A Canadian company is now selling bottled air to China, and supplies are selling out. Vitality Air, and Edmonton-based company, is bottling air from Banff and Lake Louise, world-famous Canadian vacation destinations. The hand-bottled air is then shipped around the world. For around $13 per bottle, Chinese are buying stocks out. “We shipped a sample … Read more
CHILLIWACK, British Columbia — In the latest of the trials over Trinity Western University’s planned law school, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has found in favor of the school, rejecting the Law Society of BC’s rejection of TWU. The Law Society had not properly maintained its discretion when it went back on its initial approval of … Read more
Canada and Sweden have signed a new cooperative agreement based on science in the Arctic. The deal may have a special meaning for Canada, because the nation’s claims to a large tract of the Arctic is contested by other claimants Russia, Denmark, the U.S., and Norway. Canada’s claim depends upon proving that the boundaries of its … Read more
Alberta’s Premier said this week that she was not sure the provincial government would raise the minimum wage to $15 after all, citing the state of the Alberta economy and the possibility that raising the minimum wage might lead to job losses. The NDP came to power in May, the first non-Conservative party to govern … Read more
ISIS will be eliminated in about six months, Assange predicted, who blamed both Russia and Turkey for the jet downing last month Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange spoke via live video stream on a panel on security and surveillance featuring terrorism expert Philip Giraldi, political activist Raymond McGovern, and strategic analyst Gregory Copley Thursday. At the end of the discussion, … Read more
Report by Cambridge professor’s takes a critical look at economics of immigration The current large-scale immigration policy of the UK will result in small gross economic benefits while creating serious negative consequences, according to a UK economics professor who has just published a report on his research. The moral and practical questions related to controlling … Read more
The number of coalition UAVs in the skies over Syria has increased three-fold over the last few days, according the the Russian Ministry of Defense, which released a video this week of a Russian drone filming an American drone from above. With now more than 50 UAVs, often all in the sky at the same time, … Read more
In the month of November, Islamic violence in 30 countries took the lives of over 1,455 people and critically injured 1,706. The record, kept by watch group The Religion of Peace, has been maintained since the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center in 2001. Several attacks took place every day of the month in the … Read more
Vancouver is a city of 100,000 bike rides per day — higher than any other Canadian city — and these cyclists are also the safest, according to a recent report. “There are more streets in Vancouver that have cycling lanes than in any of the other cities,” said Nithya Vijayakumar, senior advisor at the Pembina … Read more
CBC News Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame this week. The news veteran delivered a speech as his induction Tuesday thanking the journalists he has worked with during his career as well as sharing his thoughts on the future of CBC journalism. Mansbridge said he didn’t want to … Read more
In the past year, three people in Vancouver have been killed by sucker punches and others have been placed in hospital, including a young man one punched while on a walk through downtown with his wife Thursday. “We’ve had about 10 of these incidents in Vancouver this year that have resulted in serious injury like this — … Read more
Human rights group No Chain will be leading another protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 1st. The protest, which like the last two will continue the theme of “Free the Vietnam 9!” will take place between noon and 1 p.m. The ongoing protests, Henry Song, No Chain’s North American director, said, … Read more