One day after the province of Alberta said it would suspend administering the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, the province of Ontario said it was also suspending giving AstraZeneca and Covishield as a first dose as a defence… »
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Recognition of documents highlights Indigenous cultures and knowledge
Two new collections have been inscribed in the Canada Memory of the World Register that highlight the preservation and transmission of Indigenous cultures and knowledge. The Canada Memory of the World Register was created in 2017 to promote significant documentary… »
Canada and the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Could Canada make the big league this time? Well, maybe. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar. Canada has only made the World Cup qualifications once, back in 1986. To get there the Canadian team has to… »
International, Politics, Society
International arrivals to Canada increase in April, remain low compared to 2019
The number of international arrivals to Canada by land and air increased in April when compared to the same period of the previous year, but remained over 90 per cent below the pre-pandemic levels, according to new data released by… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Young girls to show apps they created to address world issues
Girls between the ages of 10 and 18 from Montreal and Ottawa have spent the last five months learning how to develop their own startups and to code mobile apps to address world problems. The issues of focus were inspired… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
COVID-19 is not influenza, but teaches useful lessons: study
COVID-19 is definitely not influenza, but the way the pandemic was handled teaches some good lessons about how to fight the annual cases of flu. Researchers at Concordia University in Montreal and colleagues studied influenza figures from Canada, the U.S.,… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada’s lobster dispute goes international
A dispute over lobster fishing in Canada’s east coast maritime provinces has been simmering for years. Pitting Indigenous groups against regulated commercial fishers, it boiled over into violence last year in Nova Scotia. Indigenous fishers say they have treaty and… »
Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada urges Arctic science collaboration and Indigenous research priorities
Canada pushed for more Arctic research collaboration and for “meaningful and respectful partnerships between Arctic researchers and Indigenous peoples” at a two-day meeting of science ministers that concluded in Japan on Sunday. The 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial held in Tokyo… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Struggle to preserve ancient forests in west coast B.C. from logging continues
The coastal areas of Vancouver Island, and the parts of the coastal mainland of British Columbia on Canada”s Pacific coast are home to some of the oldest trees anywhere. Giant trees of 800 to over 1,000 years old were once… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Privacy watchdog warns facial recognition tools endanger human rights
Facial recognition technology can enable widespread surveillance, provide biased results and erode other human rights, says Canada’s privacy commissioner. In a presentation to a parliamentary committee, Daniel Therrien warned that the technology has the potential to be “extremely privacy invasive.” … »
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