TCFFCA Magazine

[ad_1] It may surprise and even enrage many people to know there are Canadians out there who wouldn’t mind this country becoming the 51st state of the U.S.  It’s a small number, to be sure: About 10 per cent of Canadians say they would support Canada joining the U.S., according to a poll by the Angus Reid Continue reading

[ad_1] Marcel Deschamps was on the edge of despair. The factory foreman from Alexandria, Ont., a small community between Ottawa and Montreal, had lost his savings in a crypto investment scam. He had reported it to the Ontario Provincial Police, but investigators hit a wall. Beset by suicidal thoughts, Deschamps clung to the hope that Continue reading

[ad_1] Measles is a respiratory disease caused by a highly contagious virus that’s more infectious than influenza, chickenpox or COVID-19. Measles illnesses tend to be mild, but the severity can range from ear infections and pneumonia to swelling of the brain called encephalitis — which can lead to convulsions, deafness or intellectual disability. In one case Continue reading

[ad_1] Manitoba has rescinded polar bear viewing vehicle permits for a Churchill ecotourism company owned by a candidate vying to lead the opposition Progressive Conservative Party. The provincial wildlife branch told Lazy Bear Expeditions owner Wally Daudrich last week that his company is no longer permitted to operate two tundra vehicles on the coastal plains of the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, east of Churchill, Continue reading

[ad_1] Charges have been laid against a 42-year-old Woodstock, Ont., minor hockey coach following a disturbance over the weekend at a game of seven-year-old players. Woodstock police were called to a municipal arena in that city at around 8:40 a.m. ET on Saturday after an argument over a referee’s call turned into a heated confrontation. CBC News has Continue reading

[ad_1] The mayor of Quesnel in B.C.’s central Interior has won a lawsuit against the city after he was censured and removed from numerous committees, following a controversy over the distribution of a book accused of minimizing the impact of residential schools. Mayor Ron Paull had sought a review of council’s actions against him last April, where Continue reading

[ad_1] Canada is prepared to contribute troops to Britain and France’s “coalition of the willing” peacekeeping force should there be a ceasefire in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday.  He made the remarks at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute annual forum in Ottawa.  Following a weekend meeting of allies in London, Prime Minister Justin Continue reading

[ad_1] The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of growing scientific and public concern about the substances in Canada and around the world. PFAS, or per- and Continue reading

[ad_1] Former Team Canada Olympian-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding is still alive and active in the drug trade while on the run from the FBI, according to U.S. authorities. The revelation is included in a letter from federal prosecutors in Los Angeles, recently filed as evidence in Superior Court in Toronto and reviewed by CBC News. In Continue reading