The Fifth Estate, a film about Julian Assange and Wikileaks, opens the 2013 edition of the Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) on Thursday, September 5. The festival began in 1976 as the “Festival of Festivals,” collecting the best films from other… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Economy, International, Politics
Canada’s trade deficit doubles from June to July
The government data agency Statistics Canada reports that Canada’s trade deficit with the world more than doubled from $460 million in June to $931 million in July. The agency’s latest figures show Imports of basic and industrial, chemical, plastic and rubber products… »
Rare “white” black bear saved
It’s a black bear, but due to a rare recessive gene this bear is white. Conservation officers shoot dozens of black bears every year in B.C.’s Elk Valley region but spared these two white-furred cubs, seen here in a 2011… »
Canadian General optimistic about progress, impact of training project in Afghanistan
Major-General Dean Milner sounded optimistic and pragmatic about the approaching deadline for Canada’s training mission in Afghanistan in a teleconference with journalists from Kabul on Wednesday (September 4) General Milner, who is the commander of Operation ATTENTION, praised the 800… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Saskatchewan company recovers lost memories, world-wide
Indian Head Saskatchewan is a tiny town about 70 kilometres east of the capital Regina. Located in the town of about 1800 souls, is a unique business with connections around the world, called Film Rescue International. If you find a… »
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Study supports Ontario’s full-day kindergarten
Children who attend an enhanced full-day kindergarten program have a better start and are better prepared for success in first grade, says the government of the Canadian province of Ontario. The government says a study by researchers at Queen’s and… »
Territory wants fracking chemicals disclosure
The public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground by petroleum companies, says the government of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Conoco Phillips is using a process called hydraulic fracturing or fracking to extract natural gas… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Surprising fossil find in British Columbia
It had long been thought that British Columbia was relatively devoid of fossils. Now palaeontologists have recovered the most complete hadrosaur skeleton- or duck-billed dinosaur-in the west coast province. Red spot shows Tumbler Ridge BC © google Up until 2002, only… »
Aboriginal man calls team name offensive
The Nepean Redskins Football Club should change its name because it is marginalizing and dehumanizing, says Ian Campeau, a member of the Ojibway First Nation. The logo for this minor league team is a drawing of a native man. The… »
International, Politics, Society
“Disappearing Palestine” ads launched in Canada
Maps of the growing Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory are on display on buses and in a transit station in Canada’s western city of Vancouver and will soon roll out in Toronto and Calgary as well. “We think it’s important… »
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