“Canada already has one of the most concentrated media markets in the industrialized world, and the most concentrated market in the G8,” says Lindsey Pinto of OpenMedia, a network of people and organisations promoting an open Internet. “This is seen… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Internet, Science & Technology
University of New Brunswick gun tests armour for planes and spacecraft
At the Planetary and Space Science Centre at the University of New Brunswick, in eastern Canada, some big impacts are taking place. The ballistics facility in Fredericton has special guns, including light gas guns, that can shoot projectiles at up… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Hormone may help handle social stress
Reaching out to others after distressing social interaction is an effective way for people to feel better and a new study suggests the hormone oxytocin could help people do that. Oxytocin is a hormone usually studied for its role in… »
Flood evacuees furious as RCMP enter locked homes to confiscate firearms.
Frustrated residents of the previously flooded town of High River, are angry at delays in being allowed back in to the town. The 13-thousand citizens were ordered out and the town completely evacuated during the flood, but as waters have… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, International, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Canadian festival welcomes artists from across the North
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from Canada’s northern regions Musicians, singers and other performers from all across the North have descended on the Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit this week for the Alianait Arts Festival.… »
Native activists investigate missing women cases
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is conducting its own investigation into five missing-women cases in Canada’s western province of Manitoba. The activist organization established a chapter in that province earlier this year and it is not satisfied with police work… »
Uncategorized
Tourism down, decreased promotion
The number of foreign visitors to Canada will continue to drop if there is not more promotion, says the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Tourism is one of Canada’s largest generators of GDP, contributing close to $80 billion to the economy… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi – reassuring presence during city’s flooding
“A roar of applause greets Mayor Naheed Nenshi as he ambles up upon a riser above thousands of Calgarians gathered in a stadium parking lot to volunteer with flood relief efforts.” That’s the first sentence in a CBC news report… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology
New University of Ottawa study highlights concerns of pharmaceuticals and effects on fish
A new study from the University of Ottawa has again highlighted the concerns of pharmaceutical drugs escaping into the environment. Part of the aquatics research facility at the university © University of Ottawa In recent years scientists have detected traces of… »
Beleaguered Senate blocks immediate passage of union disclosure bill
Canada’s upper chamber the Senate has won both praise and condemnation for blocking the immediate passage of a government supported bill on union disclosures, this despite a government majority in the Senate. In recent months the Senate has been the… »
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