With winter fully upon most of Canada, there are often complaints that following a snowfall that cities are too slow in removing the snow so peole can safely walk, drive, and park. In the east coast province of Nova Scotia,… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Supreme Court to rule on Canada’s prostitution laws.
After years of legal wrangling in a case that made it’s way to the Supreme Court, a decision tomorrow may result in a change in prostitution laws. The issue first arrived in the courts in 2009 when Toronto dominatrix Terri-Jean… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Replacing salt used on winter roads
Roads in Canada become treacherous when covered with snow and ice, so salt is often used to keep them clear, but it is very corrosive and cities are looking for alternatives. Some trucks will spread a beet product instead of… »
Typical Canadian remark “eh” disappearing:linguist
A quintessential Canadian expression is no longer being used by young people and is about to be replaced, reports Postmedia News. “Eh” was often used at the end of a sentence, especially in rural Canada. It is pronounced like the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian researchers detect new powerful greenhouse gas
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found traces of a powerful greenhouse gas in the lower atmosphere. Angela Hong is PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Under the guidance of Scott Mabury, she… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics
Train rolls through Lac Megantic for first time since 47 killed in disaster
A train rolled through the town of the Canadian town of Lac-Mégantic in the province of Quebec for the first time since July, when an unmanned train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, killing 47 people. For some residents hearing… »
Forgotten War: Canadians arrive in Korea Dec 18, 1950
To a world still reeling from the Second World War and still very fresh in everyone’s mind, another war, a small localized one, was not something a weary public was interested in. However when Communist North Korea invaded South Korea… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada’s human rights record slips: Amnesty Intl
There are very serious short-comings in Canada’s human rights record, both at home and abroad, says Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada. This year Canada was up for a review at the United Nations, but the rights group… »
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Helicopter plucks crane operator from fire
A military rescue technician was lowered from a helicopter to rescue a crane operator stranded above a raging fire in Kingston in the province of Ontario on Tuesday afternoon. The operator was lucky the incident occurred less than 100km from… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Action needed to save woodland caribou
Although it was put into place in 2010, Canada’s Northwest Territories have just added the first four species to their “Species at Risk” act. Listed as “threatened” are the Boreal and Peary Caribou, and a rare plant called the hairy… »
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