Millions of Canadians share in joyous celebration across the country on this Canada Day, the 146th birthday of Canada’s founding on July 1, 1867. Mud, craters and barbed-wire at Beaumont-Hamel 1916. The Newfoundlander had to cross their own barbwire and… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Body’s own defences may spur cancer spread
The body’s own defences against infection might activate cancer cells and facilitate their spread to secondary tumours, researchers at McGill University have discovered. The study, published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has significant implications for the diagnosis and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Ancient Yukon fossil changes scientific thinking
The discovery of semi-fossilized bones in Canada’s far north has geneticists and indeed much of the scientific world excited. Permafrost dating from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 30,000 years old), Klondike area, Yukon. These sediments include well-preserved DNA from prehistoric plants… »
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Mosquitoes? There’s an app for that
Smartphone users can now input information about how bad the mosquitoes are where they live thanks to a new app developed by students at the University of Manitoba in western Canada. The students are heavily motivated, being based in the… »
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Canada’s Superhero arrives today!
The new superhero Captain Canuck is coming! And, he’s coming on Canada Day! Richarc Comely along with Ron Leishman, are the original creators of the Canadian superhero © CBC If you asked people to name some fictional superheroes, they’d likely answer… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Cirque du Soleil acrobat plummets to her death
A 31-year old performer slipped out of her safety harness and plunged to her death Saturday night during a Las Vegas show by the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil. Paras-born Sarah Guyillot-Guyard was being hoisted up a vertical stage along… »
Arts,Culture, and Lifestyle 52
Welcome to the summer, in spite of some wacky weather, even disastrous in some parts of the country, it is summer in Canada. © NCC-CCN This weekend will also see huge celebrations across the country as the nation celebrates its 146th… »
Politics Today – June 30, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focused on Canada’s upper chamber, the Senate, and how and why it decided to stop the immediate passage of a union financial disclosure bill. He also talked about the G8 summit… »
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The LINK Online 52
Welcome to the first show of summer (well at least in the northern hemisphere) ! This week, I’m back with my colleagues Wojtek and Lynn to look at some of the important stories this week. Aquatics research facility at the… »
Doctor in Canada helps treat Syrians via online consultations
A doctor in the western Canadian city of Edmonton is helping save lives in Syria, from thousands of kilometres away. “If they need my help, I’m available,” says Dr. Maher Saqqur, a critical care neurologist with Alberta Health Services. CBC… »
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