A new report on the state of health in Canada by Statistics Canada finds a strong link between between life expectancy and income in the country. The report uses data collected from 1991 to 2006 in a Canadian census study on mortality, and measures the age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) of Canadians in five income groups. It found that individuals in […]
Read more(Via Global BC) Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, beat out five other nominees to be voted as the country’s most boring city in the annual “Boring Awards” ceremony held last Tuesday. Other cities nominated for the most boring title were: Laval (Quebec), Lethbridge (Alberta), Abbotsford (British Columbia), and Brampton (Ontario). Despite being the most boring, Ottawa is also the “richest” large […]
Read moreThe Mercer 2012 Quality of Life Ranking has again placed Vancouver as the top spot to live in Canada and the Americas. Beating out the West Coast city globally were Vienna, Austria (1st), Zurich, Switzerland (2nd), Auckland, New Zealand (3rd), and Munich, Germany (4th). Other Canadian cities lost points to Vancouver because of their colder climates which according to the […]
Read moreFive Canadian immigrants received awards for their entrepreneurship at the first annual Ottawa Immigration Forum yesterday. The Ottawa Immigrant Entrepreneur Award ceremony is organized by the Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership (OLIP) and given to individuals judged to have made valuable contributions to the local economy. Yesterday’s recipients were: Valery Tolstikhin, founder of OneChip Photonics Inc, who won in the Fast-growth enterprises category. […]
Read moreTomTom, a provider of automotive navigation products and services, has released its first quarterly congestion index, and it puts Vancouver in second place behind Los Angeles in a ranking of North American cities by their level of traffic congestion. The next most congested Canadian cities, Toronto and Ottawa, place ninth and tenth, with vehicle commutes taking 47 percent and 55 […]
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