Highlights / Month: October 2013

Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology

Getting bees to help control pests

Canadian researchers have found that bees can be used to deliver pest control agents to plants as they pollinate them.  Bees leaving their hives walk through a tray of organic pest controls that stick to their legs and hair. When »

Environment & Animal Life

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain slams Canadian seal hunt ban

A boycott of Canadian seafood products because of seal hunting has attracted support from 42 high-profile US chefs, but certainly not from celebrity chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain. On Monday, he began tweeting a series of messages asking the »

Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology

Study: Canada not prepared for a major earthquake

Canada is not prepared to handle a major earthquake, and the economic impact of a major earthquake would be significant, according to a new study released Tuesday (October 29) by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). “Insurers, governments and all »

Society

Costumes honoring Canadian astronaut popular on Halloween

Canadians young and old are dressing up as astronauts for Halloween, and the idea came from Canada’s most popular astronaut himself. Last week, Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, tweeted out a call for pictures of »

Health, International, Politics

Ottawa conference on future of humanitarian response

A one day conference on Wednesday (October 30) in Ottawa will look at improving humanitarian response to disasters around the world. Entitled “The Future of Humanitarian Response: Towards More Effective, Accountable and Innovative Approaches” the conference is co-hosted by Canada’s »

Uncategorized

Great white shark tracked off Newfoundland

Privately-funded researchers are tracking a great white shark off Canada’s east coast province of Newfoundland and Labrador they have named Lydia. The group called Ocearch first caught and tagged the shark off the coast of Florida, posting a video of »

Uncategorized

Canada lacks easy pipeline data: US group

Canada has no one comprehensive map showing pipelines, as does the United States with its National Pipeline Mapping System. That system allows citizens to search by operator, pipeline name or even the status of the pipeline and whether it is »

Environment & Animal Life, Health

Citizens’ group calls for government action on wireless radiation

Wireless radiation is a danger to our health, and levels should be revised and decreased to be comparable with such countries such as China, Russia, Italy and Switzerland, according to Frank Clegg, the CEO of the citizens group Canadians for »

Economy

Legal aid lawyers want right to bargain collectively with their employer

Legal Aid lawyers in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario are frustrated that their employer, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), is refusing to bargain with them and recognize their right to do so. “More than two-thirds of Legal Aid lawyers are »

Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, International, Society

Gallery launches iconic aboriginal art show

Charles Edenshaw is recognized as an outstanding creator of art of the west coast Haida people who lived from 1829 and 1920. His works were collected around the world and over 200 of them have been brought to the Vancouver »