A Canadian teenager’s desire to help a friend in the Philippines read at night resulted in a one of the top prizes at the Google Science Fair in California. “I’m in shock, I’m in shock,” said Ann Makosinski, who invented… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
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Pianist composes under northern lights
A Montreal pianist went up to Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories after deciding two years ago he should play under the glow of the aurora borealis. It turns out it has been a good year to see the dancing lights… »
Monarch butterfly numbers drop precipitously
Canadian observers say only a small number of monarch butterflies were counted in Canada this summer and they are worried about how many overall will manage the migration to their winter home in Mexico. One indicator for the robustness of… »
Gluten-free “craze” costs Canadians
Some Canadians need to avoid gluten for health reasons, but others do not and still buy the more expensive gluten-free products in the misguided belief that they are more healthy. “They think if they take the gluten out they’re going… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Province orders company to drain lake at oil sands project
The Environment Department of the western prairie province of Alberta has ordered a company dealing with oil spills to drain “a bitumen-affected waterbody before it freezes, so permanent containment measures can be put in place during the winter.” Oil spills… »
Economy, International, Society
“Huge” but little publicized problem of cargo theft
Cargo theft has been around since the moment goods were sent from one location to another, from pirates at sea, to bandits holding up coaches. Large trucks however are now the most common method of shipping goods across the land,… »
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Ontario will screen inmates for mental illness
A ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal in the province of Ontario has led the government to promise significant changes to the way inmates with mental illness are screened and treated in the province’s jails and detention centres. Christina Jahn… »
Hot debate continues over Quebec “euthanasia” bill
In Canada, health care is almost entirely within the jurisdiction of individual provinces. The minority government in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec is currently proposing a law which it calls “An Act respecting end of life care” and labelled… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canadian and Japanese prime ministers talk security and trade
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Ottawa on Tuesday (September 24). The two discussed security, trade and energy. In a press release following a press conference by the two, Prime Minister Harper focused on… »
Group wins Polaris Music Prize, criticizes gala in ‘time of austerity’
After winning the Polaris Music Prize, the Montreal group Godspeed You! Black Emperor posted its thanks for the nomination and win, and then criticized organizers for holding a gala “in a time of austerity”. The band’s statement addressed “kanada” and “kanadian music-writers” :… »
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