is collected about the first official language spoken,…

Residents of British Columbia have been warned of what Environment Canada calls a ‘short-lived’ heat wave as daytime temperatures topped 30C in several areas, from eastern Vancouver Island to the southern interior. The Met Office issued a series of heat warnings, saying a sharp rise in pressure would start on Wednesday and last until at least Thursday. Temperatures are expected to range between 29 and 35 degrees indoors and 27 degrees near the water in Metro Vancouver, How Sound, Fraser Valley, the East Coast, the Vancouver Island Agency reported and on the Sunshine Coast. Projections for the Fraser Canyon, southern…

(Moscow) The Russian giant Gazprom announced, Saturday, that it has formally asked the German group Siemens to deliver a turbine that has been repaired in Canada to ensure the operation of the Nord Stream gas pipeline that supplies Europe. Posted at 7:58 The fate of these turbines, which Gazprom presented as necessary to operate the Nord Stream gas compressor plant, have cast doubt on the future of shipments of Russian blue gold to Europe for several weeks. This equipment was sent by Siemens to Canada for repair. Despite sanctions targeting Moscow for its attack in Ukraine, Ottawa announced that it…

this week, Netflix It arrives with many novelties that the audience has been waiting for for a few months already. This is especially the case with the new season of animal kingdombut also with the first season of the TV series vampirewhich is currently receiving mixed reviews. The documentaries are How do you change your mind And the My daughter’s killer That caught our eye this week. Summary How do you change your mind It goes as follows: author Michael Pollan Leading the way in this documentary series that explores the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA,…

Other cities in Ontario such as Toronto or the Durham region have, for years, adopted this form of farming in which urban space is reclaimed by volunteers to produce local food. Kara Bullock is a Mississauga-based climate change specialist. She points out that there is very little suitable land for urban agriculture in Mississauga, but on the other hand there is Unused city spaces such as rooftops, lawns, and commercial facilitieswhich can be used to develop urban farming projects. The hardest challenge to overcome is to get to the groundas you say. The policy of urban farming in Mississauga in…

There is disappointment […] I would say some questioning too […] About the nature of the services that pharmacists will be able to provide in the coming months or yearssays the chiefAQPPBenoit Maureen. They have been called in as reinforcements by Quebec to vaccinate the population and distribute rapid tests, and pharmacy owners want the government to show them some recognition. The parties did not agree to increase the fees for the preparation of medicines. These amounts are not used to pay our salaries, but to pay all pharmacy expensessays Benoit Maureen. He explained that the cost of supplies rose…

Ottawa – Elections Canada has imposed 14 fines related to fundraising and campaign financing in the 2019 federal election. Martin Pickup, the official agent for independent candidate Archie McKinnon, has been fined $500 for two separate offenses, including accepting cash contributions of more than $20 and accepting a donation in excess of the maximum $1,600 an individual can make to a candidate. Mr. Pickup also deposited a check for $14,900 from Elections Canada into a personal account instead of a campaign account. Dozens of people have been fined between $300 and $500 for failing to submit, or not submitting, timely…

(Ottawa) An international Islamic charity based in Ottawa is arguing in the Supreme Court of Canada that the federal government should not be allowed to impose sanctions prior to a hearing when it comes to imposing administrative sanctions. Posted at 6:40 a.m. Jim Brunskill Canadian Press Human Concern International is asking the nation’s highest court to review a federal appeals court’s rejection of a government-imposed residence freeze that prevented the charity from issuing tax receipts while an appeal against the sentence was pending. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) imposed the one-year suspension in July 2021 after a review of the…