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Canada-USA Border To Remain Closed for Another 30 Days

19 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

As Canadian provinces slowly beginning permitting some businesses and services to reopen from their Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Canada-USA border will remain closed to non-essential travel...

One Dead In Canadian Forces Snowbirds Jet Crash

18 May 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite

Captain Jenn Casey of the Canadian Air Force's 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Snowbirds, was killed and another crew member was seriously injured after their Canadair CT-114 Tutor aircraft hit a residential neighborhood shortly b...

Jerry and I From Beaver Lake In Victoria Canada - Droppin' A D00k13 LIVE Broadcast

13 May 2020 1 minute read 4 comments d00k13

    Whatup my Peeps, welcome to the Droppin' A @D00k13 Live-Broadcast. In these streams I will be covering topics of importance and my general interest. Raw & Uncut taking you on a journey along with me wherever it is that I end up! #dailyvlo...

If you miss travelling: Winter wonderland in Ontario, Canada

6 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PierreL

I am lucky enough to have family in many countries around the world, mostly thanks to my wife, and that is a privilege that I try to use as much as possible as I have always loved travelling our planet. Last year, we spent a week in February with my...

Talkin' New System/Schedule & Setup @ The Gorge Water Way - Droppin' A D00k13 LIVE Broadcast

6 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments d00k13

Live @ 8PM My Time (GMT-7)Whatup my Peeps, welcome to the Droppin' A @D00k13 Live-Broadcast. In these streams I will be covering topics of importance and my general interest. Raw & Uncut taking you on a journey along with me wherever it is that I en...

Canada Introduces Ban on 1,500 "Assault-Style" Weapons

1 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced a long-promised ban on "assault-style" weapons following the nation's worst mass shooting that happened in the province of Nova Scotia in April. The ban on the sale, transport, import, and use of 1,50...

Gunman Kills Over a Dozen in Nova Scotia, Canada

20 Apr 2020 1 minute read 5 comments AverageVancouverite

After a shooting rampage that ended in a fatal car chase and shootout in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, at least seventeen people, including one member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the primary suspect are confirmed dead. The...

Empty Streets Makes For Easy Parking!

14 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments d00k13

Everywhere you go right now the streets are pretty well empty even in the places that are usually busy in the middle of the night.   Chinatown is strangely one of those places that is usually busy even when all the shops are closed. Stopping here t...

Canadian Unemployment Rate Increases to 7.8%

9 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

According to Statistics Canada, amid lockdowns to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, about 1,011,000 jobs were lost across the country in March, driving the unemployment rate of 5.6% in February to 7.8%. Federal reports indicate that between M...

MONTREAL AND MONT ROYAL

31 Mar 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Stat1c

Montreal hosted me on my arrival and departure from Canada and maybe that's why my impressions of the city are mixed: from a first impression of non-strangeness to the subsequent disappointment that I arrived in a city that I perceived as too little....