Highlights / Year: 2013

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This week Gilda Salomone and Carmel Kilkenny join me, Marc Montgomery, to review some of the many stories we’ve covered this week, as Wojtek and Lynn enjoy a hot muggy summer vacation. Oil filled tankers burn in Lac Megantic, The »

Economy, Society

Coca-Cola reaches tentative agreeement

Coca-Cola and its unionized workers at one of the soft drink company’s largest plants in Canada, have come to a tentative agreement. Located just outside Toronto, the Brampton plant employs 700 people. “While the strike was not something that anyone »

Arts & Entertainment, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

ROM Mesopotamian Exhibit a big hit

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is hosting an exhibit that’s been drawing crowds and rave reviews since its opening in June.  ‘Mesopotamia:  Inventing Our World’ is an opportunity to see the connections between the ancient past and our world »

Health, Society

Link between spanking and health problems scientifically established

Grabbing, shoving, slapping or hitting children can lead to several mental health problems later in life, a new Canadian study suggests. The study involved more than 34,000 adults in the United States and found harsh physical punishment was associated with »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society

Eye on the Arctic – Growing tourism in Nunatsiavut

Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North The question of how best to foster economic development in remote northern regions is an ongoing one. But tourism has proved to be a success is »

Arts & Entertainment, Society

Paul McCartney tickets for Lac Megantic survivors

Paul McCartney‘s team quickly agreed with the promoter’s idea of welcoming survivors of the tragedy in Lac Megantic to the big outdoor show on Quebec City’s Plains of Abraham next Tuesday. “We want to give them a break — a »

Highlights

Hamilton: less historic architecture, more condos

Even as the southern Ontario city lists more buildings as heritage structures, giving them some slight protection, two structures built in the 1800’s on King Street facing Hamilton’s popular Gore Park are set to come down. Councillors were surprised Friday »

Society

Let’s talk about money… later

About 98 per cent of married couples in Canada think it is important to be on the same page financially as their partner, a new study suggests. Yet 43 per cent of married couples said they had different investing styles »

Environment & Animal Life

The humidex, a Canadian invention that measures how hot it really feels

Ever heard of the humidex? Many Canadians have, especially if they live in the south eastern parts of the country. The term — short for humidity index — is a Canadian innovation. It was first used in 1965, according to »

International, Politics

Canadian WWII veteran to get US Congressional medal

The Congressional Medal is one of the highest honours the US can bestow on a non-American citizen. The award is given to “persons that have performed an achievement that has an impact on American history and culture that is likely »