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Did Canada fight for Mohamed Fahmy?

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
When he was released last summer from jail in Cairo, Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy said he had been “betrayed and abandoned” by Prime Minister Stephen Harper ... But, as Fahmy told me, he’s now out of jail and the details of what the Harper government did or didn’t do for him are less important than what happens now or in the future to Canadians imprisoned overseas....

Here's why the census requires more questions about seniors in long-term care

Edit Canada Dot Com 11 Jul 2016
Some seniors who live in "collective" dwellings such as retirement homes and nursing homes were incensed last month after they learned Statistics Canada used administrative records to get basic census information about them to "reduce the burden on Canadians." ... By 2036, almost one in four Canadians will be over the age of 65 ... In 2011, about 150,000 Canadians worked as health care aides ... But every Canadian is a very large sample."...

Are progressives being played for fools?

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
Last century, a growing global economy, improvements in Canadian health care and education and the American civil rights movement were all evidence that social progress was a fact of history ... The rapid change in Canadians’ attitudes about sexual and gender identity is testimony to its potential ... A former BlackBerry CEO agues it would hurt Canadian innovation....

Postal service will not be interrupted while talks continue (Canada Post Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
OTTAWA - Earlier today, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, MaryAnn Mihychuk, encouraged both Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to continue their discussions beyond the lockout notice ... the certainty that Canadians and our employees are looking for....

Rogers Cup excited about Raonic boost

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
The Canadian Masters-level event takes place in a few weeks ... But by becoming the first Canadian man to reach the final at a major — Montreal-born Greg Rusedski did it in 1997, a few years after becoming a British citizen — the Canadian stop on the top pro tour gets the kind of promotional tool powerful enough to infiltrate a key demographic, the casual fan....

Biggio leads Vancouver over Tri-City 6-2

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 11 Jul 2016
... Canadians topped the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-2 on Sunday....

Olympic Trials: Rodney revelation on last day of qualifications (Canadian Olympic Committee)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
Canadian Olympic Committee) ... For Canadian track fans Brendon Rodney was already a household name, having run the third leg of the 4x100m relay at the world championships in 2015, helping Canada to a bronze medal. Now Rodney will have raised eyebrows well beyond Canadian soil, after winning the men's 200m in a jaw-dropping 19.96 seconds in Edmonton on Sunday, beating Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse in the process....

Fans won't give up on Milos Raonic

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
Fans are optimistic that they’ll see Canadian tennis great Milos Raonic in future Grand Slam appearances ... Raonic fell short of making Canadian tennis history by losing the Grand Slam singles title to Great Britain’s Andy Murray at Wimbledon on Sunday ... make history by becoming the first Canadian man to compete in the championship match....

Rodney breaks 20-second barrier to win 200 metre Olympic trial

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
But as he prepared for the biggest event of his life Sunday at the Canadian Olympic trials, Rodney’s thoughts involuntarily drifted to his mom Nerissa watching via the internet back home as she recovers from a near-fatal brain aneurism ... Turns out the wind was not a factor, meaning Rodney joins his good friend De Grasse as the only two Canadian men to ever break the 20-second barrier in the 200 metres....

Health officials examine FluMist for kids after findings in U.S. suggest it doesn't work

Edit Canada Dot Com 11 Jul 2016
Should Canadian kids go back to getting the jab come flu season after immunization experts advising the U.S ... That’s according to a Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman who said the agency is aware of the emerging American data but Canadian numbers aren’t yet available ... very serious look” and will have a Canadian statement as soon as possible....

Raonic: 'There’s not one thing I’m not going to try to improve'

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Jul 2016
He just needs to get a bit better as a tennis player if he wants to become the first Canadian to win a major Grand Slam singles title ... Raonic wasn’t blown off the grass court like Westmount’s Eugenie Bouchard was two years ago when she lost 6-3, 6-0 to the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova as the first Canadian ever to advance to a Grand Slam singles final ... The 6-foot-5 Canadian, who is ranked No....

Andy Murray wins second Wimbledon title

Edit Indian Express 11 Jul 2016
(Source. Reuters). Andy Murray claimed his second Wimbledon title with a clinical 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) defeat of big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic on Centre Court on Sunday ... Raonic saved one match point but Murray wrapped it up when he forced the Canadian to net a backhand ... ....

Minister Wan Meets Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source ... Wan Gang, Chinese Minister of Science and Technology met with Navdeep Bains, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Guy Saint-Jacques, Canadian Ambassador to China, on the sidelines of the 2016 Summer Davos Forum in Tianjin on June 27, 2016 ... (noodl. 34478095) ....
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