Arianne Lacanilao

Are you already a Canadian citizen?

You may be eligible for Canadian citizenship if you were born abroad to a Canadian citizen.   Your legal or biological parent must have been a...

Ontario and Manitoba issue invitations under Provincial Nominee Programs

Ontario and Manitoba have issued invitations to apply to candidates through their Provincial Nomination Programs (PNPs) this week.   Although provincial nomination is not in itself...

Gender diversity on corporate boards can improve organizational performance

Gender inequality on corporate boards of directors is still an issue in Canada, despite diversity disclosure rules. Since 2014, business regulators in Canada have required companies...

Student and teacher involvement in reforming schooling matters — how Montréal schools are tackling this

If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if...

Scientists dig deep and find a way to accurately predict snowmelt after droughts

Following historic drought in 2021, reservoir levels dropped down in the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, which gets its waters from the melting snowpack from...

Why for-profit homes won’t solve long-term care issues: Privatizing health services is a bad idea that just won’t go away

Canadian health economist Robert Evans called them zombies: ideas killed long ago by evidence, but re-emerging from the grave — often in disguise. He was talking...

Marcos orders PhilHealth to suspend rate hike this year

PH daily average of new Covid-19 cases down by 39%

MANILA – The daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased by 39 percent from Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 1, the Department of Health...

Borrowing money isn’t always a bad thing – debt can be a sensible way to build wealth

Debt, in some form or another, is part of our financial profiles whether we like it or not. And it can be a useful way to...

Lula Da Silva sworn in as Brazil’s president

BUENOS AIRES – Politician Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in for a third term as Brazil’s president in the capital Brasilia. Lula arrived at...