Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Caribou is central to Inuit and First Nations cultural life in northern Canada. But the decrease in the numbers of certain herds is causing concern in many aboriginal… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Two Canadians finally allowed to leave Egypt
Egyptian authorities allowed Canadians John Greyson and Tarek Loubani to leave the country on Friday morning. They are expected to arrive in Toronto in the evening. The two had been released from prison after 50 days of incarceration. They had… »
Montreal’s ‘Festival du nouveau cinéma’ expanding horizons
Started by two film fans, the Festival du nouveau cinéma (Festival of new cinema) is now in its 42nd year. This year’s edition features 273 films from 47 countries. The focus has always been to expand horizons, and show all… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Alice Munro: Hope this makes people see the short story as an important art
“It is so surprising, and so wonderful,” Alice Munro told the first reporter who called her after she had been woken with the news she had won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday (October 10). And the surprise was… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Canada signs “Minimata” mercury treaty
Canada today signed the international agreement known as the Minamata Convention on mercury pollution. This is a global effort to reduce mercury emissions and releases into the environment. While Canada has reduced its own level of mercury emmissions by some… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Hudson Bay lowlands succumbing to warming, climate change
It’s one of the last unchanged Arctic refugia in the world. Or, it was. The vast area around Hudson Bay, had been a holdout against climate change until a little over a decade ago. John Smol has been studying arctic… »
Some restaurants will have to list calories
Calorie counts and other nutritional information will soon have to be on the menus of large chain restaurants in the province of Ontario. The government plans to make it the law this winter in a bid to counter the growing… »
International, Politics, Society
Supreme Court hearing Ottawa man’s challenge of security certificates
An Ottawa man accused of terrorist ties for more than a decade was before the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday (October 10) to challenge the constitutionality of national security certificates. Almost 11 years after his arrest, Mohamed Harkat, a former gas station… »
Improper blood tests at University of Regina put hundreds at risk
The University of Regina, in the prairie province of Saskatchewan admits it made some mistakes. The tests involved reusable equipment. Although needles were changed, the small needle holder section shown separated from larger tester, was merely swabbed with alcohol and… »
Cell phone service fails millions
One wonders how millions of Canadian managed without the use of their Rogers, Fido and Chartr mobile phone services Wednesday night. Younger Canadians seemed to be addicted to their phones, and people are increasingly cancelling their home landlines and depending… »
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