Every year polar bears gather near Churchill Manitoba as they wait for freeze up of Hudson Bay in order to venture out onto the ice to hunt for seals. Because of the large number of bears that gather there, it’s… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Crack in major bridge reflects infrastructure woes
A crack in one of the bridges to the island of Montreal reflects Canada’s growing problems with ageing infrastructure. One lane of the Champlain Bridge will be closed for a month for repairs. Montreal’s Mercier Bridge is also undergoing major… »
Ontario will ban candy-flavoured tobacco
Legislation will ban candy and fruit-flavoured tobacco products in the province of Ontario, as part of on-going efforts in Canada to reduce tobacco use, particularly among young people. Flavoured tobacco products are one of the few remaining way tobacco companies… »
Canada welcomes decision of PMs of India and Mauritius not to attend Commonwealth meeting
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Deepak Obhrai, the Minister’s Parliamentary Secretary welcomed the decision by India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mauritius’s Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam not to attend this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in… »
Despite years of deficits, Canadian government predicts $3.7B surplus for election year
According to Canada’s finance minister, the federal government is not only on track to balance the budget by 2014-15, it will also end seven years of deficits and emerge with a surplus by the time Canadians head to the polls in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Picturesque Lunenburg Nova Scotia plans for climate change
With an entire coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean, the province of Nova Scotia has ordered its municipalities to prepare for the effects of climate change. The picturesque town of Lunenburg, a UNESCO world heritage site, and home port of the… »
Internet, Science & Technology
The sun reversing its magnetic poles
Scientists are expecting the sun to reverse its magnetic field, something it does on average every 11 years. Last week, the sun unleashed its biggest solar flare of the year and scientists are concerned the increased activity may be affect… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Winter sport in Canada: barefoot jogging in the snow
t’s been a trend in the past few years for some runners to practice their sport without the benefit of expensive running shoes/trainers. Instead they go barefoot. Some have decided that they shouldn’t stop when winter comes. To be honest,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The high Arctic story of finding the HMS Investigator 160 years later.
Over 160 years ago, a large 3-masted sailing ship was in the high Arctic searching for the lost Franklin expedition. Red spot shows Mercy Bay on Banks Island, over 800km north of the Arctic Circle © google Sir John Franklin and… »
School official resigns for inappropriate tweeting
After initially refusing to resign, a school board trustee in the western province of Alberta is finally stepping down because he tweeted racist and homophobic comments earlier this year. Jim Andre made comments and jokes denigrating blacks, aboriginals, Jews and… »
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