Why, if Canadians are concerned by income inequality, are some ready to support policies that actually weaken labour rights? That’s one of the questions York University labour and employment professor David Doorey asks in an article he wrote on his… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
International, Internet, Science & Technology
A little bit of Canada on Mars
The Curiousity rover currently exploring Mars carries with it a tiny but vital piece of Canada, It’s a small cube about 7 cm across called the APXS- Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. It was used for the first time this week… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Eye on the Arctic: Is Barents plan a model for Canada-U.S. cooperation in the North?
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North A four-day conference on Arctic ports wound up on Thursday in Narvik, Norway. The international conference was organized by the Port of Narvik, Ocean Futures, a… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada must lead climate change fight: think tank
Canada has one of the world’s largest carbon footprints and should be driving the research on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says the Pembina Institute, a think tank working to protect Canada’s environment. Policy analyst P.J. Partington says the latest report… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada not ready to sign UN Arms Trade Treaty
This week the Canadian government said it was not ready to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty even though 112 countries have signed the agreement, including the United States this past Wednesday (September 25). A spokesman for Canada’s Foreign… »
Info watchdog rebukes Canadian government
Canada’s information commissioner has admonished government officials for dubious new tactics to thwart the freedom of information law. The law, established in 1983 allows citizens to apply to get information from government files. The commissioner is there to help citizens… »
Winnipeg’s trained massage therapists rubbed the wrong way.
Licensed massage therapists have long complained about the widespread use of the term “massage parlour” and have been calling for a name change. They say they are therapists and have been trained in things like physiology and anatomy whereas many… »
Foreign service back to work
Canada’s foreign service workers have ended their rotating strikes after reaching a tentative agreement with the government. Operations in offices around the world will return to normal. The deal was made two weeks after a labour relations board ruled the… »
Childhood dream of scoring soundtracks now reality for composer Anuj Rastogi
Toronto composer and music producer Anuj Rastogi always wanted to compose a movie soundtrack, and remembers as a child in sixth grade putting together music for a school play. Since then he’s released music CDs of his own, produced the… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Innovation in 3D printing and spinal bone grafts at Canada’s McGill University
A team led by McGill University’s Dr Michael H Weber, and Professor Jake Barralet, are developing a new technology with a 3D printer which seeks to create replicas of bone for spinal grafts.. The concept creates a bone-like replacement material… »
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