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Rental Cottages: The Best Vacation Homes in Canada

Canada is one of the most desired destinations among the tourists who love nature and adventures. Relaxing and enjoying the parks, mountains and cities in summer or skiing and watching the snow clad peaks in winter are fabulous highlights in Canada.

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Mock IED Attacks Planned a DC Canadian Embassy

Canada plans to stage mock IED attacks in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 23 and 24th, to show what Canadian soldiers deployed to Afghanistan face. Authorities plan to build a fake Afghan village in their embassy compound, then attack it with IEDs and "Taliban fighters."

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Mystery Woman Who Helped Jenkins

How did Ryan Jenkins managed to elude authorities in Canada for so long? He had help, and British Columbia police have identified the woman. Although they have not revealed her ID, TMZ reported the woman to be Paulina Chmielecka.

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Little League World Series 2009 Results from Day Three

Day three of the Little League World Series 2009 results in another day of thrilling games. Ten of the sixteen teams playing for the world championship hit the field on Sunday. As with day two, the games did not disappoint those in the stands or watching on ESPN.

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Squirrel Vacation Picture Goes Viral

The Internet is where someone like Susan Boyle can become a superstar. It's also where a Canadian squirrel can invade a vacation picture and similarly go viral.

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Summer Serenades in New York City

Max Lifchitz and the grammy nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra premiere five new works by composers from Canada, Japan, Mexico and the US on Tuesday, June 9 at 8 PM.

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Know Canadian Holidays If Traveling There In 2009

When going for holidays or vacation it's always good to know the national holidays for that particular country. This is also true for Canada. The Canadian Holidays are different than the ones in U.S. For example today is Victoria Day in Canada and if you are a tourist you may see some government places and embassies closed despite entertainment festivities being available.

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UKAF recommends Richard Aaron's Autism Thriller 'Gauntlet.'

(London, UK) The UK Autism Foundation has recommended the thriller, 'Gauntlet' written by the Canadian author, Richard Aaron, who recently visited London.

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Bank Of Canada Modifies Mortgage Rates

National Bank Financial Group of Canada (TSX: NA) announces that it modifies its rates residential mortgages rates. The new schedule of house mortgage rates comes into effect on 2 April 2009.

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Understanding The Trends Behind Mortgage Rates

Bond yields in Canada have fallen this week after a brief and short lived increase last week. This decrease will help put to rest fears of an impending increase in mortgage rates. In fact we have seen the five year fixed rate drop to about 3.89%.

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China works with Canada on hydrogen fuel cell tech

China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of four-year validation on technology cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), most.gov.cn said on Friday.

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Lack of health surveillance system puts Canada at risk

Canada can lead in helping countries implement the International Health Regulations (IHR) that govern the global response to public health emergencies, but it must first get its house in order, writes Dr. Kumanan Wilson.

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