A new report by the Canadian Medical Association says the biggest barrier to good health is poverty. The report says factors such as poor housing, lack of access to healthy food and early childhood programs all affect health. The… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Grant helps scientist fortify tea with iron
A Canadian professor has received $250,000 to develop a plan to fight iron deficiency or anemia that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year by fortifying tea. His plan is to encapsulate iron and combine it with tea leaves… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Flax fuel helps Toronto get greener
Flax could become a big provider of fuel, food and fodder if 29-year-old John Dwyer has his way. The president of Toronto’s Flax Energy corporation says his company is unique in the clean way it produces oil from flax. The… »
Liberals face stiff test in Ontario
Voters in Canada’s most populous and influential province went to the polls Thursday in five byelections that are seen as a major test for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s governing Liberal Party. Ms. Wynne took power six months ago after Dalton McGuinty… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
Montreal Festival of Fashion and Design 2013
The 13th edition of Montreal’s Festival of Fashion and Design got under way today, on a short avenue between McGill University and the iconic Place Ville Marie. For the next 3 days and nights, it will be the scene of… »
Ryan Cochrane takes bronze at the FINA Swimming World Chamionships
Ryan Cochrane, of Victoria, British Columbia, won the bronze medal in the men’s 800 metre freestyle event at the FINA world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain today. He later tweeted: “That 8 was an interesting one and I’m happy to… »
Operation Husky remembered
A group of Canadians retraced the route Canadian soldiers took 70 years ago in Sicily. It’s called Operation Husky 2013, and it’s made up of men and women of all ages, some in uniform, most in civilian clothing. Some were walking… »
Postpartum depression common in women, immigrants
Recent cases of women suspected of murdering their children have raised public awareness about depression and psychosis after childbirth. 13 per cent of women in Canada will experience postpartum depression within the first 12 weeks after giving birth. Eight per… »
The climate change battle is (re) joined
In Boston on Tuesday, Gina McCarthy delivered her first speech as the new director of the US Environmental Protection Agency. It didn’t make a lot of headlines in Canada, but it will likely have a bearing on a the lives… »
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