14: Former RCMP intelligence chief Cameron Jay Ortiz has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for leaking police secrets to a major criminal being investigated for money laundering, terrorist financing and organized crime. He will only serve half of his sentence as he has already been imprisoned for about seven years, but the Crown plans to appeal his sentence as being too lenient.
6,200: Canada’s large-scale technological poaching continues. In the first week of February alone, the Canadian Consulate General in San Francisco sent 6,200 high-skilled workers who were unable to obtain the coveted U.S. H1-B visas, which are popular among foreign high-tech professionals. announced that it had processed the special work permit.
1,000: Canada’s Immigration Minister Mark Miller is “furious,” he says. why? Despite Ottawa’s pleas, about 1,000 Gazans with relatives in Canada are being prevented from leaving the besieged area and joining Gaza. Ottawa has reportedly sent requests to Israel and Egypt, which oversee the Rafah border crossing, the only way out of the area. (Click here for the latest map of Gaza border crossings.)
116: How old do you think the oldest known person in the United States is? 105? 110? Continue. This week, Edith Ceccarelli from the small Northern California town of Willits celebrated her 116th trip around the sun. She is the second oldest person in the world. When Edith was born, women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Russia was still run by tsars, and the average life expectancy of an American woman was only 48 years. Happy birthday Edith!