Thanksgiving is an annual festival to express gratitude for the harvest, family, friends, and blessings of the past year. It is celebrated on the second Monday in October, as proclaimed by the then Governor General of Canada in January 1957, as a day of general thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which…
Canada: 2 Biggest Freight Railway Stop Operations
Canada’s two major freight rail companies locked out over 9,000 Teamsters union workers who operate the trains over a dispute between the two companies, bringing operations to a stop. According to reports, the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern (CPKC) networks cross the US-Canadian border, and the shutdown could disrupt operations in…
Canada: Caribana Festival 2024
Caribana is an annual Caribbean cultural festival held in Toronto, Canada, every summer. It was founded in 1967 and is aimed at promoting Caribbean culture and identity in Canada through music and art. It is one of the largest street festivals in North America that attracts over 1.3 million tourists every year. Caribana features various…
Wildfires In Jasper Leads To Evacuation
Jasper is a town in western Alberta, within the Canadian Rockies. The Jasper National Park is a popular tourist destination. The town has a population of over 4,000 residents as of 2021. According to reports, an ongoing wildfire has resulted in the destruction of several structures and led to evacuations in the town of Jasper…
Wildfire Leads To Evacuations In Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest, with a population of 68,002 residents as of 2021. The city is the hub for the country’s oil-sands output and has played a significant role…
IBM: $730 Million Semiconductor Investment
IBM, International Business Machines, the world’s largest industrial research organization, has announced plans to invest $730 million USD to expand its semiconductor packaging and testing plant in Bromont, Quebec, Canada. This investment deal is expected to be made over a period of five years and will focus on advanced semiconductor components as it aims to…
2024: Total Solar Eclipse
A total solar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light from reaching the earth. During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely covers the sun, leaving only the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, visible. The sky becomes dark, and it’s possible…
Canada: Happy Thanksgiving
The Canadian Thanksgiving is an annual harvest festival that is celebrated on the second Monday in October, to mark the harvest and blessings of the past year. In January 1957, the Governor General of Canada, proclaimed the second Monday in October as a day of general Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest that…
Wildfire Leads to Evacuations in Yellowknife
Yellowknife is a city located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is the largest community and capital of the Northwest Territory, with an estimated population of over 20,300 people as per census numbers from 2021. The Yellowknife settlement was founded in 1934 and is the traditional home of the Yellowknives Dene (the Dene tribe are…
Canada: Caribana 2023
The Toronto Caribbean Carnival, also known as Caribana, is a celebration of Caribbean culture held every summer in Toronto, Canada. This pan-Caribbean event is North America’s largest street festival, reportedly gathering around 1.3 million people for its final parade. The event starts in July and spans several weeks of activities leading up to the grand…