WASHINGTON (AP) — Air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world’s most populous country, a new study finds. Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, calculated that about 1.6 million people in …
Media outlets from at least six countries have documented Richmond’s growth and demographics shift over the past two years. Richmond’s significant demographic shift as a result of immigration from China, as well as city council’s contentious handling of foreign-language business and real estate signs, has …
As our national identity is eroded, the political class still refuses to admit the scale of the catastrophe. When the bloodthirsty Islamist brute nicknamed “Jihadi John” was exposed as a London computer graduate and terror suspect called Mohammed Emwazi, the cry went up, “How was …
Entrenched into our constitution in 1982, the Charter’s transformative nature is found not in its declaration of personal liberty and equality, but rather in how the legislation is utilized, and by whom. Surely, few Canadians oppose laws which guarantee individual rights such as freedom of speech, or freedom of assembly. The extension of these rights to all Canadians, regardless of race or religion, is very likely acceptable to the average Canadian— whether a recent arrival to our shores, or a descendent of those who farmed our prairie lands at the turn of the 20th century.
On the campaign trail in North Vancouver Wednesday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper promised to take action on foreign investment in Canadian real estate. Harper tested the waters of the controversial subject by promising to spend $500,000 in 2016 to collect data on foreign buying of …
A former two-time Liberal candidate is calling on Leader Justin Trudeau to live up to his pledge for open nomination races unhindered by party insiders after she says she was barred from running. Wendy Yuan officially announced her intention to run last October. She had …
China’s “semi-historic” devaluation is rippling across financial markets today, taking the Canadian dollar down with it, among others. Other commodity-linked currencies, like the Australian and New Zealand dollars, are also being hit, even moreso than the loonie as the U.S. greenback also rises. The move …
Does the threat of “terror tourism” warrant limiting Canadians’ mobility rights? Conservative Leader Stephen Harper would appear to think so. At a campaign stop in Ottawa over the weekend, Harper promised new legislation to designate certain parts of the globe under the control of terrorist …
Chinese money launderers snap up Vancouver real estate because of lenient border laws, loose regulations Vancouver International Airport is the major port of entry for millions in hidden cash being smuggled into North America by mostly Chinese citizens, a federal document investigation by The …
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said today if re-elected he will introduce legislation that will make it a criminal offence for Canadians to travel to parts of the world under the control of extremist groups. “A re-elected Conservative government will designate travel to places that are ground zero for …
Muslims in the St. John’s area joined with others around the world in celebrating Eid Friday — the festival that marks the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Eid is the holiday when Muslims end 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting central to Ramadan, considered one of the ‘five pillars’ …
Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan is launching a $4.55-million libel suit against the Globe and Mail over stories suggesting he is a risk to national security because of his ties to China. In a 27-page statement of claim released Friday, Chan said he is seeking …