Two senior government ministers held a press conference Thursday (December 12) in Ottawa to list government achievements in the fall session which ended Tuesday for a six week break.. Canada’s Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, and Denis Lebel, Minister… »
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A 1924 Royal fling with a Halifax native?
A gold and diamond Cartier cigarette case went up for auction at Sotheby’s in London today. Sotheby’s says Edward used the initials EP while he was Prince of Wales © Sotheby’s Estimated to sell somewhere between 8 to 12 thousand British… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
Canada reviewing corporate social responsibility strategy for extractive sector
The Canadian government launched a review of its “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Extractive Sector” with a round-table session in Ottawa with civil society organizations on Thursday (December 12). .According to a press release from the office of the… »
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Dec 12, 1901-Anniversary of first trans-Atlantic wireless signal
On a chilly windy December 12, in 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received a number of scratchy clicks on his telegraphy receiving equipment set up on Signal Hill on the coast of Newfoundland. What is unique is that the signal had been… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Scientist find a layer of “grease’ resulted in the destructive Japanese quake/tsunami
On March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the effects of a massive, deadly tsunami following a category 9 earthquake off the coast of Japan. An international team of scientists, including Christie Rowe, has just returned from studying the Japan trench… »
Canada Post’s sales pitch tailored to justify cuts
When Canada’s postal service Canada Post announced Wednesday (December 11) it would stop delivering mail to homes in urban areas it emphasized two-thirds of Canadians already don’t get door-to-door service, and the use of “community mailboxes” in urban areas would… »
Philippine aid moves from rescue to rebuilding
Shelter is becoming a key issue, according to the relief agency. Over one million homes were destroyed and only 10 per cent of emergency shelter needs have been covered. But Oxfam also wants to help Filipinos rebuild permanent homes that… »
Food banks reduce hand outs
In the past year, more than a third of the 1,300 food banks surveyed by the umbrella group, Food Banks Canada cut the amount of sustenance doled out because they lacked supplies. One out of 10 ran out of food… »
Montreal wants to open safe drug injection sites
An experimental program would give intravenous drug users access to safe places and equipment for their injections in the city of Montreal, but first the city needs funding and approval from higher governments. The western Canadian city of Vancouver was… »
Canada Post to end urban home delivery of mail
Stunned disbelief was the reaction of many Canadians Wednesday morning (December 11) when their postal service Canada Post announced it would phase out home mail delivery in urban areas. Canada Post, a crown corporation, came out with a YouTube video,… »
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