Canada

Making Apathy History Canadian Arab Institute  While some may try to find an unworn path to follow, Caro Loutfi has taken it upon herself to boldly carve her own way. As the Executive Director and resident change-maker at Apathy is Boring, Loutfi is staring youth voters straight in the eye and calling for a change. Voter apathy amongst Canadian youth …

A man from Surrey who has created a new dating app for Muslims in B.C. called Salaam Swipe. Khalil Jessa’s new app launched an app on Apple’s store and he already says t hat  he  got an  amounts of positive feedback from Muslims eager to try it. Khalil  said “People have seen this and given me tremendous support because they know that …

  A new study  suggests Canada ranks 6th  out of 152 countries when it comes to human freedom while  US is 20th. The study  is a joint project of the Fraser Institute, the Liberales Institut of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for .Freedom (Germany), and the Cato Institute (United States) .it  used 76 indicators of personal, civil and economic freedoms. Hong …

In ““I the QS Best Student Cities 2015” study  Montreal has been named as  the best city in Canada for student,  and the eighth on an international list. The study cites the city’s high ranking educational institutions, like McGill University – ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Canada – as well as Concordia University and Université de Montréal. Laura Bridgestock  wrote in the …

This fall, Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia will offer a course called Introduction to Professional Management of cannabis (Marijuana )for Medical Purposes in Canada, believed  to be the first of its kind, as it will teach students how to operate a cannabis business under  the new government regulations. The online course will be taught by Tegan Adams,  the  business development manager at …

  The Qatari embassy in Ottawa the  Canadian capital hosted a meeting of Arab embassies and missions  with the Canadian government which was represented by Canadian Commercial Corporation CEO Martin Zablocki. The Talks between sides  discussed means of enhancing trade exchanges between Arab states and Canada ,and overcoming technical difficulties in expanding cooperation. The corporation is the commercial arm of …

By: Dr.Dawg Criticism of Israel is something that “today’s NDP” takes very seriously indeed: so seriously that a purge of candidates now appears to be underway. Their crime? To speak up for the human rights of Palestinians. After the recent roasting of a Palestinian toddler by Israeli settlers (no arrests to date, just a round-up of the Usual Suspects and a …

 Stephen Harper is vowing to open Canada’s doors wider to assist refugees displaced by Islamic State fighters Harper used a campaign visit to pledge that a Conservative government would accept 10,000 refugees from Iraq and Syria over the next four years, despite criticism that the government has been slow to welcome the civilians it already promised to take in. he cautioned that …

After The killing of Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe several airlines decided  to ban shipment of hunting trophies, including Air Canada. Air Canada announce that  it has a new policy forbid  carrying  shipments of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros or Cape buffalo trophies worldwide as freight. The ban does not include transporting Canadian animal trophies, such as black …

In Iqaluit , Nunavut, the  construction is underway on the territory’s first mosque. By the end of the year the mosque will be ready to host prayers for the Muslims community in the city. The idea for the mosque began with an engineer born in Pakistan living in Toronto called Syed Asif Ali  moved to work in  Iqaluit where there …