Category: Canada

Passport Power: How Does Canada Stack Up Against The World? | Lifestyle From CTV News

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Some Asian passports are becoming the most valuable for travellers seeking easy access to as many countries as possible, while Canadian passports are a little more powerful than they used to be. The newest update to the Henley Passport Index, which ranks passports based on their ability to facilitate visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to as many countries as possible, places Canada in a seven-way tie for 16th place. Although the index lists the seven countries as being ranked sixth, there are 15 countries ahead of them. Read full story here:…

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Pot Edibles Could Lead To Higher Life Insurance Premiums | CBC News

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Canadians looking to enjoy soon-to-be-legalized pot-infused edibles could get hit with higher insurance premiums — depending on the size of their appetites. Many insurers no longer treat cannabis users as cigarette smokers — who pay much higher premiums due to the high-risk activity — provided there is no tobacco or nicotine in products they use. The shift came in recent years as Canada moved to legalize pot for recreational use, starting with dried flower, oils, plants and seeds. Read full story here: Pot Edibles Could Lead To Higher Life Insurance Premiums…

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Some Paper Bills Will No Longer Be Legal Tender In Canada | CTV News

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The Bank of Canada says it is removing the legal tender status from a series of older bills. For the first time, the Bank of Canada will be removing the legal tender status of five older bank notes. The bills haven’t been produced in decades and removing their legal tender status is the “final step to remove them as transaction notes” says Bank of Canada spokesperson Amelie Ferron-Craig. Read full story here: Some Paper Bills Will No Longer Be Legal Tender In Canada | CTV News

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Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

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With the Tesla Model 3 and the Hyundai Kona EV boosting Canada’s EV sales in the first quarter, the country has achieved a new milestone: 100,000 electric vehicles on the road. But a report on Canada’s electric vehicle sales for the first quarter is not all positive. Electric Mobility Canada, a national membership-based not-for-profit organization dedicated accelerating electrification, released its Q1 2019 EV sales report in Canada. Read full storey here: Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

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Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

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For the second time in three years, Canada is hiring private charters to help carry out its fall oceanographic science missions on the East Coast because the oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet is undergoing a refit to prolong its life. The replacements are for three regularly scheduled fall cruises that gather biological, chemical and physical ocean data. Read full story here: Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

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Facebook Data Leak: Province-By-Province Breakdown Of Affected Canadians | CTV News

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The report was the result of a joint investigation launched a year ago by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia. The probe was prompted by concerns that Facebook had broken Canadian privacy laws after it was revealed that the social media giant disclosed users’ personal information to a third-party app called “This is Your Digital Life” (TYDL) that was later used to deliver targeted political messaging by Cambridge Analytica. Read full story here: Facebook Data Leak: Province-By-Province Breakdown Of Affected Canadians |…

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Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News

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The Canada Border Services Agency is conducting a series of tests to learn if its human agents, and its passport-reading machines, are prone to discriminating against certain kinds of travellers. The CBSA’s research to date, obtained by CBC News through Access to Information requests, suggests that most of the discrepancies in the treatment of different nationalities and ethnicities at Canada’s international airports are driven by procedures, rather than prejudice. Read full story here: Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News

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Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As Investors See End To Bank Of Canada’s Hiking Bias | The Globe and Mail

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The Canadian dollar weakened to a nearly four-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the greenback climbed broadly and investors bet that the Bank of Canada would forgo language pointing to further interest rate hikes. Canada’s central bank is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent on Wednesday and for the rest of this year, with calls for the next hike in early 2020 resting on a knife’s edge, a Reuters poll showed. Read full story here: Canadian Dollar Hits 4-week Low As…

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Meet The Vancouver VFX Team That Brought Game Of Thrones’ Dragons To Life | Globalnews.ca

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It’s the biggest show on television right now: a massive pop culture phenomenon with a $15 million budget per episode, and 31 million people tuning in to watch each installment in eighth and final season. And it turns out that one of Game of Thrones‘ most iconic features — its massive, fire-breathing dragons — are created in Vancouver. Read full story here: Meet The Vancouver VFX Team That Brought Game Of Thrones’ Dragons To Life | Globalnews.ca

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‘Is That Even Legal?’: Companies May Be Sharing New Credit Or Debit Card Information Without You Knowing | CBC News

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A Vancouver woman is sounding the alarm for millions of Canadians who have credit and debit cards, after information about her debit card was shared when it shouldn’t have been. Vanessa Acuña blames an “updating service” that some credit and debit card companies have that allows new account numbers and expiry dates to be shared with merchants customers have dealt with in the past. Read full story here: ‘Is That Even Legal?’: Companies May Be Sharing New Credit Or Debit Card Information Without You Knowing | CBC News

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