Search results

  1. mentalfloss

    Canadian economy returns to quarterly growth amid signs of weakness

    Canadian economy returns to quarterly growth amid signs of weakness Canada's economy resumed growing in the third quarter, Statistics Canada reported today, officially ending the mild recession that hit the country in the first two quarters of 2015. But there are already signs that the rebound...
  2. mentalfloss

    Alberta will transform up to 30% of electricity to renewables by 2030

    Alberta's electricity shift to generate 'up to' 30% from renewables by 2030 Alberta's electricity system will have to change drastically if the province is to meet the targets outlined under the government's new climate change strategy, a move the province says will happen steadily over the...
  3. mentalfloss

    Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers

    Here's one for the taxprayers. Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers Canadian taxpayers are paying the wages of two nannies hired to care for the children of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, according to cabinet orders posted online. The...
  4. mentalfloss

    Liberals win landslide victory in Newfoundland and Labrador election

    Liberals win landslide victory in Newfoundland and Labrador election Dwight Ball, a pharmacist who had struggled in the past just to get elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature, has led the Liberals to a commanding victory Monday night in a general election that brought an end to...
  5. mentalfloss

    France gives Canada the go ahead to stop bombing

    Hollande gives Trudeau a pass on pulling CF18s from anti-ISIL bombing campaign ARIS - French President Francois Hollande appeared to give his blessing to Canada's proposed withdrawal of its fighter jets from the bombing campaign against Islamic militants after meeting Prime Minister Justin...
  6. mentalfloss

    Trudeau era to start with sweeping parliamentary reforms, empowerment of MPs

    cuz it's 2015 Trudeau era to start with sweeping parliamentary reforms, empowerment of MPs The Justin Trudeau era begins in earnest Friday with all the pomp of a traditional speech from the throne. But thereafter, the new Liberal government is aiming to break from tradition, promising to...
  7. mentalfloss

    Bill Gates sparks multinational plan to spend billions on clean energy tech

    Gates sparks multinational plan to spend billions on clean energy tech PARIS - Government and business leaders are banking on clean energy technology to fight global warming, kicking off this week's high-stakes climate change negotiations by pledging tens of billions of dollars for research and...
  8. mentalfloss

    Syrian Refugees Will Boost Economy In Canada's Have-Not Regions, Experts Say

    Syrian Refugees Will Boost Economy In Canada's Have-Not Regions, Experts Say The recent news that settling 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada will cost $1.2 billion over the next six years has some questioning whether the government’s humanitarian mission is worth the price. But many experts say...
  9. mentalfloss

    Financial Post: Oilsands are going to slowly die

    Alberta’s carbon tax plan ‘one more reason why the Western Canadian oilfield is going to slowly die Any hope that Jon Schroter, owner of a small well-service rig business, had of returning to work in Alberta was pushed out of reach by Premier Rachel Notley’s climate change plan. The plan...
  10. mentalfloss

    Canadian soldier apologizes to 9-year-old girl after mocking her name

    Soldier apologizes to 9-year-old girl named Isis A 9-year-old girl from Winnipeg is feeling a lot better after she says a soldier mocked her name. The girl's name is Isis. The name has nothing to do with terrorism. Isis Fernandes was on school trip Thursday taking part in a Grey Cup event for...
  11. mentalfloss

    France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness'

    Sounds like another divisive douche that was left in the dust. France's National Front leader calls Canada's refugee plan 'madness' Marine Le Pen, the controversial leader of France's far-right National Front, is scoffing at Canada's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees with open arms...
  12. mentalfloss

    Trudeau tells BBC he left Canadian detractors ‘in the dust’

    Trudeau tells BBC he left Canadian detractors ‘in the dust’ LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used an interview with an influential BBC current affairs show in London to issue his most pungent retort yet to his Canadian detractors. Trudeau, 43, endured more than two years of...
  13. mentalfloss

    Renewable energy made up half of world's new power plants in 2014

    Renewable energy made up half of world's new power plants in 2014 Renewable energy accounted for almost half of all new power plants in 2014, representing a “clear sign that an energy transition is underway”, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Green energy is now the...
  14. mentalfloss

    China Says NO to New Concessions in Paris

    Per person emissions would be even worse for Canada I bet.
  15. mentalfloss

    China Says NO to New Concessions in Paris

    No one expected any new concessions.
  16. mentalfloss

    Canada warming at twice the global rate

    Canada warming at twice the global rate, scientists say Canada's rate of warming is about twice the global rate, according to a climate change briefing presented to the country's premiers on Monday. For the first time in nearly seven years, federal, provincial and territorial leaders gathered...
  17. mentalfloss

    Shutting down Alberta coal plants will save money, lives

    Shutting down Alberta coal plants will save money, lives, say medical experts, health minister Doctors say the respiratory and cardiovascular health of Albertans will improve as soon as the first coal-powered plants shut down under the province’s new climate change plan. But the president of...
  18. mentalfloss

    David Suzuki compares oil sands industry to slavery

    David Suzuki compares oil sands industry to slavery Environmental activist David Suzuki is comparing Canada’s oil sands industry to slavery just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers discuss a national climate change plan ahead of the upcoming Paris climate conference...
  19. mentalfloss

    Justin Trudeau justifies refugee delay, saying Liberals want to get it right

    Everyone can calm down now. Justin Trudeau justifies refugee delay, saying Liberals want to 'get it right' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government won't fulfil its campaign pledge to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada by the end of the year, but justified the delay by saying it is...
  20. mentalfloss

    Syrian refugees relieved they won't end up in Saskatchewan

    Syrian refugees relieved they won't end up in Saskatchewan BEIRUT -- Syrian refugees expected to arrive in Canada were consoled by the fact that they are not welcome to live in Saskatchewan following Premier Brad Wall’s concerns that some of them may be terrorists looking to harm Canada...