A rare genetic eye disease may eventually be treated by inserting a normal gene into the eye and Canadian researchers have received $5 million to test the treatment. Choroideremia affects mostly men, predominantly those of Irish descent and causes a… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Arts-culture-lifestyle- Oktoberfest! Kitchener Ontario’s huge celebration
This week, an enormous cultural event in Ontario, as the combined city of Kitchener-Waterloo, hosts its annual Oktoberfest. Huge crowds fill the various halls, for beer, food, music in the biggest Oktoberfest outside of Germany Now in its’ 44th edition,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Politics Today – October 13, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the decision by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to boycott the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka. He also deals with the questions raised by alleged spying by Canada’s ultra… »
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The LINK Online Oct 12, 2013
For this week’s edition, Wojtek, Lynn, and me, Marc are back again with a review and discussion of some of the many interesting stories we have covered this week. Polar bears are well-known inhabitants of the Hudson Bay lowlands, but… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canadian resources minister welcomes U.S. business leaders’ support of Keystone
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says the Canadian government welcomes the support from top business leaders who have written to U.S. President Barack Obama, urging him to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The pipeline would transport oil from the American state… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Politics, Society
Cinema Politica – Screening truth to power
It started 10 years ago in a small classroom at Montreal’s Concordia University and now Cinema Politica continues screening films to hundreds of spectators Monday nights, and in more than 100 chapters around the world. Founded by two students, Ezra… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Newfoundland farm turns poop into power
A dairy farmer in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador has made his operation a lot more environmentally friendly, while saving on substantial electrical bills. Brent Chaffey stands in front of the initial collection, transferred to the digester, the… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Unprecedented temperatures start in 2020: study
Cities and ecosystems around the world will have temperatures hotter than the last 150 years starting on average in 2047 because of climate change, according to an analysis of existing evidence. A new interactive map projects when temperatures will change… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New concerns over herbal remedies
Researchers at Ontario’s University of Guelph have come up with some surprising, and worrisome, information on what goes into so-called “natural” herbal products and medicines. Their research will be published today in the online journal BMC Medicine “Some of the… »
The Moose Sex Project gets another grant
A conservation group has received a $52,753 donation to promote liasons between moose in the eastern provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has been acquiring and maintaining a narrow strip of land which the… »
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