Most of the new appointees to the Order of Canada in 2020 were white men, despite some progress made in boosting the diversity of the elite group.
Day: January 10, 2021
As the Royal Family contemplates the year ahead, some notable milestones lie in the offing, along with the likelihood of continuing new ways of doing royal business that have evolved since the pandemic began. But controversies that have loomed large in the last little while show no signs of fading.
Input Capital, a publicly traded company based in Regina, says it is investigating after its $97.5-million proposed sale to smooth-talking American businessman Eric Blue collapsed two months ago.
I have been an enthusiastic resolutioner for as long as I can remember. But each year of putting myself through this, I’d finish out the year sicker than I’d begun it. Until last year.
Back in the early 1960s, most Japanese were initially opposed to hosting the Olympics, but ultimately came to cherish the symbolism of the event. More than a half-century later, the population appeared ready to back staging the Summer Games again, only to have a pandemic derail the event and flip public opinion in the process.