The western city of Calgary has put off a decision to immediately ban sale of shark fins. A task force recommended the city avoid an outright ban, and instead look for ethical sources for the product Shark fins for sale… »
Highlights / Month: May 2013
Study could help seniors keep driving
As a large segment of the Canadian population become elderly a wide-ranging study is looking at seniors and road safety. It’s hoped that learning more about seniors’ driving will help them stay on the road longer right up until it… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Science Rendezvous brings science to people across Canada
Thousands of innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists, from 80 universities and organizations will bring hands-on science to Canadians on Saturday (May 11) in the latest edition of Science Rendezvous. Started in 2008 in the city of Toronto the festival now has… »
Building better politicians
Canada currently has over 26,000 elected politicians involved in various levels of government. They range from 308 MP’s (members of parliament), over 800 provincial and territorial politicians, and 25,000 municipal level officials. Professor Maxwell Cameron, University of British Columbia Dept… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Canadian minister: Trade fight possible if EU taxes oil-sands crude
Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting that Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver “is raising the prospect of a trade fight with the European Union over its proposal to label oil-sands crude as dirty even as both sides try… »
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Farmers profit from smartphone apps
Aphids can devastate a soybean crop but Canadian farmers can now get help from an app developed by the University of Guelph in Ontario. That’s just one example of how farmers are increasingly using their smartphones to improve the efficiency… »
Police concerned about “realistic” fake guns
At a press conference this week, Halifax police and local RCMP once again raised concerns about the issue of very realistic looking “fake” guns. In some cases these are from the “Airsoft” company and fire small plastic or wax pellets,… »
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Anti-abortionists rally to revive debate
Abortions have become commonly available in Canada after years of highly divisive debate and legal battles. Few politicians want to re-open the controversial issue. However pro-life activists are using a new angle to try to rekindle support. Gender selection is… »
Canada census survey results set off opposition party attacks
Normally census data results aren’t the stuff of debate, but on Wednesday (May 8), the first release of 2011 Canadian census survey data set off questions both in the House of Commons and in the media. The results of two… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Important new dinosaur discovery in Canada
It is possibly the oldest bone headed dinosaur in North America and possibly the world. Illustration shows Acrotholus comparative size, about thigh-high on modern man, also showing the placement of fossil skull on the dinosaur © Caleb Brown ROM Scientists say… »
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