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Nabila Batarseh won $12.5 million in the June 5 Lotto Max draw. Nabila is an   Arab Canadian woman originally from Jordan, lives in  Calgary. Her ticket was one of four that shared a $50 million LOTTO MAX jackpot. The others were sold in Edmonton, British Columbia, and Ontario. Nabila said she was at home with her family when she decided …

This year, according to a  survey by the Reputation Institute, Canada is the most  reputable and admired country in the world . Canada has won this distinction four times since it started in 2010. Canada lost only once and ranked second after Switzerland last year. The Reputation Institute measured the reputation of 55 countries based on levels of trust, esteem, …

Eid Al Fitr is being celebrated in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UK and much of the world this Friday. Though in some South Asian nations (like Pakistan, Bangladesh, India )the Eid will be celebrated a day or two later. Some people in the US and Canada who also insist on physical sighting of the Eid will follow what Muslims …

 This year , Muslim community  in Windsor  gathered this weekend for its 10th annual Ramadan food drive” Share the Spirit of Ramadan Food Drive” .  Almost 40 volunteers were collecting donations at the Devonshire Mall. The group collected more  200  bags than last year  and the total was about 1,500 bags of food during the drive that is taking place …

  According to Statistics Canada , The Canadian economy lost 6,400 jobs in June as gains in full-time work were offset by losses of part-time jobs. And The jobless rate stayed steady at 6.8 per cent, the same level it has been at since February. It was a better showing than what a consensus of economists were expecting, which was a …

A  Canadian man  was arrested after he tied more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and used it to fly over Calgary. Daniel Boria, 26, told police that he was planning on parachuting into the Calgary Stampede, a rodeo event, to promote his cleaning-products company. Boria jumped from the chair and opened a parachute attached to his back. …

The 10 and 3  produced an interactive map that shows which languages are spoken most often at home besides the country’s official languages English and French . The  map is  separating the country into “census divisions.” They then discerned a language’s popularity by looking at the number of people who speak it at home within those regions. For much of the …

According to the report of “Engineering Labour Market in Canada: Projections to 2025”, there will be a huge gap in demand and supply of the qualified experienced and skilled engineers across Canada.  Because of  the growing economy and the retirement of engineers. It is expected that nearly 100 thousand  engineering opportunities will be generated in the next 5 years. The …

Liberal support for bill moves some votes to NDP In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1268 Canadian voters, almost equal proportions support (39%) and oppose (41%) Bill C-51, the new anti-terrorism legislation. It must be noted that fully one fifth of voters have no opinion on this hotly contested issue (20%). Support for …

A mosque in Mississauga, Canada, donated thousands of dollars to help a  Catholic church in the area needed a clean up after an acts of vandalism. imam of the Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga  Hamid Slimi  visited St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church after the incident. The church’s Father Camillo Lando showed him the acts of  vandalism that had …