A 3-D printer can now be used by anyone to make a plastic gun. Texas-based Defense Distributed has just made the blueprints available for free. The non-profit group professes to want to challenge gun laws and to make weapons available… »
Highlights / Month: May 2013
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Canadian study: Mother Teresa not so “saintly”
In an article in the journal “Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses” Canadian researchers suggest Mother Teresa was in fact not very “saintly”. The report is entitled, “Les côtés ténébreux de Mère Teresa” ,or loosely translated as, The dark sides of Mother Teresa.… »
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Sex trade booming along with economy in Newfoundland
Sex trade workers are travelling to the eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador because business is good. Long an economically depressed region of eastern Canada, this province is booming with oil and gas development, the building of a hydro-electric dam,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
‘Open for Business’ – Canada’s NRC to shift scientific research to industry focus
Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) which developed the first practical motorized wheelchair and the first artificial pacemaker, will now be more oriented to industry and business oriented goals. “The refocused NRC will provide Canadian industries with access to strategic research… »
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Hospitals create a drop-off for unwanted babies
Baby boxes have opened in two Canadians hospitals, bringing to three the number of places where mothers can anonymously drop off unwanted infants. The first baby box was set up in the western city of Vancouver in 2010. Three months… »
Anniversary of VE Day, May 07-08 1945
After years of war, people knew the end was near in the European theatre. On May 02, German forces in Italy surrendered, and on May 5, 1945 German forces in western Europe had surrendered to General Montgomery who had demanded… »
Conversation with Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson
Since he made his spring 2013 report on April 30, opposition and government Members of Parliament have traded interpretations of what Auditor General Michael Ferguson said about $3.1 billion that was not accounted for in anti-terrorism security spending by the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Pipeline reversal opponents shut down highway near Hamilton
About 40 protesters staged a mock oil spill and cleanup on Highway 6 near the city of Hamilton to show their concerns about a planned pipeline reversal through a rural area near the city. The demonstration stopped traffic for about… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Robot trials testing in Toronto, Ontario
It was a hectic but exciting scene on the Mars landscape as several robots in various shapes, sizes, and styles of locomotion, including flying, made their way around and over obstacles. Developed by researchers at York University in Toronto,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Life in 2030, and how technology changes us
What will life be like in 2030? How is technology changing us?. Those questions constitute the theme of a conference being organized by York University in Toronto as part of a larger series called Research Matters. One of the invited… »
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