This week as we get ever closer to Christmas and the holiday season, the regular gang is together to present the show, Lynn, Marc, and Wojtek. 80 per cent of Afghan women are beaten and police prefer to mediate than… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Live video from Canada’s Senate now being considered
Canada’s upper chamber the Senate has set up a working group to look at live video streaming from the Senate, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella told journalists in a press conference Friday (December 13). Four senators will be part of the working… »
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Canadian personal debt ratio hits record high
The amount Canadians owe compared to their disposable income rose to an all-time record last quarter, the government agency Statistics Canada reported Friday (December 13). The level of household credit market debt to disposable income increased to 163.7 per cent… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Incandescent lightbulbs to be phased out in Canada
Almost seven years after an announcement made with much fanfare, incandescent bulbs will be phased out in Canada starting January 1.2014. Starting in the new year 75 and 100 watt bulbs will be eliminated from store shelves, with 40 and… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Exercise may help pregnant smokers quit
Just 15 to 20 minutes of walking may be enough to stave off tobacco cravings in pregnant women, according to a study from Western University in London, Ontario. Statistics suggest 19 per cent of Canadian women between 20 and 24… »
Committee chair, forced to shut down debate, denounces ‘black shroud of secrecy’
As one opposition Member of Parliament heckled “Here we go..cover it all up”, a House of Commons committee was forced to go into an off record session at the insistence of government MPs who did not want to continue discussions… »
Economy, International, Society
Canada funds Bangladesh worker safety plan
The Canadian government will contribute $8-million over four years to the international effort to improve worker safety in Bangladesh. The money will help the International Labour Organization give technical support to the Bangladesh government’s effort to improve conditions in factories.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Eye on the Arctic – An Inuk hunter on the importance of dog teams
Radio Canada International journalist Eilís Quinn interviews Joelie Sanguya, an Inuit hunter and musher, as he prepares to go out on the land. He discusses how he communicates with the dogs on his sled team, training methods, the language he… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Quebecer of Haitian origin wins French prize
Author Dany Laferrière has become the first Haitian and resident of Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec to be elected to the prestigious Academie française in France. Laferrière joins the ranks of literary greats Victor Hugo and Eugene Ionesco in receiving… »
Ho Ho Ho is back in the Vancouver bus service
A public transit bus driver in the Vancouver area, on Canada’s west coast, is happy again, as are his passengers. Kirk Rockwell began dressing up as Santa Claus in December some 16 years ago. He says his passengers love it… »
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