News Canada Social: 'He will never stop looking for us': Saudi sisters who fled allegedly abusive father seek asylum in Canada
Saudi sisters Dua and Dalal al-Showaiki, who fled years of alleged abuse by their father, have been hiding in Turkey for six weeks and are seeking asylum in Canada. Dua, 22, and Dalal, 20, describe their father as controlling and abusive and say he tried to force them to abandon their dreams of independence in order to marry older, religious men.
News Canada Social: Canada’s ‘Green New Deal’ could change the game ahead of the elections
This is where Jagmeet Singh and his New Democratic Party come in. Canada’s party of the social democratic left is polling below its 2015 election results and, while still poised to finish with the ...
News Canada Social: Police confirm two sightings of teen suspects in Canada highway murders
The Canadian publication Globe and Mail reports the suspects are linked to now-inactive social media accounts that share themes ... This story and the manhunt have consumed Canada, appearing on the ...
News Canada Social: Here are the countries with the most U.S. retirees collecting Social Security
It’s humble Canada that takes the No. 1 spot on the list of the foreign countries where the most retired workers are collecting Social Security checks. That’s followed by Japan, Mexico, Germany and ...
News Canada Social: La Cañada City Council eases concerns about county’s sewer surcharge letters
Last week several homeowners received a letter from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health informing them they would have to provide proof of connection or an annual fee would be charged on their property taxes for the monitoring and service of septic systems.
News Canada Social: Mandarin’s Canada Day free buffet for citizens called discriminatory by some
TORONTO - A Chinese-Canadian buffet chain in Ontario celebrating its 40th anniversary plans to give out free meals to Canadian citizens on the nation's birthday, but some view the offer as potentially discriminatory against those who can't produce proof of citizenship.
News Canada Social: Aviva Canada Encourages Canadians to Take Back Our Roads in the launch of its New Social Impact Platform Focused on Road Safety
"Where other road safety initiatives seek to influence the behaviour of road users, Aviva Take Back Our Roads is designed to affect the physical environment they interact with," says Jason Storah, CEO ...
News Canada Social: This Canada Day, we need a new citizenship oath
ideas of what Canada stands for are not all equitable. What would it mean to follow the TRC calls, and study, learn and live Indigenous ways of relating to land? Canadian citizenship is a social ...
News Canada Social: Broken Social Scene to play a free Canada Day concert at Harbourfront Centre
There are certain band/venue combos that just make magic. With all due respect to Ted's Wrecking Yard (continue to RIP), Broken Social Scene's most myth-making concerts have gone down at the ...
News Canada Social: Neil Young, Grimes & Rufus Wainwright Push Green New Deal in Canada
Neil Young, Murray McLauchlan, k.d. lang, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Perry, Melissa auf der Maur, Broken Social Scene, Claire "Grimes" Boucher and Rufus Wainwright are among the Canadian musicians who ...
News Canada Social: GM Canada and Unifor reach agreement to save hundreds of jobs with a C$170 million investment in Oshawa
Unifor Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for ...
News Canada Social: Canada Lawmakers Demand Facebook's Zuckerberg, Sandberg Testify
(Bloomberg) -- Canadian lawmakers have summoned Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to testify at a parliamentary committee after a watchdog report found the social media giant ...
