Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North A recent study has discovered a range of contaminants in the glaucous gull population in Canada’s eastern Arctic. The study was conducted near the predominantly Inuit community of… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Toronto leads international child porn bust
A Toronto company is the target of an international child porn investigation in which 348 suspects have been arrested and at least 386 minors were rescued from harm’s way, announced Toronto police on Thursday, November 14. “Horrific images of abuse”… »
Videos show prison guards beating inmates
CBC has obtained surveillance videos showing prison guards punching and slapping inmates, underscoring the need for more cameras in correctional facilities. Court applications and arbitration hearings were used by the public broadcaster to obtain the videos. The guards on these… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Discovered in Canada: Oldest bird tracks in the world?
Paleontologists working in the British Columbia interior in west coast Canada, have made a fascinating discovery this week. The researchers found a large rock slab from the mountainous area around the Peace River showing what appeared to be tracks from… »
Supreme Court of Canada ends hearings into Senate reform
After three days of hearings, the Supreme Court of Canada is expected to take six months to a year before it rules on a Canadian government request to determine what rights it has to impose term limits on senators in… »
Tourism to Canada drops 20%, as global tourism doubles
A new report concludes increasing tourism to Canada would have a “significant” economic impact and foster trade, but points out tourism to Canada has actually dropped 20 per cent since 2000. The report “Passport to growth: How international arrivals stimulate… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
New Canadian naval ships to cost $4 billion more
New estimates released by Canada’s federal government indicate the projected cost for new combat ships to be $4 billion more than original projections. In 2011, Irving Shipbuilding of Halifax, Nova Scotia was originally awarded a $25 billion contract for 23… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Police face off against anti-fracking Indigenous protesters, again
For the second time in less than a month, police were out in force to stop First Nation Indigenous protesters from delaying preparations for fracking in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of New Brunswick. Last month, on October 17, the Royal… »
Richest Canadians earn ten times the average
The top one per cent of earners in Canada have seen their salaries increase 80 per cent since 1986 while the bottom 90 per cent of earners saw gains of only 19 per cent. That means the very rich are… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian marine explorer wins Geographical medal
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) has awarded its first Ondaatje Medal* for outstanding exploration to world renowned Canadian diving and cave explorer Jill Heinerth . Jill Heinerth exploring an artificial reef growing on what remains of a submerged oil… »
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