Last Updated Stories in Canadians

'Officer of the Order of Canada' go to Indian origin scientist

New Delhi: Indian origin scientist Shrawan Kumar has been awarded the 'Officer of the Order of Canada', country's top civilian honour for his pioneering research on workplace and spinal injuries. He is among 57...

Canadians, Americans, Killed in Mexico Bus Crash

A bus filled with U.S. and Canadian tourists traveling in northern Mexico was hit by a tractor trailer on Monday, killing at least 11, and sending about 16 to hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the 18...

Cops traumatize trafficked women

" To the editor: Re: "Human trafficking thrives under radar," Feb. 13. The recent attention around 2010 Olympic Games trafficking issues ignores the fact that Canada has a long and illustrious history in human...

Food costs vary widely in Canada - Heart and Stroke Foundation

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada says that food prices - and particularly healthy foods - vary widely across the country and that puts some Canadians at a higher risk for heart disease depending on where...

Canada: Giving Our Internet Some Love

The season of love is upon us.  We know the open Internet, with all it's innovative services, is the real love of your life.  So why not go ahead and show how much you care, make the Internet your...

Welcome to British Columbia's Third-World ghetto

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Canada and Canadians should be "Bursting with Pride" the way they are treating our Countries founding peoples. Again, not to "Flog a Dead Horse" does it make sense that our Governments...

Canada: Job Losses Worst on Record

OTTAWA - The recession hit home last month, as a massive 129,000 workers joined the unemployed, more than half of those in Ontario.  The province's unemplyment rate rose to 8%, up from 7.2% in December....

Canada Expats fear for children's fate under new rules

I do not see the logic of this bill. There is no problem in this area sowhy legislate on it. " Expatriate Canadians say their children who have been born abroad are being denied the full rights of...

4 RCMP Killer's Helpers jailed-1.5 years for each Mountie killed

Barry Artiste Op/EdJustice in Canada has deemed a Human Life is now worth 1.5 years.This is the sentence given to two complicit in the murder of 4 RCMP officers murdered in cold blood, not in a gunfight mind...

3,000 Illegal immigrants used fake Quebec health cards: Report

Barry Artiste Op/EdAnd one wonders why Americans accuse Canada as a "Porous Sieve" for Illegals walking into our Country with many keeping an illegal eye in getting in the Good Ole USA. I guess the USA is right...

NFB makes films free online

This is really exciting news. The archive at the National Film Board of Canada (the NFB) is pure gold and has up until now been fairly inaccessible. "The National Film Board of Canada has launched a new project to allow Canadians to see its films through online streaming....

Canadians down tools for Obama

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You know it's funny that on one hand it is said do not paint the actions of one with the same brush to an entire populace. I have been writing Op/Ed for Now Public for close to two years and...

New immigration rules create two-tier Canadians: critics

Barry Artiste Op/EdWe have all seen Media reports recently and in the past where Canada runs to the rescue to get Canadians living permanently or semi permanently in War torn or unstable countries where these new...

Toronto: No More 'Free' Plastic Grocery Bags

In June 2009, Toronto will become the first major Canadian metropolis to enact a bylaw forcing all retailers to charge at least five cents per plastic bag when buying groceries.  "I think attitudes are...

Canada: Public Wants Compromise, Not Coalition, Poll Finds

A new poll, conducted since Michael Ignatieff has taken the reigns of the Liberal party, suggests that Canadians are uncomfortable with a coalition government and would prefer going to the polls again in early...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from