The International Joint Commission recently recommended the installation of flexible structures that would help restore up to 25 centimetres of water to Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The IJC is the body established in 1909 to oversee trans-boundary water issues… »
Highlights / Month: May 2013
New money, rules, for Canada’s search and rescue system
Only days after Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson reported Canada’s search and rescue system (SAR) was facing sustainability issues including use of old equipment, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Thursday (May 2) the system would get more money and rules.… »
Internet, Science & Technology
After 30 years of service, iconic space tool Canadarm goes home
After travelling 624 million kilometres since it was first used in 1981, the Canadarm has found a home at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The permanent Canadarm display was unveiled Thursday (May 2) by Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Record ocean warming, “alarming, quite extreme”
International scientists say there was record warming of oceans last year. In its just released annual report, the World Meterological Organization says 2012 was one of the ten warmest years since statistical data gathering began in 1850. The report adds… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian students tops in world robotics competition
The competition is called the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics World Championships Four hundred teams of students ages 14-18 from around the world competed in the three-day annual event held in St Louis, Missouri, USA. … »
Four Canadian banks on Top 10 list of world’s strongest
Four of Canada’s biggest banks are among the top 10 in a global ranking of the strongest banks according to data compiled by Bloomberg Markets magazine. CIBC, Royal Bank, Scotiabank and TD were ranked 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th, respectively, on the… »
Foreign Minister says Canada will not seek UN Security Council seat
The Canadian media is reporting on statements made by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird that Canada would not be seeking a seat on the United Nations Security Council next year. “Canada’s principled foreign policy is not for sale for a… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Battle of numbers in House of Commons after Auditor General’s report
Conflicting interpretations of the spring report of Canada’s Auditor General dominated the Question Period in the House of Commons on Wednesday (May 1). The ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper was repeatedly questioned about its handling of government… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights
The Rebel: Jutai Toonoo
Artists often say they create art for themselves and don’t care what other people think. But when Eye on the Arctic tracked down Jutai Toonoo working in studio, we got the sense that he really, really meant it. Toonoo uses… »
Economy, International, Society
Anger in Bangladesh, compensation from Canadian company, regulations planned
Loblaw, a Canadian company whose clothing line was produced in the garment factory that collapsed last week in Dhaka, Bangladesh, says it will provide compensation to the families of victims. And the Retail Council of Canada has promised it will… »
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