The latest report from the Arctic Council meeting held in Sweden has been released. It says the Arctic region is experiencing rapid environmental change that will have major regional and even global implications. Figure 4.6 Arctic temperature rise in the… »
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Decline of bilingualism concerns official
For the first time in 50 years the proportion of Canadians who can speak both official languages—English and French—has declined and that worries the government’s official languages commissioner, Graham Fraser. More Canadians reported they could converse in English and French in… »
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Air passengers say better pay for bumping is only a start
Air Canada has been ordered to better compensate passengers bumped off flights but consumer advocates say that’s only one small step in protecting the rights of air passengers. The airline often overbooks its flights and then compensates passengers who cannot… »
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Bored? Watch Boredom the movie!
Why do we get bored? What bores us? Are people bored by the same things? What is boredom exactly? Well, a new Canadian documentary takes a serious look at the subject of boredom, but with many humourous twists. © BOREDOM the movie… »
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Mom’s obesity increases baby’s health risk
Children born of mothers who are obese are more prone to developing cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes according to a new Canadian study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers tested children born of obese… »
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on ‘Senategate’
On Tuesday (May 28) Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced opposition MPs for the first time in the House of Commons since his Chief of Staff Nigel Wright resigned on May 19 after giving a Conservative government Senator a $90,000… »
Canadian Cree First Nation leader at World Indigenous Network meeting in Australia
A Canadian First Nation Indigenous leader, Ashley Iserhoff, as a keynote speaker at the inaugural meeting of the World Indigenous Network shared the Cree Nation’s experience of land stewardship and governance in the northern part of the Canadian province of Quebec.… »
Anniversary of the Dionne Quintuplets
On May 28, 1934, news spread across Canada, then indeed around the world of an amazing birth. Just outside a tiny northern Ontario village, Corbeil, Elzire Dionne gave birth to five baby girls. This was the world’s first case of… »
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Political satire magazine returns
Frank magazine will soon rise up to again poke fun at Canadian politics. There is just so much juicy news on Parliament Hill that former publisher and editor Michael Bate says the time is right for the publication to be… »
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Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian releases latest report
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, Ann Cavoukian, released her annual report Tuesday (May 28) marking the 25 years of the office of the commissioner. “I have been fortunate to find myself in a… »
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