As they get older, most Canadians around retirement age say they want to stay in their own homes and pay for home care if it is necessary, according to a recent survey. They would prefer this to living with family… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Ontario to create more protection for animals
Canada’s most populous province is preparing to make sweeping changes to improve animal welfare. The changes include more power and more money for the Ontario Society for the Protection of Animals. (OSPCA). The move has been more than a year… »
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Eye on the Arctic: Inuk aritst Mark Igloliorte on how skateboarding inspires his work
Mark Igloliorte is an Inuk artist from Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He grew up in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.Igloliorte draws heavily from both Labrador Inuit culture and… »
Denials and accusations in House of Commons, as Senate continues sober second thought
Canada’s upper chamber of sober second thought, the appointed, Senate continues to be at the centre of political attention in Ottawa, and across Canada. In the House of Commons the heart of the issue is what Conservative Prime Minister Stephen… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
More fracking, more protest in Canada
Native protests against shale gas exploration got violent last week in the eastern province of New Brunswick, while fracking operations are in full swing in western Canada. Forcing water and chemicals under high pressure to release gas has gone on… »
Canada’s Loblaw to provide long-term compensation to Bangladeshi garment workers
On the six-month anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh the Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw has announced it will provide long-term compensation to victims and their families who were producing its apparel at the New Wave… »
Canadian author on disappearing professions
Technology and globalization is changing Canadian society. Many types of jobs are disappearing, even while newly created fields open up. While not completely gone, it’s very difficult to still find a door to door milkman, as most people get their… »
“Don’t be a rapist” posters appear at university
After three sexual assaults in as many weeks, unofficial posters have appeared on the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus offering advice to the perpetrator or would-be perpetrators. Canada’s national police force, the RCMP, is investigating the incidents in which… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada to remove export controls on hundreds of military goods
The Canadian government is “quietly working to remove restrictions on the transfer of hundreds of Canadian-made, military-related goods as part of a plan to make Canada a global arms exporter,” according to a Postmedia article published Wednesday night (October 23).… »
Health, International, Society
Funeral for honeymooner killed in Mexico
On the first day of her honeymoon in Mexico, Canadian Shannon Amy Guy died after the glass panel on a balcony collapsed on October 16. The 24 year-old mother of two was posing for a photo with another Canadian couple… »
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