The highest honour that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation can give is its TaxFighter Award. This year the award went to former Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Kevin Page. “Kevin Page won the respect of taxpayers, public servants and political leaders of… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
National college/university student sex survey
It seems that about a quarter of post secondary students in Canada have never had sex. Of the roughly three-quarters of students who do engage in sex during the past year, only about half used a condom, and although most (62%)… »
International, Politics, Society
Shock at Canada’s handling of fleeing Sri Lankans
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) has obtained a memo it says indicates Canadian officials planned to make it as difficult as possible for Tamils fleeing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka to settle in Canada. Nearly 500 people arrived… »
National campaign, court challenge to stop government spying on Canadians
“We are not a society of blind faith – we are a society of accountability, transparency and free and open debate,” said Caily DiPuma, Counsel for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) as the association announced it was suing Canada’s… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Prehistoric “glass sponge reefs” off Canada’s west coast
It was long thought that these “glass-sponges” had died out in the Jurassic era, 40 million years ago. Then by accident, they were discovered surviving in deep waters just off Canada’s British Columbia coast. Survivors from millions of years ago,… »
Two progressive mayors re-elected/elected in western Canadian province of Alberta
The two biggest cities in the western Canadian province of Alberta now have mayors whose politics are seen as progressive. Naheed Nenshi was re-elected mayor of the city of Calgary with 74 per cent of votes cast. In the city… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
Microbeads: tiny plastic debris in the Great Lakes
A research effort this summer in the Great Lakes has revealed a surprising amount of tiny plastic particles in the water. The 5 Gyres Institute is an environmental organization which has primarily been concerned with pollution, and especially plastics pollution,… »
War remembrance pins to be made by inmates
Some inmates of federal prisons in western Canada will soon be making the iconic poppy pins worn each November to honour those Canadians who have gone to war. Poppies bloomed in some of the world battlefields of Flanders, France in… »
“Star Trek” hero wins award
Canadian actor William Shatner, who played Captain James Kirk on the “Star Trek” television series, has won the Stratford Festival’s prestigious Legacy Award. The Stratford Festival is Canada’s foremost classical theatre festival and is situated in the province of Ontario. At… »
Economy, International, Politics
Opposition attacks over Senate scandal, government responds with EU-Canada trade deal
A raucous Question Period in Canada’s House of Commons had opposition parties concentrating on new developments Monday (October 21) in a Senate spending scandal involving the office of the Prime Minister, while the government focused on its announcement of a… »
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