Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is in Toronto this week urging Canadians to look to the prairie province for a promising job opportunity. He told CTV’s Canada AM Tuesday morning that Saskatchewan has become a province of opportunity thanks to a rich resource centre and a boom in skill-related jobs. Wall said that leading banks have predicted [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Canadian do-not-call list kicks in today
Starting today (Tuesday 30 Sept) , Canadians will be able to register their phone numbers on a national do-not-call list, but they may find telemarketing calls replaced by junk mail and spam. Two polls suggest the do-not-call list will be a tremendous success, with participation rates ranging from 64 per cent, according to a poll [...]
Canadian weather station reports snow on Mars
A Canadian-built weather station on NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. ”Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars,” said Jim Whiteway of York University in Toronto, lead scientist for the Canadian Meteorological Station on Phoenix. “That is snow falling from the clouds.” “We’ll be looking for signs that [...]
Canada sees high growth in population and immigration
Canada’s population posted its highest quarterly growth since 1991 in the second quarter of 2008, with an increase of 125,800. The advance was mainly due to a rise in net international migration which, at 91,600, reached its highest level since the end of the 1980s. As of July 1, 2008, Canada’s population was estimated at 33,311,400. From April to June, Canada’s population [...]
Nearly two thirds of Canadians to register on no-call list
Nearly two thirds of Canadians are tired of annoying supper-hour telemarketing calls and plan to register their phone numbers on the CRTC’s new national do-not-call list which takes effect Tuesday, a new poll suggests. The poll conducted for the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association indicates 51 per cent of Canadians are aware of the no-call [...]
Conservatives closer to majority Government as NDP ties liberals
The governing Conservative Party stands a good chance of forming a majority administration next month, as the Liberal Party is tied with the New Democratic Party (NDP) for the first time in the campaign, a new Toronto Star / Angus Reid poll has found. In the online survey of a Continue reading
