Alberta Ballet’s “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” is on a western Canadian tour. The ballet features the music of singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and is the third pop music inspired ballet by Canada’s second largest ballet company, which is based in the province… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
Festival explores what is Indigenous media art? What is media art?
For the third year in a row, the Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival is showcasing Indigenous filmmakers, artists, authors and others. At the same time underlining the new media reality that high tech digital media possibilities are accessible to most… »
The nurse who may have saved Canada’s most famous war poem
The First World War poem, “ In Flanders Fields” became one of the most popular poems of the war, and is an iconic Canadian poem to this day. LtCol John McCrae wrote the iconic poem following the death of a… »
Fewer Canadians trust international charities
While 79 per cent of Canadians say they have a lot or some trust in charities, trust in international development agencies, churches and environmental charities has dropped in recent years.. The private Muttart Foundation commissioned a fifth public opinion survey… »
U.S. moves to ban trans fats, but will Canada?
Canadians used to be among the highest consumers of trans fats, but for now the government will not say whether it will follow the United States’ lead and ban them. On Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed banning… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
NASA award for new Canadian wind turbine design
Interest in renewable wind-generated electricity has been growing exponentially around the world, By far the most common design now is a 3-blade horizontal axis design on a tall mast. However another design option is the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT).… »
Measles worries health officials in western Canada
Cases of measles have public health officials in western Canada on alert, especially since coming events will soon bring large numbers of people together and the disease is highly contagious. Many older Canadians have had measles and so have lifetime… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Key Aboriginal land claim case starts before Supreme Court of Canada
Members of an Indigenous First Nation in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia (B.C.) were at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Thursday (November 7), to hear a case that is expected to have far-reaching effects on aboriginal… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Canada in Top 20 nations on Financial Secrecy Index
On the Financial Secrecy Index, Canada is the 17th most secretive country in the world according to the London-based coalition of researchers and activists the Tax Justice Network. The index was released Thursday (November 7) and shows a number of… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
New study predicts much hotter new world, as another shows increase in greenhouse gas
In a very worrying but unconnected set of circumstances, two related reports on climate were released this week. A new study published this week in the respected online journal Nature was led by a biological geographer at the University of… »
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