Documentary filmmaker Twyla Roscovich thought she was just going to make a short 10 minute video on diseased salmon for a marine biologist she knew. She ended up producing a gripping 70 minute eye-opening feature documentary. Salmon Confidential follows Dr… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research into mysteries of Egyptian mummification
We are still fascinated by mummies. CT skan of a Theban mummy; gold-colour resin in brain cavity may have a connection to the sun and divinity © Elsevier-JAS In the western world, we are often also somewhat squeamish about the idea,… »
International, Politics, Society
Redefining Canadian identity? Canada and the New Colonialism
activehistory.ca a website whose goal is to connect Canadian historians to a wider public has published an article which suggests “the Canadian government… [has] sought to align Canada with and remind Canadians of our ties to the United Kingdom and the… »
Doctors need to upgrade concussion knowledge
Research has improved the understanding of brain injuries and doctors need to stay current, says a prominent Canadian expert on concussion. Doctors are key in diagnosing and managing concussions, and preventing the injured from returning to high risk activities too… »
Canadian government agrees to diplomats’ offer of binding arbitration
Update July 26 – Talks to start binding arbitration fall apart, see details here July 23 – The Canadian government has agreed to binding arbitration with its striking diplomats, according to a statement released by federal cabinet minister Tony Clement.… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian funds help bronze age archeological dig in Israel
Eight students from the University of Manitoba, and some $2.7 million in funds from the Canadian government, are helping unearth secrets from an ancient civilization. Philistine hearth, Gath was the home of the biblical character Goliath © Bar Ilan University The… »
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Five women swimming chilly Lake Ontario
On Tuesday five women ranging in age from 18 to 61 began a 305-kilometre relay swim across the frigid waters of Lake Ontario at the heart of Canada. A trip across the length of this lake by a relay has… »
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Woman sues the government for Canadian citizenship
A woman born to a Canadian soldier and a British woman during World War II is taking the Canadian government to court after it denied her citizenship. It was only 10 years ago that Jacquie Scott found out she was… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
People fishing in north told to stop wasting fish.
Fisheries officers in the northern territory of Nunavut say their efforts to convince fishers to stop wasting fish, is slowly working. Five years ago, officers found bags of Arctic char left on the banks of the Sylvia Grinnell River, north… »
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer says she’s not getting requested government information
Sonia L’Heureux, Canada’s interim Parliamentary Budget Officer, says Canadian government departments and agencies have once again failed to provide requested information so that she can do an analysis into the 2012 federal budget. July 19th was the second deadline the… »
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