A dairy farmer in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador has made his operation a lot more environmentally friendly, while saving on substantial electrical bills. Brent Chaffey stands in front of the initial collection, transferred to the digester, the… »
Highlights / Month: October 2013
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Unprecedented temperatures start in 2020: study
Cities and ecosystems around the world will have temperatures hotter than the last 150 years starting on average in 2047 because of climate change, according to an analysis of existing evidence. A new interactive map projects when temperatures will change… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New concerns over herbal remedies
Researchers at Ontario’s University of Guelph have come up with some surprising, and worrisome, information on what goes into so-called “natural” herbal products and medicines. Their research will be published today in the online journal BMC Medicine “Some of the… »
The Moose Sex Project gets another grant
A conservation group has received a $52,753 donation to promote liasons between moose in the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has been acquiring and maintaining a narrow strip of land which the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Eye on the Arctic – Caribou conservation in Canada’s North
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Caribou is central to Inuit and First Nations cultural life in northern Canada. But the decrease in the numbers of certain herds is causing concern in many aboriginal… »
Two Canadians finally allowed to leave Egypt
Egyptian authorities allowed Canadians John Greyson and Tarek Loubani to leave the country on Friday morning. They are expected to arrive in Toronto in the evening. The two had been released from prison after 50 days of incarceration. They had… »
Montreal’s ‘Festival du nouveau cinéma’ expanding horizons
Started by two film fans, the Festival du nouveau cinéma (Festival of new cinema) is now in its 42nd year. This year’s edition features 273 films from 47 countries. The focus has always been to expand horizons, and show all… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Alice Munro: Hope this makes people see the short story as an important art
“It is so surprising, and so wonderful,” Alice Munro told the first reporter who called her after she had been woken with the news she had won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday (October 10). And the surprise was… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Canada signs “Minimata” mercury treaty
Canada today signed the international agreement known as the Minamata Convention on mercury pollution. This is a global effort to reduce mercury emissions and releases into the environment. While Canada has reduced its own level of mercury emmissions by some… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Hudson Bay lowlands succumbing to warming, climate change
It’s one of the last unchanged Arctic refugia in the world. Or, it was. The vast area around Hudson Bay, had been a holdout against climate change until a little over a decade ago. John Smol has been studying arctic… »
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