More than 10,000 shipwrecks litter Canada’s rugged Atlantic coast but the government is too poor to salvage them. Private operators would like to but cannot ever since the province of Nova Scotia passed a law three years ago making it… »
Highlights / Month: May 2013
Statistics Canada: 1.4 million Aboriginal people, young, losing language
Canada’s government statistics agency Statistics Canada says 1,400,685 people reported an Aboriginal identity in 2011, which represents 4.3% of the total Canadian population.The new data was released Wednesday (May 8). Of the people reporting an Aboriginal identity in 2011, 851,560, or 60.8%, identified… »
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PEI landmarks threatened by shore erosion
An historic lighthouse is in imminent danger of destruction. The Cape Bear Lighthouse is located on the southeastern tip of the maritime province of Prince Edward Island. Built in 1880, it was the second location, and the first in Canada,… »
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“Marginalized” gay political campaigner quits
Canada may be one of the most progressive countries when it comes to homosexual legal rights but political campaigner Todd Hauptman says negative public attitudes about gays have prompted him to resign, he says. There may be more to it… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Food Banks Canada: Hunger lives next door
The national charitable organization Food Banks Canada is asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement (May 6-10) to raise awareness of the extent of hunger in Canada. According to an Angus Reid Public Opinion survey, commissioned by Food Banks… »
Canada’s foreign-born population soars
Canada has more foreign-born people than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century, according to the latestgovernment survey. Figures show they are young, most often Asian and they mainly live in the suburbs. Africans too are… »
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Canadian Tulip festival: Colour and gratitude
It’s an annual, and exceptionally beautiful, rite of spring. The Canadian Tulip Festival had its origins in the horrors of war. The Dutch Royal Family escaped from the Nazi invasion in May 1940. A month later Princess Juliana and her… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
North-South Institute holds international conference on governing Africa’s natural resources
This Thursday and Friday (May 9-10) Canada’s North South Institute is hosting an international forum titled Governing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development. The Institute, which focuses on international development around the world, has invited senior Canadian and African policymakers and… »
Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canadian researchers work to reduce salt in bread
Most Canadians don’t realize that even if they don’t add salt to their food, they’re still consuming high levels of salt (sodium) in their bread and baked goods, and processed meats. Another thing most don’t realize is that the salt… »
Transport Canada grants airline exemption on attendant to passenger ratio
Transport Canada granted WestJet Airlines Ltd. an exemption Monday to allow the airline to use a ratio of one flight attendant for every 50 passenger seats onboard an aircraft. Regulations currently require one flight attendant for every 40 passengers on… »
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